Graham Sutherland / Polynomial1d ago

I'm looking forward to seeing these FCC approved US made network appliances where the firmware definitely was not just outsourced to Chinese, Indian, and French* contractors like literally every other network appliance.

(*anything power related has Schneider controllers and everything Schneider has French swearing and Modbus in it, as a rule)

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial
actually serious take: the order is incredibly stupid and obviously fuelled by xenophobia and corruption, but I do actually think companies should be forced to disclose the name of the OEM when they sell whitelabelled products, *regardless* of origin, as part of trading standards and consumer protection.
Mar 27 at 4:21pmWeb
Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial1d ago
this goes for all products, not just computing equipment.
Show thread"Musty Bits" McGee1d ago
@gsuberland I git half way thru this toot before realizing it wasn't the new Star Wars "The Order"
Show threadJ.P. Stewart1d ago

@gsuberland

IHV -> ODM -> OEM for that matter.

(which, for the purposes of wifi routers is how the code and driver encapsulation usually works.)

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial1d ago
@jpsays yup. essentially a "significant contributor" BOM for products.
Show threadthe vessel of morganna1d ago
@gsuberland @jpsays i would really, really like that
Show threadgudenau1d ago
@gsuberland I think it's for telecom style control of communication infrastructure, but yeah white labels have gotten insane.