[EMAIL PROTECTED] (xganon) writes:
> cryptorelevence: a new platform running an inspectable OS
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020130/tc/tech_sony_linux_dc_1.html
>
> Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2
>
> TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (news - web sites). said on Wednesday it
> would start selling Linux (news - web sites) operating system kits for
> Linux programmers around the globe in coming months to allow Linux
> applications to run on its PlayStation 2 (news - web sites) 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, $299 in the United States and
> $215 in Europe.
>
> Linux, which competes with Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news)
> Windows, is an open-source model and has become a popular master
> computer program.
>
> 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.
>
> Sony shares closed down 2.2 percent at 5,790 yen on Wednesday, in line
> with the benchmark Nikkei (^N225 - news) which ended down 1.3 percent,
> breaking below the 10,000 yen level for the first time since October
> 10.
