Visualante
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Can anyone shed light on this matter? It's something that has bugged me since I heard the news.
To my understanding Linux was included on the PS2 as a method of taking advantage of an EU tax break for computer hardware. Which indirectly led to some hobbyist programming and cool projects which I don't mean to belittle.
The wiki suggests that Sony lost this case so any benefit from them at a corporate level was nullified. But in terms of hardware and support one would imagine the costs would be minimal to continue supporting this community.
Is it really simply a case of Sony Corporate cutting costs where ever they can, or did Sony cut PS3 Linux for another reason? Reading today on Shawn Elliott's twitter he linked to an article on the Economist that noted the following.
To my understanding Linux was included on the PS2 as a method of taking advantage of an EU tax break for computer hardware. Which indirectly led to some hobbyist programming and cool projects which I don't mean to belittle.
The wiki suggests that Sony lost this case so any benefit from them at a corporate level was nullified. But in terms of hardware and support one would imagine the costs would be minimal to continue supporting this community.
Is it really simply a case of Sony Corporate cutting costs where ever they can, or did Sony cut PS3 Linux for another reason? Reading today on Shawn Elliott's twitter he linked to an article on the Economist that noted the following.
The article goes on to note that the military is making a substantial saving by creating a network like this compared to building a traditional super computer. Do you think that other investors in Cell technology. Such as IBM might be a little pissed at Sony selling devices that are near equivalent to their own more expensive products? One could speculate the pressure to remove PS3 linux came from external sources. Likewise anyone with hardware or PS3 OS expertise is welcomed to weigh in on this.But the desire to play games is not the reason why the United States Air Force recently issued a procurement request for 2,200 Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) video-game consoles. It intends to link them up to build a supercomputer that will run Linux, a free, open-source operating system.