Sony Sued for Removal of Linux Support From PS3

**Kraker Jak** · 04-30-10, 12:48 PM

So who is with me to sue sprint for not carrying NFL mobile live this year?

Who is with me to sue comcast because they no longer offer certain HD channels...

While we are at it...Lets sue fucking mc donalds for no longer carrying the Arch Burger...or offering super sized value meals

And how about we sue texas teamplayers for not having certain games anymore!

Damn you fuckers for changing!

**QuickLightning** · 04-30-10, 01:03 PM

Good luck with your lawsuits.

**Kraker Jak** · 04-30-10, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by QuickLightning

Good luck with your lawsuits.

Do you see what I am saying? If PS3 and sony wanted to stop offering any EA games with thier system...they can do this....there is no law that says they have to do it...

Of course, they would have to say "The PS3 is no longer allowing EA to make games for it's system" just like "The PS3 will no longer have Linux support"

**Blakeman** · 04-30-10, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Kraker Jak

Originally Posted by QuickLightning

Good luck with your lawsuits.

Do you see what I am saying? If PS3 and sony wanted to stop offering any EA games with thier system...they can do this....there is no law that says they have to do it...

Of course, they would have to say "The PS3 is no longer allowing EA to make games for it's system" just like "The PS3 will no longer have Linux support"

Kraker think of it like this.

You go out to buy a car, you want one that could take any gas and the company that sells the car doesn't care what kind of gas you put in it, they are just happy you bought it.

So you drive it for several months, you love the car and love that it can take multiple types of gas.

Suddenly the car company knocks on your door and says they just installed a chip in your car that makes it only take 99 octane.

Would you be pissed that an advertised item was changed without your knowledge or permission on something you had already purchased under the preconceived notion that it would be there forever? Note that it worked like you wanted before and you liked it, now it was changed without your authorization.

This is your property and a company changed it after you brought it home, that is what the lawsuit is about.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-30-10, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Kraker Jak

So who is with me to sue sprint for not carrying NFL mobile live this year?

Who is with me to sue comcast because they no longer offer certain HD channels...

While we are at it...Lets sue fucking mc donalds for no longer carrying the Arch Burger...or offering super sized value meals

And how about we sue texas teamplayers for not having certain games anymore!

Damn you fuckers for changing!

Kraker, the NFL stuff is a CONTRACT that sprint had that the USER knowingly knew would end at the end of that season. You were given no guarantee that they would have it next year, or the year after that. (I would bet it was in the Terms of Use or the End User License agreement)

The PS3 was ADVERTISED as having Linux support in the hardware and being able to run Linux.

HUGE difference.

**WorstPE** · 04-30-10, 08:21 PM

I think you are all missing the point of the lawsuit.

When the fat PS3 went on the market they said you could boot the PS3 with Linux and have a working PS3 with the Playstation Network.

But with the latest update. They are updating the firm ware and removing the option to boot in Linux. But! If you do bot update you will not have access to the PSN. This what it really comes down too Sony was letting people have their cake and eat it too, so to speak.

So if you want to keep the older firmware you are allowed too doesn't matter. You just won't be able to play online, stream movies or whatever else the PS3 does connected to PSN.

**DancingCorpse** · 05-13-10, 04:30 AM

Soooooooooo....guess who else wasn't happy about the change?

That's right. The Air Force.

They bought 2200 of the PS3s back in November, and specifically because of their install other OS feature for a relatively cheap hardware platform.

http://kotaku.com/5537716/us-air-for...-recent-change

Last month, Sony nixed the option to install a second operating system to the PlayStation 3, one of the console's original features. That angered some folks, particularly those who bought the console specifically for that feature, like the Air Force.

Last year, the United States Air Force Research Laboratory bought a whole mess of PlayStation 3s—following their successful assessment of the hardware—to capitalize on the system's Cell processor and relatively cheap hardware. With "Install Other OS" yanked from the system, the USAF sounds none too pleased about its investment.

Lab reps told Ars Technica that the change "will make it difficult to replace systems that break or fail."

"The refurbished PS3s also have the problem that when they come back from Sony, they have the firmware (gameOS) and it will not allow Other OS," a USAF lab spokesperson said, "which seems wrong. We are aware of class-action lawsuits against Sony for taking away this option on systems that use to have it."

Yikes.