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Storage Stuff
by Andrew Garrett on August 19, 2004
If you're one of those folks that just can't stop playing with your toys in ways their manufacturer never intended, then you might be interested in this article on slashdot.
Apparently the Linksys NSLU2 has a lot of hackability.
You know, the more I think about it, the more is makes sense for manufacturers of products like this to deliberately make them hackable. It increases the publicity, the exposure, builds Buzz that wouldn't normally get generated. Most people won't us it this way of course, but those who do (or, if they're like me, think they might like to one day) will seek out this sort of thing deliberately, an recommnd them to all and sundry.
Sounds like a good way to boost demand to me.
Apparently the Linksys NSLU2 has a lot of hackability.
The NSLU2 is a tiny network storage device running Linux and it's been hacked to add SSH, NFS, an iTunes server, etc.
You know, the more I think about it, the more is makes sense for manufacturers of products like this to deliberately make them hackable. It increases the publicity, the exposure, builds Buzz that wouldn't normally get generated. Most people won't us it this way of course, but those who do (or, if they're like me, think they might like to one day) will seek out this sort of thing deliberately, an recommnd them to all and sundry.
Sounds like a good way to boost demand to me.
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