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New Sidekick Will Run NetBSD, Not Windows CE
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."
Heaven forbid we use the GPL. Let's go for the BSD license! It's worse!
Go Microsoft, you're finally growing up!
It's not like you would be going in to code the next Microsoft Useless Widget 2.0.
Right. You'll just be porting Microsoft Useless Widget from Windows CE to NetBSD.
Or, M$ is hoping enough NetBSD developers, or potential developers, are naive or weak enough to turn quisling. NetBSD is small enough that it is comparable in size to small companies, and taking out enough developers to sink the project is a realistic goal.
It happened to Borland and others. Of the FOSS distros, NetBSD the lowest hanging fruit for such a tactic. Larger distros require other tactics.
Even if the offer is legit, which it probably, isn't, just wasting invaluable developer resources porting Microsoft Useless Widget from Windows CE to NetBSD is a human resources denial of service attack taking developer time away from something useful.
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.
Isn't it ... ? Wasn't it ... ? Wasn't it already ... ?
Oh no, nevermind!