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Game Over For Sony and Open Source?
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."
Just because you don't have a desire to use it doesn't mean others shouldn't either.
The world isn't made up of you. That's like saying everyone should drive a 20 year old honda and live in a one bedroom apartment (also known as your mother's basement), just because you do.
I've never owned a console, but if other people want to tinker with them, it's not my place to say they shouldn't be able to.
Im not mad at sony... Im simply not going to buy a PS3 and the 10games I would have eventually bought.
I was thinking of getting a PS3 until I heard that it would no longer support linux. Linux would simply have extended the life of the system for me (I would have used it as some sort of server when the next gen of systems came out).
A computer is a clock, just with silly lights and buttons tacked on.
and avoid Sony like the plague.
I embrace the plague, and *still* avoid Sony. That's how much I hate that company.
Now you'll have to excuse me, I have some itching boils and should probably go lie down.
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Except with DRM the nail file being used on the CD is in the hands of a company who has a vested interest in selling it to you again.
Why do people just make things like this up? I never understand it. It's not like someone else isn't going to come along and know that you're full of shit, so why bother lying when it's so easy to find your lie. If you say something without looking it up, someone else will...or even better, someone else will test it.
I am SO tired of people spreading FUD around like facts when they haven't done any research or they know they are lying outright and that the contradictions to their lie are easily found. Granted people are stupid for taking things like this at face value, but really that's the problem isn't it? Some people may be sheep, but it's annoying when people like you manipulate them into thinking things aren't true. It's kind of like all the FUD I keep seeing about the health care bill. Surely people can find VALID criticisms for it instead of resorting to lying. There are plenty to be had. Quit being assholes.
"Those who would sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - BenF
"256MB just isn't enough to be useful for anything."
Give me a Win98 machine with 256MB of XDR. Bam, I've got web, email, games up to things like Q3 and derivatives (assuming proper video card,) can do video, and hell I can run fruity Loops and cool Edit pro at the same time so I can compose and master musical scores. Fuck, I only need maybe 2K of RAM to have an operating calculator, and with a calculator alone of today's power I could design a fucking nuke, which they did back then on a machine bigger than any house you've ever been in that used vacuum tubes and required two air conditioners for every ten linear feet of computer.
You're probably too young to know this but the very same shit you're doing today was done many years ago on less capable hardware with good programmers sitting in the chair. Most programmers today ARE NOT WORTH SHIT AND THAT IS WHY 256MB OF RAM IS NOT ENOUGH.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.