Antikx,
1) the unit you are talking abou is quite new, so no many people has it
2) archos, after the AV400, has always locked their products, so hacking them is very difficult, and given the small user base, it's rare to find a kernel hacker get one of those
3) in the case of this unit, I guess most people just look for the functionality it provides, nothing else: a pvr
So I guess it's not a dumb question, but nobody really knows ...
HTH