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<h2>November, 2004</h2>

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Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement</a>

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way OpenBSD is developed and released:

"... it's released on time with few problems and it does exactly what

it claims to do".

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Intel says no to permitting firmware redistribution</a>

misc@, November 8, 2004

Theo recounts the struggle to get Intel to provide redistributable

versions of the firmware for their wireless chipsets, and their

ultimate refusal to allow OpenBSD to redistribute the chipsets.

Includes a caveat about Intel's disingenuous "FAQ", typical of many

corporate FAQs that answer questions nobody actually thought

to ask, and don't truthfully answer the questions you want hard answers to.

At the end Theo names the names (and their emails) that need to be contacted

by large numbers of end-users and developers if Intel is to change

(yes, this is a hint).

Of interest is that this posting to one of our mailing lists was

picked up on the

Electron Forum</a> and from there reported on

SlashDot</a>, where it is accompanied by a link to SlashDot's paper

on effective advocacy (be firm, but also be polite).

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