Orbital Sciences is sort of doing this already. Their Pegasus rocket is dropped from an L-1011 jet and then goes to orbit from there. So, in effect, they're using the L-1011 as a first stage, but with the advantage that they can land it and use it again.
The article seems to have ignored Orbital, perhaps because they only launch small payloads, but Orbital is one company trying to reduce the cost of putting things in orbit.
Frankly, I don't understand why Sony ever filed these charges in the first place. How are they hurt by emulation? They sell playstations at a loss! They make all their money on the games. When you have a playstation emulator for your PC, you end up buying the games without buying the playstation, which Sony actually loses money on anyway. It seems to me that they are better off with emulation.
I can sort of understand Sony's position on this:
When you can play Playstation games on your PC, it makes it a lot easier to pirate the games which are the big revenue source.
Sony has no quality control over the emulators, so people may think the games suck when it's really a poor job by the emulator. (I rmember early versions of Conectix's emulator had trouble with a lot of games -- I don't know how much improvement they've made since v1)
If emulation is legal, then that erodes the advantage Sony has in the number of games available for it's system. (If you can run playstation games on your PC, then why buy a playstation. If you're not using a playstation, then you don't need to always buy the playstation version of games, if they are available for PC too) (this can be extended to bleem on the dreamcast as well)
Wonder is Winamp is going to screwed up by bitching from Time Warner's music division?
Actually, Winamp and Spinner will probably play a big part in helping to promote AOLTW's music. Combine that with AOL's eCommerce capabilties and you've finally got a music company that understands and embraces the internet.
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The article seems to have ignored Orbital, perhaps because they only launch small payloads, but Orbital is one company trying to reduce the cost of putting things in orbit.
Sony has refiled their suit against Connectix.
I can sort of understand Sony's position on this:
Actually, Winamp and Spinner will probably play a big part in helping to promote AOLTW's music. Combine that with AOL's eCommerce capabilties and you've finally got a music company that understands and embraces the internet.