> > It's different because, when the firmware is built into the device, > > the person who has the device has the firmware.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:41:31PM -0700, Ken Arromdee wrote: > The person who has the device doesn't neceessarily have the firmware, because > the firmware can be removed. The person doesn't have the device at that point -- only part of it. > Of course, there are relatively few examples where you'd *want* to > remove the eeprom from the device, but similarly there are few examples > where you'd want to sell the device without accompanying it with a CD. Of course, those examples include this one: inadvertently losing track of the CD. -- Raul