Sony Encourages Linux On Their Phones

[Garbage]

http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/developerworld/2011/05/06/how-to-build-a-linux-kernel/

[marshray]

They encouraged Linux on the PS3 once too, remember?

[masklinn → marshray]

My first thought as well: it's a trap.

[lhnz]

I'm sorry but at this point we should all know what kind of company Sony really is. They don't deserve positive PR from trying to sucker geeks again...

edit; Not sure how I'm being voted down. This is nothing more than PR. We have already seen their true colours.

[iwwr → lhnz]

Sony could offer a license where they agree never to remove those features in the future from that line of devices.

[tsuraan → iwwr]

A license subject to unilateral change on their part, of course...

[zbowling]

Sony is a big company and Sony Ericsson is only 50% Sony. Why the Xperia phone is "PlayStation certified" and not the "PSP phone".

[rospaya]

Not is it wrong, but also very unfair to call Sony Ericsson just Sony. More so because of the recent rumors that Sony is bailing out.

[aphexairlines]

You "may" void the warranty? Sony-Ericsson makes the devices and specifies the warranty terms but doesn't know if you would void it or not?

[jensnockert → aphexairlines]

I guess it may depend on what you're doing with the software, the phones might have a self-destruct button or something...

(I guess some companies want to do that with lost phones)

[kalleboo → aphexairlines]

I assume they mean, if you brick the phone, the warranty is void. If you reflash your phone but then the hardware breaks, the warranty is still valid.

[bmunro → aphexairlines]

Whether you void the warranty or not may depend on the laws concerning warranties in your country/state.

[aphexairlines → bmunro]

I guess we should read that as "we would like to void your warranty" then :)

[meow]

fool me once ... fool me twice ...