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  From: Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh@samba.org>
  To  : Anthony Symons <ant@sa.pracom.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:27:54 +1000

Re: Linux on Xbox

At 2002/5/28 13:48+0930  Anthony Symons writes:
> On Tue, 2002-05-28 at 13:42, John Edwards wrote:
> > microsoft Xbox. It already has hard drive and Ethernet for something
> > like $399, and one of the xbox hacker groups has discovered a backdoor
> > bios hook to allow it to load arbitrary x86 code.
> > 
> > In English, that means there's a strong possibility that it will be able
> > to run Linux, despite all the crypto requirements for booting the OS.
> 
> Hmm. Paying microsoft for hardware to run linux on? Even if it does save
> you money Im not sure if I like that idea :(

I believe that at current prices they lose money on each Xbox they
sell (as long as you don't buy any games). So if it can be a cheap
useful Linux box, why not buy them? :-)

Chris
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