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Lindows CEO funds Xbox hacking contest

Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of $200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.

The revelation was made in a posting earlier this week on the Xbox Linux Project site at SourceForge, a site for collaborative development of opensource software projects. Robertson disclosed his identity as the person funding the contest and extended the deadline. "There is no business justification; that's not why I did it," he said. Restricting access to the processor sets a dangerous precedent, he said, particularly as Microsoft moves forward with its Palladium project to boost the security of PCs valentino handbags by linking future versions of the Windows operating system with Intel and Advanced Micro Devices processors.

"I http://www.valentinohandbagssale.com/ think the Xbox sets a dangerous precedent," he said. "I think there's a battle here try to pull this open Intel architecture into a closed worldthat's where Microsoft wants this to head."

The project was announced last July with prizes of $100,000 each for the first developer to accomplish two goals. The first challenge was to get Linux running on an Xbox, a goal that has already been met by several developers. The project team expects to divvy up that prize money among several hackers this month, according to the site.

The second challenge, to run Linux on an Xbox with no hardware modifications, has been more of a struggle. Microsoft has used a variety of legal, technical and other measures valentino handbags sale to defeat mod chips.

Running software without a mod chip could require hackers to crack the Xbox's builtin software to the point where it could be booted from a homemade disc, as hackers managed to do with Sega's nowdefunct Dreamcast console.

Both Xbox Linux contests originally were set to expire last Monday, but Robertson extended the deadline for the second part to encourage development projects. "Michael Robertson has decided to extend the deadline for part B for another year," according to the SourceForge posting. "We are already preparing new openanalysis tools. Any experienced hacker is welcome to join the effort."