redspear said:
No Sony messed up. They over reacted and know have given an excuse to the hacker community to crack there system to run Linux on there machine. You can try and blow that off but hackers try to run linux on everything(they just loaded linux on the N900). Fromt here you get the Homebrew community because of the ability of running unsigned code. This guys exploit that they are patching was very complicated and risky it involved opening up the console and it didn't even run games. perhaps it could of been simpler but now because of Sony's reaction I can guarantee you will be able to run ISOs on your PS3 slim in 6 months.
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Dude you might be the only guy in this thread that "gets it". Removing OtherOS can seriously backfire. What happens now? The entire Linux community is going to target your machine to get it cracked. The only reason Sony included OtherOS is VERY simple, it was a peace offering to the Linux community. Linux enthusiasts are some of the smartest and most persistent people out there, they want to run Linux on anything that can possibly run it.
Look at the original Xbox, the reason it wes hacked to shit was because of the various Linux groups. They even tried to bargain with MS, when they found the softmod exploits they gave MS an ultimatum. Either release a public Linux loader for the Xbox, or they publicly release the hack to everyone. MS didn't comply (not that they should have), and they paid for it. The actual hardware was hacked by Bunny (look it up), but it was the various Linux groups that actually made something useful with it. And it was because of their work that other hackers were able to fully exploit the system.
The worst part? Dedicated hackers might find a hack that doesn't require the OtherOS feature. They might find a hack that can't be easily removed with a FW update.
