At 10:51 PM -0500 11/21/06, Sam Varshavchik wrote: ... >[4] Someone should really get on the phone to Intel and just knock some >sense into them. Come on, Intel, really: just release the bloody firmware >files for your chipsets on FOSS-friendly terms, so that they can be bundled >with Fedora, Debian, and others. There's really no need to be such putzes >any more. Everyone is just tired of this silliness, let's just get this >done right so that everyone can move on with their lives? Are you sure that there isn't still a need for the firmware to be proprietary, in order to comply with FCC (and I expect EU) regulations about operation of a radio transmitter? Did the FCC requirements change recently? -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
