Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:24:32 -0700 From: Mauro <mcepeda@ualberta.ca> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: airport extreme with Freebsd Message-ID: <1107710672.4106.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050206144956.GB47631@moof.catpipe.net> References: <1106542417.29481.168.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41F4ADC1.8070201@freebsd.org> <42017276.1010304@finnovative.net> <4201C54A.8090009@freebsd.org> <1107418085.4125.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050206002904.GJ9350@dragon.nuxi.com> <1107656286.4131.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> <p06200785be2b5c779ce9@[128.113.24.47]> <1107674603.4131.48.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050206144956.GB47631@moof.catpipe.net>
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> Why don't you initiate a lobby group like > OpenBSD does ? They seem to be having success. They might > even already have something going on for Broadcom. Alternatively, > contact Broadcom and tell them you're not happy. I have. Openbsd has considered if not already added broadcom to the their lobby list. As of right not I have been in contact with my old comp prof to evaluate how to proceed. > > > And I dare to presume that this list is also global > > as I don't believe it limits its discussion to American topics or how > > technology solely affects the American human condition. > Maybe I should have written,"American human/computer experience" or the "quality of Amercan ppc computer experience". > No, but it's off topic at this point. And discussing the > technical aspects of reverse engineering the Broadcom specs or > similar would still be off-topic, as this is the PPC discussion list. OT? The off topic stuff is a pedagogical device to make demonstrate the similarity between the ethnocentrism of assuming broadcom's global product, airport extreme, is catering to the US and American tourists presuming that the FDA holds world jurisdiction. It's called an analogy. Ultimately if airport extreme is a ppc product, then airport extreme is on topic. Finally it was me who set the topic, as I started this message tree. Mo
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