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That may be their motivation
They cetainly deserve to make money off of the games. They devoted money to research and develop the system, and legions of programmers create the games. They will make their money off of it without fighting against the hacker and tweakers constantly.

My point was that hacking and tweaking leads to innovation and creativity. I don't think they should be suppressing that as hard as they are. Sony tried a few years ago to release a developers kit for the PS2, but few people purchased one because it was crippled in a wasted attempt to keep people from running pirated games. Guess what people still pirated PS2 games like crazy, but the home brewed applications were almost zero.

As for your question about what percentage of hackers are going to "run Linux on it compared to the percentage who are only going to copy games...?", I will simply point out that so far the PSP is an anomaly when it comes to game systems. My google research shows the vast majority of PSP hacks to be benign homebrew hacks, so in this case more than any other there are what I consider to be very legitimate hacks. Sony loses no money here until they start forcing firmware updates to play games. By doing this they will lose game sales since people with hacked systems will avoid losing their hacks.

I really think that they are just wasting time and money on a non-problem here. They released a great pocket computer with amazing potential and a beautiful screen then crippled it. Who wouldn't want to tinker with this awesome hardware to open its possibilities.
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Why won't Sony learn?  Sabz5150 | 09/29/05
They're losing money on hardware, that's why  toomuchgreeatea@... | 09/29/05
True, but ...  Otto_Delete | 09/30/05
Don't think so  Anti_Zealot | 09/30/05
Can we say DUH!  Asesino | 09/30/05
It's not about Learning, it's about what's right  Asesino | 09/30/05
Lego Example  rafitorres@... | 09/30/05
There you go! I'll go with that approach  Asesino | 09/30/05
What do they lose?  MIKE C0X | 09/30/05
Great Analogy and Point!  Asesino | 09/30/05
Oops! I forgot to mention earlier...  Asesino | 09/30/05
The harm is....  figgle | 09/30/05
Agreed...not a fan of piracy for profit  Asesino | 09/30/05
Less than you think.  bmh129 | 09/30/05
Well Said...Freedom!!!  Asesino | 09/30/05
That may be their motivation  MIKE C0X | 09/30/05
RSA Security Solutions Adopted for PSP?  golfbob | 09/30/05
I'm lost here  voice_of_all_reason | 09/30/05
Not if you want to play new games  Patrick Jones | 09/30/05
YES!!!...Awesome happy  Asesino | 09/30/05
Stupid, stupid, stupid  tic swayback | 09/30/05
The pain...  figgle | 09/30/05
Yes!...Tell 'Em...Good Point!  Asesino | 09/30/05
Why fight the inevitable?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Sony has to take a stand at some point  Asesino | 09/30/05
Why take a stand that hurts your paying customers?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Valid point  Asesino | 09/30/05
So what do you do?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
All the more reason for Sony support  bugmenotznet | 09/30/05
Listen to your own words...hint happy  Asesino | 09/30/05
So much for ownership  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Out of Scope  Asesino | 09/30/05
Modification is modification  tic swayback | 09/30/05
This could go on forever  Asesino | 09/30/05
Thinking like a business owner  tic swayback | 09/30/05
If your arguements are true ...  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
Sort of  tic swayback | 09/30/05
How is this any different then ...  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
Imposing limits  tic swayback | 09/30/05
That's the Golden Question  Asesino | 09/30/05
Does it do less than before?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
RE: Tic  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
It no longer works the same  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Re: NESN Tic  osreinstall | 09/30/05
Where in the article does it state that the PSP ...  ShadeTree | 09/30/05
It wasn't Sony's engineering...  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Tic read something interesting  osreinstall | 09/30/05
I'll take your word for it  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Gotta love those EULAs  osreinstall | 09/30/05
So Sony will make a Linux kit for the PS  Boot_Agnostic | 09/30/05
Some people just don't want to stick to the agreement.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
I disagree (partially)  Patrick Jones | 09/30/05
Tell that to any Nascar official.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
What agreement, exactly?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Still looking for wiggle room on the contract?  osreinstall | 09/30/05
What paperwork?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Ask the clerk for it  osreinstall | 09/30/05
The clerk at Toys R Us?  tic swayback | 09/30/05
The clerk where you buy it, of course.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
I'll check with the snarling 16 year old checkout girl...  tic swayback | 09/30/05
I usually have something to say quite sarcastically to teenagers.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
Me too, unless they're hot  tic swayback | 09/30/05
I not even going there.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
Well, 16 is legal in some states....  tic swayback | 09/30/05
They are a little dingy at 16.  osreinstall | 09/30/05
How to stop replies to your messages?  Asesino | 09/30/05
It's an automatic function of ZDNet talkbacks  tic swayback | 09/30/05
Oh ok happy  Asesino | 09/30/05
PSP as a server!!!!  macaso | 10/01/05
PSP-BASIC!!!  semajxela | 12/20/05

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