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Subject: Re: Xbox 360 (Free60)

Author: Dan Andersson

Date: 17:06:19 12/30/05

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On December 30, 2005 at 14:33:52, Joseph Tadeusz wrote:

>On December 30, 2005 at 11:47:41, Ted Summers wrote:
>
>>Work is under way to get linux running on the Xbox 360 @
>>
>>http://www.free60.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>
>>Would be cool to run some chess engines on this platform. I am planning to drop
>>another $300 on a Xbox 360 just for the reason of having this kind of hardware
>>at a $300 dollar price tag. I mean it would seem to make a better PC than gaming
>>system.
>
>If people buy 360's just to run linux, it would be a big loss to MS wich can
>only make a profit on it through the sale of games. That's why the security is
>so strong.

 If it is the usual security by obscurity deal from MS it might not be so
strong. The human factor is a dominating factor. There are reports of kiosk DVD
iso's that were shipped without media protection.

MvH Dan Andersson



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