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jg’s ramblings: Open Hardware and the Marvell Wireless Chip in the OLPC…

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 10, 2006

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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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Web Webster

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