LinuxJournal senior editor Doc Searls spotlights a 'market ecosystem' calling for a new breed of Linux-based portable radios. Searls profiles a few of the current products out there and calls for the development of more . . .

” . . . On the one hand, the easiest way to put up an internet radio station is with Linux and other open-source tools. In fact, . . . Bill Goldsmith of Radio Paradise is making his hacks available for anybody who wants them . . . “

“The client side is another matter. One reason internet radio is still at the early adopter stage is that computers are the only available receivers. Kerbango made a run at pioneering the internet radio receiver business a couple years back, but 3Com bought and killed them ($81 million for nothing). Penguin Radio came along around the same time and is still in business. Their radios look cool, but they aren't out yet . . . “

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