Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > Why would someone do that? I mean this as a real technical question: > what is the difference between 2G and 3G which would cause someone to > take a stand against 3G?
The difference is that for GSM/2G there exists a practically usable implementation whose source code you are free to study and improve, running on hardware whose electrical schematics and even physical PCB design are published, consisting of chips whose detailed register-level documentation is also published, without any restricted boot mechanisms to block you from running your own firmware, i.e., a completely transparent glass box implementation with full end user empowerment in terms of understanding and improvement. Absolutely nothing of this sort exists for 3G or 4G or newer, or for any of the non-GSM technologies (CDMA etc) that are also called 2G in marketing terms. M~ _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community