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Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: ClutchLikeMelo // March 11, 2011

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A lot of drama was stirred up back when Sony decided to remove the otherOS option. Well now Sony has filled an Amendment Complain, in order to clear up some earlier information found in the initial statement of the “Other OS removal” case.

Basically Sony explains how otherOS was NOT removed because of security issues, but instead because of production costs. Supposedly, they felt as though they were investing way too much to keep this feature, so they ended up getting rid of it.

Originally posted by another user

159. SCEA suggested initially that the removal of the “Other OS” function from the “fat” models in April 2010 was for security and intellectual property reasons.

160. On its website, SCEA wrote: Why did you delete the “Other OS” feature?

A. To protect the intellectual property of the content offered on the PS3 system as well as to provide a more secure system for those users who are enjoying games and other entertainment content on the PS3 system, we have decided to delete the feature to address security vulnerabilities of the system.

161. This statement is a fabrication. SCEA gave these reasons as a pretext so that it could attempt to argue that the Warranty, SSLA, and/or TOS allowed for the removal of the “Other OS” feature. In reality, SCEI and SCEA removed this feature because it was expensive to maintain (as they previously admitted when the feature was removed from the “slim” models – but which they conveniently removed from SCEA’s website); they were losing money on every PS3 unit sold (due to poor decisions in the planning and design of the Cell chip as noted above and given the PS3’s extra features); SCEA needed to promote and sell games to make their money back on the loss-leading PS3 consoles (and there was no profit in users utilizing the computer functions of the PS3); and IBM wanted to sell its expensive servers utilizing the Cell processor (users could cluster PS3s for the same purposes much less expensively).

A rumor has recently been circulating that IMB forced the removal of otherOS, because creating PS3s, is a lot easier than investing in IBM's Blade servers. Remember, that is only a rumor though.

Now let's look at the timeline of recent Sony affairs.

Originally posted by another user

- Removal of OtherOS due to security reasons and intellectual property reasons;
- Sony hits geohot for opening up the system;
- Sony starts sueing people who focused all their work to get Linux back (graf_chokolo);
- Sony states that there were no security reasons and they just “stole” and advertised feature from their clients in order to make more profit

Could all of this have been avoided if otherOS was never removed? Would a 'custom firmware' ever been made? Who knows. One thing in for sure though, this is the spark that ignited many hackers.

Well, if they really cared about OtherOS, they would fight back against IBM if they really did force them to remove OtherOS

Biased much? Great journalism here, folks!

:wtf: Sony Y U NO LET US HAZ OTHEROS??? Oh, thanks for clearing it up melo :y:!

What do i smell? I think its bullshit lies, sony is full of shit.

sony is f***ing gay :n:

There couldn't be more bullshit even if Sony were firing a Bullshit Launcher right in my face... what an utter load of crap.

OtherOS wasn't costing Sony anything, even if it was then they could have just stated that they were no longer going to continue support of OtherOS *BUT* leave it included in all new Firmware Revisions for existing users... that's ALL they had to ****ing do, then all this shit (CFW, Bypassing, Modifications e.t.c) wouldn't have happened!

sony have utterly brought this war on themselves i hope they relise the mistakes they have made and relised the money they have wasted bribing judges getting police break into grafs house and take his equipments and such was just retarded

Oh NO!

Really, if your posting here, you probably have a computer, there is no point to whine.

I can see why they chose to remove it, it's their console, they can do it if they feel that it is needed.

i personally hate SONY !