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Game Over For Sony and Open Source?

Posted by Soulskill on from the forsaken-beards dept.

Glyn Moody writes "Sony has never been much of a friend to hackers, and its infamous rootkit showed what it thought of users. But by omitting the option to install GNU/Linux on its new PS3, it has removed the final reason for the open source world to care about Sony. Unless, of course, you find Google's new distribution alliance with Sony to pre-install Chrome on its PCs exciting in some way."

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  1. Moody by whisper_jeff · · Score: 3, Funny

    After reading that summary and the completely transparent hatred for Sony in it I and forced to say that, yes, Glyn is Moody. ;)

  2. Re:Stupid Article. by Astroturtle · · Score: 5, Funny

    YES, DAMN IT. YES!

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  3. Re:Stupid Article. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure that a WOPR would run Linux just fine!

  4. Re:Stupid Article. by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Are you saying you got a Whopper to run Linux before?

    Link me to sauce.

    I mean source.

  5. Re:They crippled it by CannonballHead · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean, make it into a normal computer? ;)

  6. Re:Who Cares by msimm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny isn't it, if a console is just a small computer wrapped in a larger DRM layer.

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  7. Re:Who Cares by thtrgremlin · · Score: 3, Funny

    You aren't very familiar with Sony, are you?

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  8. Re:Who Cares by nog_lorp · · Score: 2, Funny

    PS: development machines and SDKs costing thousands of dollars tends to hinder free development.