Emoticons really are a visual language, aren't they? Microsoft hasn't even gotten their mitts on the Folding@Home project (though they have hinted at having little daydreams about it), but Sony, forever the jealous type, is already whining about it. When Jack Tretton of SCEA was interviewed by GamePro, he had this to say about the rumor:

Would they be even having this conversation if we weren't doing it? I don't know. I would guess that the medical community would take help from anywhere they could get it, but the commentary that I heard is that Stanford isn't sure that [the Xbox 360's processing abilities] would help them very much, which is odd to me because if it helped at all, it seems like they would welcome it with open arms.

It's really ugly territory to get into, but let's take fighting a disease and see if we can get some credit for that. It's not a cool game to play one way or the other, so I don't want to even give the impression that that's our motivation, and I'd be very disappointed if they're looking for PR value or to try to suck off some of the goodwill that we're doing.

I'm not really allowed to swear here a lot, but this is the closest the definition of the word "bitching" I've ever heard. It's a charity! The more people get involved, the better, right?! It's not like Greenpeace goes around arguing with the Sierra Club about who should be saving the environment or how. They just do it because it's the right thing to do. Kim Phu

Sony Doesn't like Microsoft Joining Folding@Home for "PR" [Arts Technica]

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