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IP: Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 07:09:09 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:52:03 To: farber () central cis upenn edu (David Farber) Subject: Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2 http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20020130/tc/tech_sony_linux_dc_2.html Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday it would start selling Linux operating system kits for Linux programmers around the globe in coming months to allow Linux applications to run on its PlayStation 2 game console. The consumer electronics giant said it would begin selling disks to install the Linux operating system (OS) on PlayStation 2 and tools to develop Linux applications. The kits will go on sale in Japan in May and in the United Sates and Europe in June. ``Many Linux fans have requested that they would like to execute applications not only on personal computers but also on PlayStation game consoles,'' a Sony spokeswoman said. The kits will cost $188.30 in Japan, $199 in the United States and $215 in Europe. <snip> Sony aims to expand the role of PlayStation as a platform and allow more applications such as word-processing. Sony said the kits also included a internal hard disk drive with 40 gigabytes and USB keyboard and mouse. <snip> For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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