I agree to an extent. However I understand from Sonys perspective their console was not made as a cheap alternative for Cell programmers to use but as a piece of consumer electronics which they sell at a loss in order to make money off software and in my opinion this allows greater control over their hardware opposed to a PC. I initially bought my launch PS3 instead of an Xbox simply because it had the OtherOS functionality and I enjoy programming and the Linux OS. Essentially I don't feel abused by Sony by the update, they'd already taken the functionality out of the new PS3's and if I you want to continue using the feature you can simply not update to the new feature and you can continue using the old firmware along with a proxy to access the PSN if you still use it.<br>
<br>My question about YDL's continued support is if a relatively easy softmod is released at some point if they will exploit the new found hardware access? <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Mike Birlew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wrythen@gmail.com">wrythen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I whole heartedly agree with you. I don't see how anyone on this thread could disagree, yld is why were here. If they get away with this, I fear as others do, that this will allow a wave of abuse by companies downgrading your product after they have advertised it as something else. All in the name of Intellectual Property and unconscionable EUA's. I'm seriously expecting to see a "power of attorney" clause in one of these someday.<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Mike Erwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:significant.bit@gmail.com" target="_blank">significant.bit@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Normally I wish people well... but I hope Sony has to pay for their<br>
bait & switch. The PS3 has been fantastic for games and movies, but<br>
its main appeal (for geeks like me) was as a Cell programming<br>
workstation. My army of PowerMacs is no longer supported, but at least<br>
Apple didn't remotely disable them! Or turn them into iTunes Music<br>
Store kiosks. That's essentially what Sony has done.<br>
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Mike Erwin<br>
musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire<br>
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> <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/playstation-linux/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/playstation-linux/</a><br>
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