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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 22 August 2006 18:00 \__
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hadron Quark
>> <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:30:18 +0200
>> <877j107ppx.fsf@xxxxxxxx>:
>>> arachnid <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:35:21 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A spy in your CD?
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | A patent filed by Sony last week suggests it may once again be
>>>>> | considering preventing consumers making "too many" back-up copies of
>>>>> | its CDs.
>>>>
>>>> Sony's wasting their time. After the rootkit fiasco I refuse to buy
>>>> anything else from that company.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not even their linux based PS3?
>>>
>>> Oh dear.
>>
>> Well, yes, obviously he's going to buy an X360 instead. :-)
>>
>> (And if you believe *that*...)
>
> Nintendo's Wii is Linux based as well. And analysts predict it will be the
> biggest winners of all. It is the least expensive.
>
I'm not convinced about that, as it appears that Nintendo are going to
lock it down very hard indeed. This is not really a next-generation
approach like GP2X, N770, PS3; this is merely linux used in a
traditional locked-down box. Of course, it could be possible to get
another round of lock-in out of an unsuspecting customer base?
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