>>sigh no PS2 no Linux next they will remove the Blu-Ray
>Removing Blu-ray would be totally stupid for Sony and won't happen.
Yep - it would be one of many things I find totally stupid. It would be totally stupid for Sony to remove the Blu-ray AND I think BC and Linux are things that are not critical, but differentiate the PS3 from the rest. I do not want just... a games console, I want everything! :-)

sigh no PS2 no Linux next they will remove the Blu-Ray... I have an original 20Gb PS3 that has BC and Linux. I do not use them a lot, but I can. I was excited with the Yellow Dog Linux that just came out - YDL on a Stick, I thought I had a way to spend $300 and some change and have a place to both play with Linux and the Cell and a Blu-Ray (I have a Blu-Ray burner and would be able to use it to make blu-ray disks with nifty menus) hmmm It seems like those PS3 Cluster supercomputers would be even more common with the price of the PS3 25% less than before. It probably does not make Sony a lot of $, but it should be good PR. I'm currently playing FF VII - a PS1!!! game. sigh