Not exactly true.
Not exactly true. Why would Sony have added Linux functionality in the first place? * Good will among the community * More familiarity with Cell software development for clusters (although this was behind a VM) * Import tax savings in certain territories due to the box being classed as a ‘computer’ instead of a ‘games system’. Which do you think was most important? (hint: it’s the last one) Conversely, when the ability to run Linux was pulled a hypervisor exploit had been discovered. Now the cost equation tipped back the other way. The import tax hit was still there, but the machine had halved in price since launch so that wasn’t as painful. The community had moved away from PS3 clusters as they weren’t energy effective any more: not as painful. The major pain point from removing it was losing the goodwill of the community, but when balanced against the piracy implications they made their decision. Personally I think they should have patched the hypervisor holes and kept the functionality, but you can see why they decided to remove it.
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IMO it's a bit more nuanced than what the author portrays it as.
In the UK Amazon have now raised the price of general shipping to be 2/3 the price of a months prime subscription.
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Not exactly true.
Not exactly true. Why would Sony have added Linux functionality in the first place? * Good will among the community * More familiarity with Cell software development for clusters (although this was behind a VM) * Import tax savings in certain territories due to the box being classed as a ‘computer’ instead of a ‘games system’. Which do you think was most important? (hint: it’s the last one) Conversely, when the ability to run Linux was pulled a hypervisor exploit had been discovered. Now the cost equation tipped back the other way. The import tax hit was still there, but the machine had halved in price since launch so that wasn’t as painful. The community had moved away from PS3 clusters as they weren’t energy effective any more: not as painful. The major pain point from removing it was losing the goodwill of the community, but when balanced against the piracy implications they made their decision. Personally I think they should have patched the hypervisor holes and kept the functionality, but you can see why they decided to remove it.
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