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New Sidekick Will Run NetBSD, Not Windows CE

Posted by kdawson on from the daemon-in-the-details dept.

jschauma writes "Many sites are reporting that the next Sidekick LX 2009/Blade, from Danger (acquired by Microsoft early in 2008), is going to run NetBSD as their operating system, causing Microsoft's recruiters to look for NetBSD developers."

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  1. Quite a loaded summary there by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Loaded with links, that is.

    Really? Did we need 5 links in one sentence to convey a message which would've sufficed with at least two less links?

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  2. Re:Is a 'Holy Fuck' in order? by dotancohen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course no. Hotmail run Apache on Linux :)

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  3. Re:Embrace. by Stormwatch · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    As it stands there is nothing to make them release the source code to drivers they have written.

    I don't think you get it. You consider "freedom" to be the ability to force other people to release their own code under terms you find favorable?

    The question here is, whose freedom?

    The BSD license gives freedom to the developer; the GNU license gives freedom to the code itself.

    That is: with BSD, you can take code from the community, do work on top of theirs, and keep it for yourself. In a sense, you can take free code and turn it into non-free code. With GNU, you can take code from the community, and do work on top of theirs; then, you are obliged to share back. The code was free, the code stays free. If you use my shovel to build your playground, you damn better let me play too.

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