Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017

From	Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017
Date	2017-06-07 17:10 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 04:57:17PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote:
> I have yet to see a system vendor who issues BIOS/firmware updates at all
> after 1-2 years after manufacture.  If they don't sell the given piece of
> hardware anymore, there's no money to be made by keeping it updated.
> 
> And, even if they do issue such updates, they tend to be providen as Windows
> executables, which is unfun if you don't even have Windows on the machine in
> question.
FWIW my laptops and desktop MBs are usually updated with a flash tool
built into the BIOS setup interface with a file from a flash drive. But
it's a small sample, and, incidentally, my desktop got a
binary-file-with-a-windows-flasher "100 Series ME (Version 11.6.27.3264)
Update Tool" just two days ago (I didn't flash it yet).

-- 
WBR, wRAR

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GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> - 2017-06-06 19:30 +0200
  Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2017-06-06 22:00 +0200
    Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-06-06 22:20 +0200
      Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2017-06-07 14:00 +0200
        Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-06-07 14:20 +0200
        Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-06-07 16:10 +0200
          Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-06-07 17:00 +0200
            Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-06-07 17:10 +0200
  Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Martin Bagge / brother <brother@bsnet.se> - 2017-06-14 12:50 +0200
    Re: GitHub Open Source Survey 2017 Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org> - 2017-06-14 13:10 +0200

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