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Sony modifified rules (other OS) unilateraly

Posted Jan 13, 2011 6:16 UTC (Thu) by Alterego (subscriber, #55989)
Parent article: PS3 jailbreak prompts restraining order from Sony (CNet)

Sony changed the rules (Linux no more possible). At least in France, it is a break in the contract with end user, and Sony could be sued for this, and indemnify all users.

I wonder what they will do with Nasa and its 2000 PS3 cluster...

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Posted Jan 13, 2011 14:58 UTC (Thu) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

I doubt the NASA ever run the GameOS on their PS3s, so they do not get firmware updates so OtherOS does not get disabled. (I have a PS3 running Linux 24/24 and I never had to worry about firmware updates).

Sony modifified rules (other OS) unilateraly

Posted Jan 14, 2011 12:13 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]

With a thousand PS3's I bet they get regular failures. And of course, sending the PS3 to be repaired means the firmware gets upgraded...

So no. NASA *I*S* affected, and their cluster is apparently dying on its feet!

Cheers,
Wol