zero129 said:
jake_the_fake1 said:
-Sony provides Linux option so those prone to hacking, have a legit means to run custom code on the PS3 via Linux = all Is good for the Sony and weekend programers.
-Geohot for some unknown reason wants to crack the PS3, which inevitably will result in pirated games, as has always been the case in the past, Geohot has no reason to try hack the PS3 as he could already run customer code via Linux the legit way.
-Sony responds to Geohot threat, and like Any company, Sony implemented a way of protecting their machine, it unfortunately meant the removal of the Other OS feature IF the user upgraded the FW to the latest one, it wasn't mandatory so the option was upto the user.
-PS3 Linux users get angry at Sony, while backing up Geohot.
-In reality PS3 Linux users should be angry with Geohot, if it weren't for his actions none of this would of happened, and the Others OS feature would have remained untouched.
The question to ask is not if Sony did the wrong thing, but rather to Ask if what Geohot did was right?
In reality anyone Backing Geohot is backing Piracy!!!
We as consumer who buy legit software are the one suffering with nasty DRM solutions, we're the ones having our features removed because of potential threats, all at the hands of pirates.
If it were not for pirates, their would be no real need for DRM, no need to remove features such as the Other OS on the PS3 as the threat would not be there in the 1st place to warrant such drastic reactions from Companies.
At the end of the day, the more Geohot and people like him try to fight the companies, the more we as consumers will suffer as a direct result of pirates.
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Ok so if sony was planing on keeping Other Os why didn't they include it in the slim..?
companys know any DRM they release will be cracked its always been the case so then why do they keep including it when they know its never going to work?.
Companys know DRM is not the solution its meanly a problem why some people turn to piracy for some games in the first place, Take assasins cread 2 for insteance now fully cracked and you dont need to be connected to the net to play the game.
Not only that the crack fixes a problem some legit buyers had with settings and stuff being messed up, thats right a crack by them so called hackers fixes a problem that should of been fixed by the company in the first place..
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To save money, If I remember correctly it was some sort of a timing chip needed for some common kernal instruction set, dont quote me on that though.
The only thing lacking on linux for PS3 was GPU access, and not just frame buffer access but real 3d acceleration through drivers, If Geo had focused on hacking the HV to allow 3d acceleration I would bet any money that,
1)Sony would have turned a blind eye
2)People who use linux for legit reasons would have rejoiced, instead of having it removed.
Thought this thread of butthurt had died days ago though?
