Re: [SLUG] Linux on an xbox

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<quote who="Rick Welykochy">

> Pardon my ignorance, but why did MS deploy the Xbox using Linux instead of
> one of their own operating systems, perhaps Windows CE?
> 
> Is this a tacit admission by them that their own offerings are not up to
> scratch in the gaming dept?

Er, they certainly didn't ship Linux. It's a half-baked CE/NT mish-mash.

- Jeff

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