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It is astonishing that open firmware is not yet normal and expected! How can we begin to expect our systems to be secure, correct, efficient, and sustainable w
by markhahn 3y ago
It is astonishing that open firmware is not yet normal and expected!
How can we begin to expect our systems to be secure, correct, efficient, and sustainable without a fully open stack?
Trusting vendors is like the role of the Church in the dark ages.
- ethbr1 3y agoDesire and financial sustainability are not the same thing.
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- pjmlp 3y agoThat is why there is a whole industry built around certification and NDA accessibility.
- greggsy 3y agoManufacturers and designers will naturally optimise their products (for energy, flops, features, time to market and/or cost) in order to gain an edge over their competitors. Thier requires them to either patent, license, or otherwise obfuscate their designs. This isn’t a conspiracy - going full open source is very rarely cost effective or commercially viable. A vast proportion of products and features would never have come to being in a world that was wholly funded by goodwill.
- salawat 3y agoThe inspoken assumption there is that all work is only spawned out of economic interest. That is not the case. Sometimes, there is just a job to be done.