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== ProblemFirst-Party behaviorLinux Bootloader ==
ZDNet<ref>{{Cite web |title=Xbox hackers attempt to blackmail Microsoft |website=[[ZDNet]] |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/xbox-hackers-attempt-to-blackmail-microsoft-3002136730/ |access-date=June 27, 2003 }}</ref> reported an Australian hacker group announced that if Microsoft did not release a first-party, signed bootloader for Linux, they would release the methodtechnology that would allow Linux (and pirated software, etc.) to run on the Xbox without a mod chip, which would be considered [[blackmail]]. Microsoft never released such a bootloader and the hacker group and Xbox Linux project did it. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hackers release Xbox tool despite Microsoft threats | website=[[ZDNet]]| url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-release-xbox-tool-despite-microsoft-threats|access-date=July 4, 2003}}</ref>
 
== See also ==