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> How hard is it for open source designers to design their own hardware and open the firmware for it? If you have to ask, you are not qualified to comment on t
by brynet 11y ago
> How hard is it for open source designers to design their own hardware and open the firmware for it?
If you have to ask, you are not qualified to comment on the issue.
Modern devices are complex, and the firmware often comprises the majority of the functionality of the devices and implements the interfaces exposed to OS drivers. It would not be an exaggeration to suggest companies spend just as much or more on development of firmware, than on the hardware.
Who are you to make such demands of them, and the people working on creating open drivers for such devices?
- madez 11y agoWho are you to make such demands of them The client. Since I realized that money is the driving factor in this world - it's way more powerful than any other vote you have - I buy devices as open as possible, like the libreboots from http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/ http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/ . I don't mind if they are more expensive and slower than other devices. If enough people think like that, eventually the open products will become better because there'd be a commercial incentive for the manufacturers.