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Judge Dismisses 'Other OS' Class-Action Suit Against Sony
An anonymous reader writes "You may recall that in early 2010, Sony decided to roll out an update that would remove the ability for PlayStation 3 owners to install a different operating system on the console, citing security concerns as the reason. Geeks and Linux enthusiasts were outraged at the move, particular since the "Other OS" functionality had been advertised as a feature of the PS3. A class-action lawsuit was soon brought against Sony. Many of the initial claims were thrown out, and now, a federal judge in California has granted Sony's motion to dismissed the lawsuit, saying, 'As a matter of providing customer satisfaction and building loyalty, it may have been questionable. As a legal matter, however, plaintiffs have failed to allege facts or articulate a theory on which Sony may be held liable.' Here's the full text of the order (PDF)."
Courts don't think false advertising is against the law anymore
Would the judge have come to the same conclusion if a car manufacturer released a mandatory update that removed cruise control?
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Why would you want access to the PS3's GPU? It sucks. You can do better on a AMD's Llano platform for half the cost of a PS3. I wouldn't doubt the Radeon 6310 in the E350 has more computational power then a PS3, SPUs included. It will also have more RAM and use a fraction the energy.
By the way - I'm a ex-games programmer with 17 years in the biz, four of them programming the PS3 so I know of what I speak. The PS3 has 6 pixel quad pipes for a total of 24 ALUs running at 550MHz. The HD6310 has 80 total pipes running at 500MHz.
The PS3 GPUs can't do double float math either. I'm not sure about the 6310.