Comments on: Broadcom Switches to the Light Side: The Start of a New Era? http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/ Channel News, Reseller News and Channel Partner Programs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:59:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rower http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116152 Rower Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:08:11 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116152 Child labor and meagreness are inevitably likely together and if you endure to exercise the labor of children as the treatment on the group malady of pauperism, you inclination suffer with both poverty and youth labor to the d‚nouement of time. Child labor and meagreness are inevitably likely together and if you endure to exercise the labor of children as the treatment on the group malady of pauperism, you inclination suffer with both poverty and youth labor to the d‚nouement of time.

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]]> By: atx http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116148 atx Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:43:52 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116148 Thanks Donovan, your comment helped me to choose a wireless option for a laptop I am planning to buy soon. Thanks Donovan, your comment helped me to choose a wireless option for a laptop I am planning to buy soon.

]]> By: Donovan http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116147 Donovan Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:15:07 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116147 Sorry, but to me Broadcom has a long way to go to earn my trust. I've had to fight constantly with their products because they refused to release the specs to their chipsets. I've recently ripped out the broadcom from my Aspire One and replaced it with an Intel 3945ABG. The Intel does "Just Work" under Linux. Sorry Broadcom, but until you release ALL the specifications on ALL your chips, I won't be buying anything with them in it. Sorry, but to me Broadcom has a long way to go to earn my trust. I’ve had to fight constantly with their products because they refused to release the specs to their chipsets. I’ve recently ripped out the broadcom from my Aspire One and replaced it with an Intel 3945ABG. The Intel does “Just Work” under Linux.

Sorry Broadcom, but until you release ALL the specifications on ALL your chips, I won’t be buying anything with them in it.

]]> By: Sum Yung Gai http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116146 Sum Yung Gai Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:33:38 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116146 Getting Broadcom's drivers open-sourced is not the real issue here. Rather, getting Broadcom to allow distribution of their firmwares is. Since Broadcom will now permit redistribution of their entire proprietary driver, there is no good reason not to premit redistribution of the firmwares. Remember, when you redistribute the whole driver, you *must* redistribute the firmwares if you want the wireless NIC to actually work. We *already have* a fine driver which is GPL'd, and that's the bcm43xx/b43 driver. All we need now is simply permission to redistribute the firmware. *THAT'S ALL.* If Canonical is indeed going to put Broadcom's proprietary driver into the Ubuntu repositories, then that's a disincentive for Broadcom to grant this permission. For Free Software's sake, I hope Canonical doesn't make that mistake. --SYG Getting Broadcom’s drivers open-sourced is not the real issue here. Rather, getting Broadcom to allow distribution of their firmwares is. Since Broadcom will now permit redistribution of their entire proprietary driver, there is no good reason not to premit redistribution of the firmwares. Remember, when you redistribute the whole driver, you *must* redistribute the firmwares if you want the wireless NIC to actually work.

We *already have* a fine driver which is GPL’d, and that’s the bcm43xx/b43 driver. All we need now is simply permission to redistribute the firmware. *THAT’S ALL.*

If Canonical is indeed going to put Broadcom’s proprietary driver into the Ubuntu repositories, then that’s a disincentive for Broadcom to grant this permission. For Free Software’s sake, I hope Canonical doesn’t make that mistake.

–SYG

]]> By: L http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116145 L Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:07:00 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116145 2008 WAS the year of Linux desktop(or netbook if you prefer it so). DELL , HP , ASUS, ACER & MSI sell Linux netbooks. And market share doubled to 2%.What else do we need to declare 2008 as THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP??? 2008 WAS the year of Linux desktop(or netbook if you prefer it so). DELL , HP , ASUS, ACER & MSI sell Linux netbooks. And market share doubled to 2%.What else do we need to declare 2008 as THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP???

]]> By: Chris http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116144 Chris Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:44:56 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116144 Vadim, Very interesting. I hadn't read that, but Shuttleworth may well have been hinting at the Broadcom deal--Broadcom's drivers now are closed and proprietary, but Canonical is supposed to be pushing to get them more open. Unfortunately, this whole Broadcom thing seems to be happening behind closed doors--when I asked some Ubuntu developers for comments on it, no one gave me any more than very cursory remarks, citing "contractual obligations" not to talk about it. So it's hard to know at this point what the future of these drivers is. Vadim,

Very interesting. I hadn’t read that, but Shuttleworth may well have been hinting at the Broadcom deal–Broadcom’s drivers now are closed and proprietary, but Canonical is supposed to be pushing to get them more open. Unfortunately, this whole Broadcom thing seems to be happening behind closed doors–when I asked some Ubuntu developers for comments on it, no one gave me any more than very cursory remarks, citing “contractual obligations” not to talk about it. So it’s hard to know at this point what the future of these drivers is.

]]> By: Juan Pablo Angamarca http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116143 Juan Pablo Angamarca Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:35:28 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116143 Go Intel, Go ATI, Go HP, Go Broadcom (from now). NVIDIA, what are you people waiting for? Go Intel, Go ATI, Go HP, Go Broadcom (from now). NVIDIA, what are you people waiting for?

]]> By: attspysonyou http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116142 attspysonyou Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116142 also all telecomm devices have mandated back doors. If the software drivers aren't right the back doors might not work. obviously the spy agencies would mandate to provide the official interfacing code to deliver a working system. beware closed systems. also all telecomm devices have mandated back doors. If the software drivers aren’t right the back doors might not work. obviously the spy agencies would mandate to provide the official interfacing code to deliver a working system. beware closed systems.

]]> By: Vadim P. http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/comment-page-1/#comment-116141 Vadim P. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:20:05 +0000 http://www.workswithu.com/2008/10/02/broadcom-switches-to-the-light-side-the-start-of-a-new-era/#comment-116141 Ahah! Broadcom. I guess that is who Mark Shuttleworth hinted amidst the Firefox EULA debate: "For example, at the moment, we're in detailed negotiations with a company that makes a lot of popular hardware to release their drivers as free software - they are currently proprietary. It would not be possible to hold those negotiations if every step of the way turned into a public discussion. And yet, engaging with that company both to make sure Ubuntu works with its hardware and also to move them towards open source drivers would seem to be precisely in keeping with our community values." Actually hmm... that just might not be Broadcom, if they're only opening up proprietary ones. Ahah! Broadcom. I guess that is who Mark Shuttleworth hinted amidst the Firefox EULA debate:

“For example, at the moment, we’re in detailed negotiations with a
company that makes a lot of popular hardware to release their drivers as
free software – they are currently proprietary. It would not be possible
to hold those negotiations if every step of the way turned into a public
discussion. And yet, engaging with that company both to make sure Ubuntu
works with its hardware and also to move them towards open source
drivers would seem to be precisely in keeping with our community values.”

Actually hmm… that just might not be Broadcom, if they’re only opening up proprietary ones.

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