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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by hinkley on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:55PM (#25765588)
Linksys is owned by Cisco, and I don't know what they do now, but at the time a Cisco low-end router had no specialty hardware to run a lot of their features. Those features were implemented in software.

So openwrt threatens their entry level and some of their mid-range devices, creating a conflict of interests.

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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by filmgirlcw on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:12PM (#25765841)
Cisco hasn’t owned Linksys since 2013. Belkin bought it from Cisco and kept the brand.
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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by shmerl on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:49PM (#25770244)
Belkin was bought by Foxconn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys#History

However modern WRT routers are also affected by NXP buying Marvell.

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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by clashandcarry on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:01PM (#25765683)
Linksys is currently owned by Foxconn.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/26/17166272/foxconn-buys-bel...

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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by jgalt212 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:10PM (#25767316)
Both were then subsequently sold to the Sheinhardt Wig Company.
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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by Forge36 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:16PM (#25767400)
This feels like it needs a graph to explain what went where.
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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by lstamour on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:04PM (#25771825)
As FYI, it’s still owned by Foxconn; that was a joke.
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Re:WRT54G History: The Router That Accidentally Went Open So... by ornornor on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:32AM (#25772502)
It’s from 30 rock.
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