Nintendo Approached Cyanogen Inc. to Partner for the Switch, Kirt McMaster “Told Them to Stick it”

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Why do open source projects always attract anti-social fools that run them into the ground?

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It might not be autism. He may have rejected them on some inscrutable principle.

And yet they said yes to a deal with Microsoft.

Idiots.

What did they base the switch off? I think Sony uses NetBSD for their playstation consoles.

(Some) FreeBSD for the kernel and some Android, including Stagefright.

Based on how fast it was rooted, I'd guess the same version of BSD that runs the PS2

And how in the fuck is he claiming to know this?

He's talking out of his ass. The Nintendo Switch runs a rewrite of the 3DS OS. It's a surprisingly smart move, as that OS has already seen a large amount of security fixes, and they even opened a bug bounty program specifically for it not too long ago.

The only thing Nintendo borrowed from NetBSD is the network stack.

They should try the fork ;)
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Because it would have been closed source.

Vidyafags fuck off. Free software reigns king.

Lol fuck no, the 3DS is the most wide open cracked and hacked piece of hardware and software I've ever seen in my life. Fuckers are installing CFW using god damn sound files now and downloading 100% legitimate games directly off of Nintendo's own servers for free.

You have little to no idea what you're talking about, user.

Then by all means, enlighten me.

Right now. It took about 3 years to get it "cracked and hacked." And the console hacking community is not small, specially when it comes to Nintendo products.

Before that only flashcards that acted like legit cartridges were usable, and before that only DS homebrew.


Yet they signed a contract with Microsoft.

Really makes you think...

They would have to throw out almost all of Android since much of it is GPL.

What in the actual fuck?

Because Microsoft does some open source stuff you nigger. Nintendo does not.


This too.

Considering how Nintendo handled the 3DS OS, the Wii U OS, brought back friend codes, ties purchases to hardware, I wouldn't want to be associated with that level of incompetence either.

They used the freebsd network stack apparently. The 3DS used a custom stack from some company.
Also PS2 had no OS, only a simple program when a game isn't running.


I guess Nintendo didn't want to deal with an almost dead company either.

/THREAD
Socialism will fix it

Good on them, actually. The switch is a piece of shit.

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Why the fuck did they even start Cyanogen Inc.?

The deal was for them to make a fresh OS
Not use their existing one

rude

Yes, but that new OS would have to be closed source. So stick it.

The fuck is this shit? Stop pretending to know shit, you'll be obvious to people you want to fool.

I've been wondering if they were poisoned by the Microsoft money that they accepted.

CIAniggers corrupt FOSS groups

And?
I don't see a problem there as long as they keep their existing one

Creating free software is a political stance against closed source software. Creating free software and then supporting a billion dollar company by creating closed source software for them to use is cognitive dissonance.

That still is bad business
Business > politics
Proves OPs point
That is why cyanogen is dead

but FOSS != socialism ya dingus