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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Wednesday 23 August 2006 20:21 \__
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>> "billwg" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1156357836.489925.233390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Sony to offer 27 PS3 games at Tokyo Game Show
>>>>
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>>>> | Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it would offer 27 playable games for
>>>> | its PlayStation 3 at the Tokyo Game Show next month, a sign of progress
>>>> | in critical software development ahead of the November launch of the
>>>> | latest version of its blockbuster game console.
>>>> `----
>>>>
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> http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060823:MTFH34462_2006-08-23_10-14-04_T276061&type=comktNews&rpc=44
>>>
>>> Is the PS3 really "linux based"? I understand that you can use the
>>> hardware to run linux if you buy the right configuration and don't mind
>>> some clumsy I/O mechanisms, but in its native form I don't think that
>>> it is using linux.
>>
>> http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9290
>> <quote>
>> In comments made to Japanese game website Impress Watch, and translated by
>> GameSetWatch contributor Shou Suzuki, Kawanishi noted: "Because we have
>> plans for having Linux on board [the PS3], we also recognize Linux
>> programming activities... Other than game studios tied to official
>> developer licenses, we'd like to see various individuals participate in
>> content creation for the PS3."
>> </quote>
>>
>> Wikipedia's analysis:
>> <quote>
>> Linux will be pre-installed on the PS3 hard drive. Currently it is unknown
>> if Linux will be the operating system used to run everything, including the
>> Cross Media Bar, or if the system will operate as a dual boot environment,
>> where Linux would be loaded from the Cross Media Bar menu.
>> </quote>
>
> http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9290
>
> E3: Kawanishi Talks Homebrew Linux PS3 Development
>
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>| In an intriguing turn of events, Sony executive Izumi Kawanishi has
>| illuminated some of his company's PlayStation 3 Linux plans, indicating
>| that it will be possible for individual 'homebrew' coders to create
>| playable content for PS3, something actively blocked for Sony's PSP
>| handheld.
> `----
>
Quite - exactly the opposite of the direction being taken by Microsoft
in locking down vista. The idea that you can make cash from development
toolchains does seem to be a little short-sighted, doesn't it?
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
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