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From: sosman@terratron.com (Steven Osman)
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Subject: Re: PS2 Dev kit
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 19:47:53 GMT
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Matt,

I'm not quite sure, but I have a hunch that Sony doesn't want your
games to run on all systems.

On one hand, I hate the thought of it, but then again, I appreciate
it, too.

I can't tell you how many PC applications I've downloaded that were
just pure crap -- and that was the good ones.  The bad ones messed up
the system, don't uninstall properly, etc, etc.  One of the things
that sony does when they give you a prof. developer license is require
you to "accept" certain standards and adhere to them; in fact, in the
recent discussions about the NY demos being distributed, there were
additional guidelines and requirements for qualifying games.

Perhaps the one thing all Yaroze members have in common is a sense of
adventure.  Maybe being part of the community makes us aware of the
potential flaws in people's yaroze code as we download it, so we don't
blame it on the console and go buy the other guy's console (which
looks very suspiciously similar to a PC without a keyboard and mouse).

Anyway, all that being said, I'm on your side, too.  I thought the
dreamcast was kind of interesting with the little downloadable games
you could get for the VMU, I thought it'd be fun to write little VMU
games, for example.  The dreamcast allowed you to download those games
right out of the box, too (i.e. modem was already included).

As far as PS2 Linux, I'm still confused about something.  I can't tell
if it was intended to be akin to a "Net Yaroze 2," or if it was more
about letting people use the computer they've already bought without
knowing it (i.e. why bother buying a computer when you can just pop in
a linux kit into the system you already have.  Just think -- you get
ps2 + ps one + dvd player + computer all in one...  Not bad, huh?)

Sauce

On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:02:25 +0100, "Matt Verran"
<mverran@btinternet.com> wrote:

>I really hope SONY provide some mechanism to allow owners of the upcoming
>braodband adapter/HD to download programs by Linux Kit developers. Imagine
>if our yaroze games were available to all PS owners.
>
>MattV
>