Question: I was just wondering of M$'s feedback on the currently released exploit, which allows you to boot linux without a modchip?
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Tem: ok
Mike Pollock: From our understanding, our view is that what they are threatening to do is piracy.
Tem: oh. is M$ taking any steps?
Mike Pollock: We do know we will take legal action if they follow through with their threat, aside from that, we have no further information on the issue.
Tem: i dont know if you know
Tem: but theyr eleased the exploit.
Tem: www.xbox-scene.com
Tem: i was wondering what legal actiong MS will take?
Tem: action*
Mike Pollock: That information has not been given to us.
Tem: ok.
Tem: do you think this will affect the sales of the Xbox? As in, more people will start to buy it?
Mike Pollock: I do not believe it should.
Tem: will M$ patch this "exploit" through LIVE?
Tem: will the games like 007/mech assault be remade?
Mike Pollock: We have not been given any information on that. We just know that legal action will be taken against the group that is putting out the exploit.
Tem: is it true employess from M$s Xbox division browse sites like "Xbox-scene?" or xbox hacker to find out information like this?
Mike Pollock: It could be possible, however that would be handled by a different department then ours.
Tem: oh
Tem: do we have any info for xbox 2?
Mike Pollock: No, there has been no announcement made yet on the next generation of the Xbox console.
Tem: ok that is all my questions. thank you for your time.
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