Intel says, 'Let A le be A le.'

Eric Kim, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, was talking up Intel's relatio hip with A le, as well as their Viiv platform at CEATEC. He praised A le's succe at melding the personal computer with co umer electronics, but he told the attendees that they should embrace open standards as o osed to A le's closed system.

Kim said that Intel has a saying about A le, 'Let A le be A le,' clearly he thinks that lightning won't strike twice. Intel wants electronics manufacturers to design open systems with the Viiv at their core. However, Intel is ha y to help both closed systems (like A le's) and open ones.