Free-X & Microsoft


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Does anybody else think its was a bad idea for ms to not talk to the free-x group... in the on day that free-x released their exploit i've see about 5 different xbox boot disk or loaders as they are call show up no the net. Before it was harder for ther average joe to play backup games on your xbox.... cuz u had to go through all the work of getting a modchip, opening up your box and making sure u put in a switch so u could still play on live...... but now that problem is solved... w/ this new exploit. all the average joe needs is to do a google search and u can find the loader a burner to burn it on a cdrw and u got a boot disk for your xbox just like the dreamcast.....

now who else thinks ms made a boooo booo

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I think Microsoft should have probably at least talked. I mean seriously - this makes me want to tweak my box with that now.

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The whole thing is just a mess, there isn't a finger to clearly point at anyone and say they're at fault for it being the way it is.

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I think Microsoft should have probably at least talked. I mean seriously - this makes me want to tweak my box with that now.

i know what u mean man...... Cuz i never had any interset in running linux on my xbox,,,, And i'm pretty the average joe don't either but now..... things havre changed

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What the free-x group was doing amounted to extortion. I'm sure that this code would have been running in the wild regardless of what Microsoft did in response. The opensource community has been trying to target the XBOX since its launch. They seem to take great joy in the possibility of seeing MS fail in the console market. Unfortunatly for gamers that will mean less competition along with higher prices and less innovation, but these types don't care about any of that. They're just caught up in the politics of opensource vs. MS

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It won't make a difference... really. look at playstation everyone had a modded playstation. Of course i didn't i had my N64 :) but hell everyone i knew did and like 400 games, and PS did amazing anyways.

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