Re: [LUG] Fwd: Power play

[tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/09/10 13:20, Grant Sewell wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:10:33 +0100
> Julian Hall wrote:
>
>    
> >    'Dr Gaurav Khanna has no less than 16 Sony PlayStation 3 consoles
> > working together to create a super-computer which he says rivals the
> > power of more than 200 conventional PCs.'
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11168150
> >
> > Using Linux no less :)
> >
> > Julian
> >      
> I'm not sure Sony would want to hear this... didn't their most recent
> "Over the air" firmware update stop the built-in ability to run Linux
> anything other than Sony's PlayStation OS on it?
>
> Grant.
>
>    
I believe they did - and I hope anyone with a PS3 on this list is asking 
for their money back  for the machine and all the games they've bought.
I seem to remember that the ability to run Linux was a selling point so 
to take it away...
Tom te tom te tom

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