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Re:Experiments with disabling the ME on Sandybridge x230 by ktRolster on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:07PM (#12491279)
If Intel said, "needs to be open source or we'll find another supplier" then it would become open source.
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Re:Experiments with disabling the ME on Sandybridge x230 by dmfdmf on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:18PM (#12492721)
Unless the current supplier is the NSA.
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Re:Experiments with disabling the ME on Sandybridge x230 by eloy on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @03:37PM (#12491513)
Agreed. But it has to rewritten, that takes some time and costs money. It's another barrier preventing Intel to chanige their mind about it. But in the end it would be open source if Intel changed their mind.
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