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Old 04-25-2011, 01:46 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro View Post
Exactly, PS3 was originally marketed as being able to run a linux/unix operating system. At that point it was, for all intents and purposes, a media PC. This was why I originally bought the PS3. The problem is, what do you think everyone is going to do with a near fully capable media pc with hdmi output, great graphics and gaming hardware, etc? Everyone downloaded games, movies, even programs. Hacking was rampant, but that's Sony's fault imo. Sony patched everything so you can't do it anymore without jailbreaking. They are artificially limiting the capabilities of the hardware so you will pay them more money, or at least that's the view of Anonymous and many others.
Actually, it's still their hardware and their software, which means they can do whatever they want with it. It's proprietary of Sony, which means it's illegal to do otherwise.

As for the Linux bit, it was discontinued with the small form factor versions, and there was an announcement about them discontinuing it. If you don't like it, don't buy it.....it's that simple.
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