Everyone wants to hack the Xbox, even MIT.

Everyone wants to hack the Xbox, even MIT.
June 4, 2002 8:51 AM

Yesterday, C|Net carried a story that an MIT student managed to hack the Xbox. Well, that really isn't news, at all, not one bit really. Nope, not news.

What really matters is the following comment from the aforementioned C|Net article...

Computer enthusiasts have been excited about the possibility of using the $199 Xbox, which is technologically similar to a PC, as a stand-alone computer running operating systems like Linux.

To think that a loss leader business plan would have no follow on revenue in terms of software sales makes that business plan look even worse than it already does.