[mythtv-users] PS3 to come with full Linux

[Brian Wood]

On May 18, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Ivan Kowalenko wrote:

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> On May 18, 2006, at 10.46, Brian Wood wrote:
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>> On May 18, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Graham Wood wrote:
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>>> On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 05:16:41PM +0200, Dimitri Mallis wrote:
>>>> work with me here on this 1
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>>>> if the ps3 can run linux
>>>> will that then mean that ps3 games could run on a normal linux pc?
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>> Why on God's good earth would you WANT to ??
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> Because it's cool. ;)

OK, I shouldn't be so flippant, it's just that I've been trying to  
get my nephew to realize that PCs can actually do something besides  
run games, and I'm just a tad fed up with gamers at the moment.

Sony will probably do everything it can to ensure that ps3 games will  
run only on ps3 hardware, that's the "normal" way of doing business.

It's been mentioned on this list that Microsoft sold X-Boxes under  
cost in the hopes of making money on the games. If Sony followed a  
similar path then you would think that they would be happy to sell a  
game without the attendant loss on the hardware sale.

But manufacturers rarely if ever act logically in these matters, they  
seem to just run on gut reactions to anybody doing anything that's  
not "their" way.

It's been alleged that TiVo followed the same route, losing money on  
hardware in order to sell their "service", but they go to great  
lengths to prevent their software running on anything other than  
their platform, even though it would seem that they would be ahead of  
the game if they just sold their software.

I think what the manufacturers really want is "control", even if it  
means less on their bottom line.

They are funny that way.