Helsinki, Finland — (press release excerpt) — Nokia today announced the launch of a new website, www.ostdev.net, dedicated to supporting developers in the open source community as well as the promotion of collaborative development of the Open Standards Terminal (OST). The OST is a platform for home entertainment applications. It is based on open source technologies such as, Linux, Xfree86, and Mozilla and provides a platform for developing applications for a variety of electronic devices, including: broadcast and digital TV; digital video recording; web browsing; gaming.

Ostdev.net is the coordination point for the development and testing of OST software projects such as the SDK project. It will also feature the source code for the platform as well as, documentation, examples and project hosting related to the OST platform. In addition, the CollabNet SourceCast platform provides the development environment for ostdev.net that includes tools for: revision control, issue tracking, mailing list creation and management, Web-based administration, custom branding, and content.

Nokia's first OST-based product is the Media Terminal; an innovative infotainment device that seamlessly combines digital video broadcast service, full Internet access, and personal video recorder (PVR) technology.

Rickard Nelger, Head of Product Management, Nokia Home Communications said, “We are convinced that openness is the way forward. With the OST platform Nokia aims at initiating the creation of an open standard for IP-based home entertainment. By making source code and other tools available to these developers all over the world we want to give maximum support to developers and stimulate a widespread creation of applications.”

“The home entertainment industry has traditionally been very proprietary with its technology. By working with CollabNet to create an Open Source Network around the OST Platform, Nokia is giving the worldwide developer community a unique opportunity to create new and innovative applications for this market,” said Bill Portelli, president and CEO of CollabNet.

Nokia will demonstrate both the Media Terminal and ostdev.net at the upcoming E3 exhibition in Los Angeles 16-19 May.

 
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