Surprisingly, I do not have many friends who believe in open source. Blame it on lack of open source education or blame it on me, but it is a fact that open source does not appeal within my circle of friends. Many of them are businessmen, some software engineers and some are the everyday users. [Continue]
Jem Matzan does a detailed report on the cause behind the wireless problems in the open source operating systems (via Om Malik). He does a roundup of the big names in the wireless chips manufacturing industry and pins the blame on the proprietary firmware that usually comes with a lot of restrictions for redistribution. Firmwares work across all the operating systems through corresponding drivers. [Continue]