it wasn't MADE to run Linux. It was just an OPTION. One that set it apart from the 360 and it's locked-in setup. A neat selling point for those people out there that have to put Linux on everything known to man.
No, those were not the target.
Sony didn't sit down at the big ol' conference table and go
"guys, we need to make a 600$ console designed around the fact that it can run a free OS. Its the future of game consoles. Our propriety software isn't important."
Who said so? Again you're just babling. As for who wanted the OtherOS to be there, I bet it wasnt Sony in the first place. More likely it was IBM.
But again - that is beside the point.
I don't give two shits what Wikipedia says about "other OS" and crap for the PS3. Yeah, you can put Linux on there. Yeah, its neat. Yeah, tinkering and homebrewing can happen because of it.... but.....
... but that was also not the point. Nice to see that you admit that you dont give two shits about facts, btw. I suppose that is transferable to other postings you make as well?
PS3 development under random Linux distros sucks. Ever try it?
Sure, and indeed it sucks - hence I gave away my PS3.
I have. You don't get full fun of the hardware, and it's mostly a hobby/tinkering sort of thing. You can get the same performance out of a PC from the early 2000s.
Ah, you need to post on those "we want AmigaOS on PS3" threads. It's not correct to say that "it's mostly a hobby/tinkering sort of thing", that is what the PS3 and Cell is mostly useless for. What is _is_ usable for though, is running dedicated code for various number crunching, something hobby/tinkerers have no use for. And this is also what the PS3 has been used for in a few academic scenarious.
If you want to really develop for the thing, you have to go legit.
Development under Linux on it was always legit.
I've had ps3 since launch day and have been messing with Linux and development on it since it was possible as well...
So have I.
So, uh, take your "research" comment, and kindly shove it.
I will, up yours.
Really, you're missing the entire point here - which wasnt whether the PS3 sucks for running Linux on, or doing development on. The point is that they advertised and sold it also as a developer machine for Cell with Linux as a platform. Peraps this was under preasure from IBM, but that is not really relevant. They are now in effect pulling that option, and alot of people will be pissed about it, and rightfully so.
And, if you've been paying attention, you'd notice that I see Sony's move as a positive thing, since it will only hurt Sony, which I, personally, think is great. :laughing: