papamudd said:
fordy said:
Sure, the removal was optional, but how did one's online capability go if you refused to remove it? That's like saying you have the option to get your teeth smashed in with a hammer, or your fingernails pulled out with pliers. you still have a choice, right?
The other thing they could have done (like any other company does when they find a security vulnerability) is FIX IT, not just remove support altogether. Their reasoning stems from the fact that they'd have to invest in a feature that was giving them no forseeable return, and used the hacking news as a legitimate reason to drop support.
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Are you disregarding the follow up pointz on purpose? Sony had no control over whatever os was installed so effectively they could not plug that hole at all with out removing or disabling online play ability. Obviously they chose too remove it alltogether, but the other os was not left with the capability to create player run servers for online play. One could have.said no and created or joined a ps3 server for other OS. It jsut wouldn't have been supported by Sony. So again while maybe not the best choice, it was their choice and the users choice to agree to such terms.
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I made this point HUNDREDS of times before, and it's that the problem does not come from Linux itself, rather that Sony failed to produce a secure VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT in which a generic OS could interact with hardware through a regulated abstraction layer through to the hardware. Don't tell it that Sony was helpless, and that nothing can be done, when the whole business sector is BUILT upon Virtualisation of their systems. Why aren't we hearing numerous reports of VM software compromising hardware in large corporate setups? Because if it's done RIGHT, then it DOES work.
I've asked this question many times before. If Sony decided to remove something that would have mattered to a LOT of users (such as BluRay video playback), and gave you the choice of that, or being able to log into PSN, would you say that's fine, since they're giving you the choice?
