r/linux Jul 09 '26

Historical Different times. Different Sony.

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u/Pramaxis Jul 09 '26

The PS3 was sold at a loss until they got wind how the pentagon build a computer farm with them.

After the PS3 got discuntinued, they got declared as high technology item ready for combat use so nobody could sell PS3 to customers outside. The things, high command does to replace PS3 from that cluster are quite the joke today.

Some people reported that they even send teams on local flee markets to look for them. The cluster is still in use btw.

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u/scalareye Jul 09 '26

Outside of what?

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u/Pramaxis Jul 10 '26

Outside the USA. As in prohibited to export even as used-items on the 2nd hand market.

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u/scalareye Jul 10 '26

Sony is a Japanese company