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"Install Other OS" Feature Removed From the PS3
Hann1bal writes "The next system software update for the PlayStation 3 system will be released on April 1, 2010 (JST), and will disable the 'Install Other OS' feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009. This feature enabled users to install an operating system, but due to security concerns, Sony Computer Entertainment will remove the functionality through the 3.21 system software update."
Updated 3:49 GMT by timothy: An anonymous reader writes "This comes as something of a surprise. Particularly because only a month ago Sony Computer Entertainment management seemed committed to the continued support of the Other OS option on the PS3."
Well, first we can press a class action, then we can press for criminal charges for theft. I paid for OtherOS. Fuck them, I want full criminal sanctions imposed upon them for taking it from me. I want their ass sued for their current false advertising scheme of "It does everything" When in fact they're stripping some of its functionality from us, and I want their ass nailed for not providing BC for ALL PS3 units, which this current "It does everything" ad scheme you can see in Best Buy stores pretty much contradicts - the new PS3 can't do HALF of what the original PS3 could do. It's about time Sony was 100% DESTROYED for all the bullshit they've been pulling on us for all these years from rootkitting our PCs to effectively STEALING OUR HARDWARE FROM US.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Errm, they don't install the firmware update..... Nothing changes....
More clueless idiots... Get an education...
I saw a pile of toasters the other day and seriously considered buying one of them, but when I found out I couldn't run Linux on them, I just walked away. Seriously, toaster-makers need to get their heads out of the clouds and realize the true potential of open-source toasting.
Dress for success AND excess.
Do you mind if I ask exactly how a $10 voucher against your next purchase of a Sony product will help you run Linux on your PS3?
Yes I do mind. Asking that specific question at this specific moment makes you look like a naysayer.
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