Linux

Linux on Wikipedia:

More Than a Gigabuck: Estimating GNU/Linux's Size, a 2001 study of Red Hat Linux 7.1, found that this distribution contained 30 million source lines of code.[10] Using the Constructive Cost Model, the study estimated that this distribution required about eight thousand man-years of development time. According to the study, if all this software had been developed by conventional proprietary means, it would have cost about 1.08 billion dollars (year 2000 U.S. dollars) to develop in the United States.
In a later study, Counting potatoes: The size of Debian 2.2, the same analysis was performed for Debian GNU/Linux version 2.2.[11] This distribution contained over fifty-five million source lines of code, and the study estimated that it would have cost 1.9 billion dollars (year 2000 U.S. dollars) to develop by conventional means.

Also worth noting is that Playstation 3 will run Linux by default. According to the GPL License Sony will be obliged to release the source code to whatever modifications they have made for their custom (presumably) linux kernel. That will be an interesting point in time.

Thursday, 5 October 2006 1:41 am

YAPFS ( yet another problem for Sony )

Xbox 360 adds 1080p, HD DVD drive is $170 US for November 17th in Japan : The really low price of the HD DVD device, the support for 1080p resolution ( one of the major features of PS3 ), the new ultra cool games that are coming for it ( Gears of War, Mass Effect, Fabble II, to name a few ).. Microsoft's Xbox 360 is steadfastly becoming the most important game console of this generation. Problem is, once Microsoft dominates a field, it just won't let go. So, unless Sony can come up with something ( doubtful ) Microsoft is going to own the consoles market from now on. Sad, but true.

Sony just can't get a break. If they indeed manage to make it out of this situation alive ( perhaps they could pull themselves out of the moving sand by grabbing themselves from their hair, just like Baron Munchaousendid ), its going to make one great business story.

Wednesday, 20 September 2006 12:00 am

Europe PS3 Delay in Quotes + 1

Some quotes on PS3 delay by folks in Europe, compiled by Joystiq. It's a sad, sad thing. Not necessarily because Sony didn't see it coming ( perhaps they did but concealed their fears, but that's far fetched), but because it is dragging them by the foot down to some sort of sinking sand that will take a really strong force to get them off that. Just like sinking sand, as time goes by, Sony is further drawn to its doom, and its more and more difficult to get out of it. I hope they will make it, but hope alone will not help them. 'There is a difference between known the path and walking the path'.

Friday, 8 September 2006 0:17 am

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