On Thu, May 06, 2004, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but why did MS deploy the Xbox using Linux
> instead of one of their own operating systems, perhaps Windows CE?

They didn't. As I understand it, the xbox runs something much like the
Win2K kernel. Since the xbox is largely known hardware with a custom
bios, Linux is installable on it if you utilise various tricks.

> Is this a tacit admission by them that their own offerings are not up
> to scratch in the gaming dept?

Evidently not.

-Mary
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