Mod chips have legitamate uses too. But even if you use it for 'illegitimate' uses, does that do more harm than good for MS? If someone mods his Xbox to run linux, isn't he probably going to leave it dual boot to play games. One more Xbox sold, more games, more market penatration, more money for MS. And in the online market, penatration is everything. If you have a massive multiplayer game, the piracy can actually help. Legit users will buy the games at a slower rate, but the pirates will be on the system as soon as they can. For the first couple of months, pirates will give your world the critical mass it needs to attract legit users, and then when you have enough legit users, a company has a lot of options for locking out pirated versions.
I like Linux, but it just doesn't have the Java support that Solaris has. On x86, windows handles Java better than Linux, but I won't go near windows. So, what is a java developer supposed to do to work on his code on the cheap? Solaris x86! That is why I care.
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Mod chips have legitamate uses too. But even if you use it for 'illegitimate' uses, does that do more harm than good for MS? If someone mods his Xbox to run linux, isn't he probably going to leave it dual boot to play games. One more Xbox sold, more games, more market penatration, more money for MS. And in the online market, penatration is everything. If you have a massive multiplayer game, the piracy can actually help. Legit users will buy the games at a slower rate, but the pirates will be on the system as soon as they can. For the first couple of months, pirates will give your world the critical mass it needs to attract legit users, and then when you have enough legit users, a company has a lot of options for locking out pirated versions.
I like Linux, but it just doesn't have the Java support that Solaris has. On x86, windows handles Java better than Linux, but I won't go near windows. So, what is a java developer supposed to do to work on his code on the cheap? Solaris x86! That is why I care.