On Nov 29, 3:06 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 29 November 2007 07:28 : \____
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> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >> ____/ cc on Thursday 29 November 2007 01:12 : \____
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> >>> On Nov 28, 6:51 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >>>> ____/ cc on Wednesday 28 November 2007 11:16 : \____
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> >>>> > On Nov 27, 12:53 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >>>> >> Oops. That was PSPs, notPS3s. Sorry about that.
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> >>>> > Either way, Linux capable does not mean Linux is being put on them.
> >>>> > There are billions of Linux capable PCs out there that are running
> >>>> > Windows. Fussing overPS3sis a lost cause. Get people to use Linux on
> >>>> > their desktop instead.
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> >>>> People own these boxes and use them for a period of something like 5 years
> >>>> (judging by the PS2). Linux is always there, it's free, and it keeps
> >>>> improving rapidly (the various PS3 builds are not static). When PS3 owners
> >>>> get bored with the games they have bought, it's likely that some of them
> >>>> will try that 'free thingie' that turns their console into a PC which
> >>>> allows them to write documents and browser the Web on a large plasma
> >>>> screen with surround sound (as time goes by, TVs will improve also).
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> >>> It is not likely, and it hasn't happened. The PS2 could run Linux too,
> >>> and that didn't happen, and it was a much better seller. XBox360 is
> >>> killing the PS3 right now, but they aren't going to be Windows
> >>> machines either. They're used exclusively for game consoles.
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> >> It's the Nintendo Wii that appears to be taking a comfortable lead. You're
> >> incorrect.
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> > Indeed, and PS3 is selling very well too since the last price cut.
> > Speaking to friends, it appears to be the christmas console of choice.
> > All the figures I've seen show Xbox360 in big trouble.
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> Unless you listen to WinTrolls (spin).
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Mark has seen figures that show the XBox360 is in trouble, so they
must exist somewhere. Please tell me where I can find them.
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