Comments on: Perspectives on iPhone Hacking http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-65524 John Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:38:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-65524 <p>The issue is that the manufacturer has built the cost of the software into how much they charge for the hardware. <br>I love my modded XBox - it's the best value $300 PC I could buy at the time. The issue is it is sold this cheap becuse MS make money from the develoement kits and software licences. Maybe they should sell an "unlocked" xbox a tthe approproate cost? Nah, I'll just use the frimware I dwonloaed thanks.</p> The issue is that the manufacturer has built the cost of the software into how much they charge for the hardware.
I love my modded XBox – it's the best value $300 PC I could buy at the time. The issue is it is sold this cheap becuse MS make money from the develoement kits and software licences. Maybe they should sell an “unlocked” xbox a tthe approproate cost? Nah, I'll just use the frimware I dwonloaed thanks.

]]> By: John http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-55997 John Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:38:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-55997 <p>The issue is that the manufacturer has built the cost of the software into how much they charge for the hardware. <br>I love my modded XBox - it's the best value $300 PC I could buy at the time. The issue is it is sold this cheap becuse MS make money from the develoement kits and software licences. Maybe they should sell an "unlocked" xbox a tthe approproate cost? Nah, I'll just use the frimware I dwonloaed thanks.</p> The issue is that the manufacturer has built the cost of the software into how much they charge for the hardware.
I love my modded XBox – it's the best value $300 PC I could buy at the time. The issue is it is sold this cheap becuse MS make money from the develoement kits and software licences. Maybe they should sell an “unlocked” xbox a tthe approproate cost? Nah, I'll just use the frimware I dwonloaed thanks.

]]> By: Jim S http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-48868 Jim S Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:49:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-48868 <p>That WOULD be funny. A deal between GM and Exxon that required you to commit to a contract to exclusively buy gas from Exxon if you wanted to buy the car. Or maybe it would be with Mobil, with the little speedpass RFID built right into the car...</p> That WOULD be funny. A deal between GM and Exxon that required you to commit to a contract to exclusively buy gas from Exxon if you wanted to buy the car. Or maybe it would be with Mobil, with the little speedpass RFID built right into the car…

]]> By: Jim S http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-39251 Jim S Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:49:40 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-39251 <p>That WOULD be funny. A deal between GM and Exxon that required you to commit to a contract to exclusively buy gas from Exxon if you wanted to buy the car. Or maybe it would be with Mobil, with the little speedpass RFID built right into the car...</p> That WOULD be funny. A deal between GM and Exxon that required you to commit to a contract to exclusively buy gas from Exxon if you wanted to buy the car. Or maybe it would be with Mobil, with the little speedpass RFID built right into the car…

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-48867 eee_eff Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:23:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-48867 <p><i>But you can’t do this with the chip when it first arrives in the mail. Although the device is (or was) legal on its own terms, it couldn’t unlock the full potential of the Xbox without running custom firmware — firmware that was based on code to which Microsoft owns the copyright.</i><br><br>Of course, couldn't someone develop code that achieved the same result, but was based on their own work?</p> But you can’t do this with the chip when it first arrives in the mail. Although the device is (or was) legal on its own terms, it couldn’t unlock the full potential of the Xbox without running custom firmware — firmware that was based on code to which Microsoft owns the copyright.

Of course, couldn’t someone develop code that achieved the same result, but was based on their own work?

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-39250 enigma_foundry Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:23:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/28/perspectives-on-iphone-hacking/#comment-39250 <p><i>But you can’t do this with the chip when it first arrives in the mail. Although the device is (or was) legal on its own terms, it couldn’t unlock the full potential of the Xbox without running custom firmware — firmware that was based on code to which Microsoft owns the copyright.</i></p> <p>Of course, couldn't someone develop code that achieved the same result, but was based on their own work?</p> But you can’t do this with the chip when it first arrives in the mail. Although the device is (or was) legal on its own terms, it couldn’t unlock the full potential of the Xbox without running custom firmware — firmware that was based on code to which Microsoft owns the copyright.

Of course, couldn’t someone develop code that achieved the same result, but was based on their own work?

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