Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:14:34 +0200 | | From | Jörn Engel <> | | Subject | Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL |
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On Sun, 8 June 2003 20:44:22 +0100, Colm MacCárthaigh wrote: > > Early in the year, I purchased a nice new Dell Laptop, for running Linux > on, of course. Since it saved me money, I bought a Dell TrueMobile 1184 > Access Point/Router at the same time. > > [six weeks later] > > Dell now ship a copy of the source and the license on the CD that > comes with the TrueMobile kit. I really have to make clear here, > Dell did amazingly well, they researched it, kept me informed, > responded positively, and rectified procedures. It's a great example > of how to do it right.
Nice. This looks like the first hardware router that could really fancy my wishes. And if I buy this piece of hardware, Dell can attribute that directly to the software running on it and the kind of control it offers to me.
Should be a great thing for companies as well. Unknown software without support or updates and a direct internet connection is a nightmare for security. And that was what most "hardware" routers boiled down to and still do.
Jörn
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