Sony steps back from Linux?

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Published on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:28:53 GMT Indexed on 2010/03/30 21:43 UTC
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In Cnet today I saw something interesting:

According to Sony, it plans to release PlayStation 3 firmware version 3.21 on Thursday to achieve one goal: eliminate the "Other OS" option currently available in all pre-Slim models of the video game console. The feature allowed PS3 owners to install an operating system--in almost every case, Linux--onto the PlayStation 3.

No surprise. l  Sony is a company heavily invested with legacy IP (games, all that music and Blueray).  They know that content can be nowhere near the GPL.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10471356-17.html?tag=rtcol;pop

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