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Re: Licensing mails being sent to vendors



On 2004 Oct 28, at 9:45 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote:

> There is no point in contacting a vendor for firmware licenses if their
> hardware is entirely closed, like Broadcom.

Yeah...I still can't get over how a vendor (Apple) can ship an 
operating system (Darwin) that's at the core of their flagship product 
(OS X) that doesn't support one of their sexy technologies (wireless).

I must still be drinking too much from the naive cup.

> I mean, we're smart enough
> to avoid Broadcom hardware entirely, aren't we?

Not if we want wireless in a 12" PowerBook G4, we're not....

Cheers,

b&

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