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Sun Opens Cobalt Code

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the users-not-blue-any-more dept.

Bush Kanaka writes "It looks like Sun has released the user interface and back-end custom code for the Cobalt Raq550 under a BSD-like licence. The BIOS code is also, apparently, now open source and is being maintained by Sun engineer Duncan Laurie in his own time. This has to be good news for all those Cobalt devotees who were annoyed when Sun killed off Cobalt last month, but is anybody going to actually pick up the software and start making their own Cobalt clones?"

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  1. Cobalt versus... by orangesquid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was I the only one who accidentally read, "Sun opens Cobol Code," and thought, "Egads, some things just need to stay closed-source" ?

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    1. Re:Cobalt versus... by LordK3nn3th · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cobol is hardcore, man. HARDCORE.

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  2. Re:Cobalt Cube? by oldmanmtn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it just me, or does this thing sound exactly like the Cobalt Cube from a few years back?

    This is the first first post I've seen that was dumber than a "First post!" first post.

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  3. What do you do with a dead Cobalt cube? by iguana · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thus inviting disaster to my oh-so-dainty home DSL line, I nevertheless boldly post a link to a set of humorous uses for a dead Cobalt Cube. These pictures were done by a former coworker of mine, Scott Lundberg (Hi Scott!) about four years ago.

    http://www.mbuf.com/deadcube.php

    In a related rant, to heck with the upper level source code. I want them to release the schematics, BIOS, and boot code for the ARM cube! Having a turnkey ARM system like that would be an incredible boon to the embedded Linux world. Open Source doesn't necessarily have to mean just source code, IMO.