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Closed Source Hardware
Jason Miller, 2004-12-01

Trust with hardware vendors for open source systems is becoming a one-way street, where in exchange for support they offer a closed source binary solution with no provision to audit security.

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Closed Source Hardware 2004-12-07
lsi
It's valid to question the hardware. Open-source improves the featureset and efficiency of the code as well as its security. Closed-source is simply an invitation to the vendors to provide low-quality code.

Let's not forget it was a little matter concerning a closed-source (printer) device driv...

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