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Sony to Sell Linux Kits for Playstation 2
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (news - web sites). said on
Wednesday it would start selling Linux (news - web sites) operating
system kits for Linux programmers around the globe in coming months
to allow Linux applications to run on its PlayStation 2 (news - web
sites) game console.
The consumer electronics giant said it would begin selling disks to
install the Linux operating system (OS) on PlayStation 2 and tools to
develop Linux applications.
The kits will go on sale in Japan in May and in the United Sates and
Europe in June.
``Many Linux fans have requested that they would like to execute
applications not only on personal
computers but also on PlayStation game consoles,'' a Sony spokeswoman
said.
The kits will cost $188.30 in Japan, $299 in the United States and
$215 in Europe.
Linux, which competes with Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT - news)
Windows, is an open-source
model and has become a popular master computer program.
Sony aims to expand the role of PlayStation as a platform and allow
more applications such as
word-processing.
Sony said the kits also included a internal hard disk drive with 40
gigabytes and USB keyboard and
mouse.
Sony shares closed down 2.2 percent at 5,790 yen on Wednesday, in line
with the benchmark Nikkei
(^N225 - news) which ended down 1.3 percent, breaking below the 10,000
yen level for the first
time since October 10.
