Contributed by grey on from the vendors need to meet consumer DEMANDS dept.
On a postive note, many vendors understand consumer demands already. I have been told that just yesterday Zydas wireless firmware became free and I'm sure that they will enjoy the benefits of this support.
Update: It also can't hurt to sign this petition. But please write and phone the contacts supplied as well.
We encourage all of our readers to take some time to make use of these contacts at both Intel and TI. Pass the word along to friends acquaintences or colleagues who use open source software as well, as these issues affect those using linux distros or BSD trees equally. Below is a list of contact information for individuals at Intel:
roxanne.r.gryder@intel.com
vivek.g.gupta@intel.com
keith.holt@intel.com
changwen.liu@intel.com
art.martin@intel.com
joe.pitarresi@intel.com
emily.h.qi@intel.com
john.sadowsky@intel.com
charlie.tai@intel.com
james.mike.wilson@intel.com
salwan.searty@intel.com
crystal.xiong@intel.com
jketreno@linux.intel.com
Mr Boyd Bangerter boyd.r.bangerter@intel.com (503) 264-7773
Mr Eric Jacobsen eric.a.jacobsen@intel.com (480) 554-6078
Mr Ducan Kitchin duncan.kitchin@intel.com +1 503 264 2727
Mr Uriel Lemberger uriel.lemberger@intel.com +972 (4) 8655701
Dr Ali Sadri ali.s.sadri@intel.com (858) 385-4571
Dr Adrian Stephens adrian.p.stephens@intel.com +44 1223 763457
Dr Chin C Tsien chih.c.tsien@intel.com +1 858 385 4317
Dr Jesse Walker jesse.walker@intel.com +1 503 712 1849
paul.otellini@intel.com
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By tony (24.61.67.145) tonylambiris@gmail.com on
By Asenchi (64.118.132.155) asenchi@asenchi.com on http://www.asenchi.com
CONFIRMED CORRECT: boyd.r.bangerter@intel.com
This was posted to misc@. Just wanted to keep everyone up to date.
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By grey (66.197.133.17) on
By Anonymous Coward (82.82.81.201) on
Recently i had an idea that it might be better to unload the work for driver development to the operating system developer's so that the company would just provide the minimum information necessary to build the driver (and/or firmware) and that the actual implementation work would be done by the people who know best how to write the driver for their particular OS so it could be written efficiently and optimized for it. The hardware vendor's would save the money and the customers would get the best and optimized support for their hardware on any OS that they would use.
This is not only about the respect for the customers but for technology as a whole i think.
Would that be a great idea or what do you think about it?
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By James (82.43.90.78) on
I think that manufacturers are unwilling to open up their expensively developed intellectual property in case it gives the competition a hint on how to do it better and thus lose their perceived edge.
You and I both know this is utter tripe as an excuse but you can also see how PHB's would see it that way
£0.02...
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By Anonymous Coward (162.58.35.101) on
Atleast, that's what I've gathered out of all of this.
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By Anonymous Coward (82.82.81.201) on
At least that is what i learned from the prevous TI thread. :-)
By Anonymous Coward (82.82.81.201) on
> developed intellectual property in case it gives the competition a
> hint on how to do it better and thus lose their perceived edge.
But exactly that would freshen competition between the manufacturers to strive for better products and also a big win for the customers.
Certainly, i also know that this is just as well a reason for nondisclosure. ;-)
By Anonymous Coward (67.71.76.239) on
$0.02 (tax included)
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By Anonymous Coward (203.45.41.88) on
By Anonymous Coward (80.133.112.157) on
paul.otellini@intel.com
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By grey (66.197.133.17) on
By danh (216.207.4.52) on http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?xanthan
By gwyllion (134.58.253.225) on
Progress is being made with Intel and other vendors (Atmel and Conexant). Read these 2 post on misc by Theo:
Licensing mails being sent to vendors
Atmel Firmware
A summary.
Handled: Symbol, Zydas, Atmel
Terms being discussed and worked on: Conexant/Intersil Prism GT (FullMAC), Intel
No response yet from vendor: TI
Will be handled in another creative way: Atheros
Hardware entirely closed: Broadcom (Airport Extreme)