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No mention of Dave Taht and Vint Cerf's open letter to the FCC then? Sad. http://fqcodel.bufferbloat.net/~d/fcc_saner_software_practices.pdf http://fqcodel.bu

• zdw 11y ago
  DD-WRT has a lot of mindshare, probably due to the fairly successful commercial partnerships with router vendors, over OpenWRT and derivatives like CeroWRT from the bufferbloat projct. See also how Plex and Boxee attained more fame and name recognition even though they started as forks of the XBMC (now Kodi) project. That letter really didn't get passed around enough - it's a true smackdown of the problems with proprietary, unfixable software in critical infrastructure positions.
• qb45 11y ago
  This letter calls for quite radical and, dare I say, controversial changes. Did you really expect to see this changes adopted overnight? Or are you complaining that Arstechnica didn't mention it?
  • slang800 11y ago
    How are those changes radical or controversial?
    • qb45 11y ago
      Giving users full control over the hardware and expecting that they will follow regulations is exactly the opposite of what RF regulatory looked like throughout the last century. And if you want to understand the "controversial" part, just go to any company and ask what they think about being required to open source their precious firmwares and fix bugs in timely manner under the threat of getting banned from the market.