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31 Mar 2008 00:35 #7 by kensharp
Replied by kensharp on topic Make he firmware Open source
So what is DrayOS? Is it unix-like? Linux derivative? Written from the ground up?
Vigor 2800G : Firmware 2.8.1
Extremely useful: Draytek Syslog from Router Tools and Wireshark (previously Ethereal).

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21 Apr 2009 22:36 #8 by kevingb
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admin wrote: The commercial downsides would never be economical.


I too would like to see open source firmware for Draytek. So what are these 'commercial downsides' of open source software?

Kevin

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10 Oct 2009 20:44 #9 by kevingb
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Bump! So come on Admin, what's your problem with open source software?

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16 Oct 2009 15:21 #10 by iain
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If a manufacturer put lots of resources (i.e. cash) in to developing a proprietary operating system for their router product, it doesn't make commerical sense for them to release that into the to the community for a competitor to pick up and create rival products.

Personally, I'd love to see DrayOS released to (and fixed by!) the general public but I don't think it's going to happen.

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