"Our decision to leverage COTS (consumer off-the-shelf) technologies while everyone else was making big investments in proprietary products is yet another is approach to finding unique and compelling ways to apply portable technologies to the cabin, including semi-embedded approaches with portable products."

Proprietary is about security, seems that the studios had a concern for COTS when it came to their property and secure distribution, including the end user device

"Finally, and this isn’t new, we are proceeding through some significant self evaluation and identifying ways to reassert our corporate basics so that we can be assured that our own house is in order. In times such as these, so long as we continue to nurture a collaborative environment, our staff has always provided us with the innovations that we need to continue our success."

Buying COTS is not innovative...it may be cost effective for some, however,not a problem for e.Digital. Having this COTS model of business, IMO, the staff is of no real significance.

"Those who buy and sell solutions that are both innovative, cost effective and based in fiscal sanity will be those who likely survive in this environment."

I question a company claiming innovative solutions that are someone else's innovation purchased,...or stolen.

doni