Ontario Linux Fest

[Christopher Browne]

On 9/21/07, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:32:52PM -0400, Interlug Lists wrote:
> > Research In Motion goes Platinum at Ontario Linux Fest.
> > Everybody recognizes the ubiquitous BlackBerry devices on the hips of
> > the well-connected, in offices, in movies and just about everywhere
> > else.  In Kitchener-Waterloo it is well-known that RIM is a top-notch
> > place to work.  Not everybody knows how widely GNU/Linux and other Free
> > Software is used at Research In Motion.  And here is something that we
> > are revealing for the first time.  Research In Motion will be recruiting
> > at Ontario Linux Fest.  Bring your resume, or start the process now.
> > http://onlinux.ca/rim
>
> Amusing really, given how RIM seems highly against anyone else using
> Linux with their devices.  Perfectly fine for them to use it at the
> backend, but not for the clients to use it. :)

Yeah, that's pretty irritating about the Blackberries (or do they
pluralize as "Blackberrys"?)

I find myself consistently underimpressed with the Blackberry
capabilities.  They are functional enough, but the software on them
doesn't seem to have changed interestingly in several years.   And the
basic capabilities have been replicated by all the other phones.
*All* the phones, these days, can do SMS, calendaring, notes, ToDo
lists, and run Java-based apps.

It will be mighty interesting to see what falls from the reactions to
the iPhone; that has been a bit of a "call to arms" for the other cell
phone makers, and I hope that the emergence of "somewhat open"
Linux-based platforms (OpenMoko for example) will lead to further
interesting things.

It mightn't draw in RIM to "supporting Linux desktop," but it's likely
to have some interesting effects, in any case...
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