jg's ramblings: Open Hardware and the Marvell Wireless Chip in the OLPC...

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"Some people inspired by Theo de Raadt have been complaining about our choice of the 88W8388 Marvell wireless chip, claiming that there were other courses of action OLPC could have/should have somehow followed.

• "OLPC is dedicated to open source
• "Our mission--from the beginning--is to make the process as open and transparent as possible. That anyone can air their concerns, misinformed as they may be, long before our system is shipping reflects this. Our systems won't be produced in volume until late next spring..."

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Response From Theo deRaadt

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