I think Belkin marketing responsible person should be fired straight
away because they lied. My opinion !
Sometimes, in my organizations, sales and marketing people seems that
just because they wear a suit and a tie they can lie without the risk of
any penalty so they don't measure a bit of their public statements.
Fernando
On 17/04/2014 05:18, Andrew Johnson wrote:
Hello,
Now that this router is available at retailers [4] and we're seeing
all kinds of reviews pop up, if possible I'd like to get some
clarification on the nature of the collaboration between Linksys and
the OpenWRT developers on the WRT1900AC.
Linksys has been making claims in their marketing materials that the
WRT1900AC is OpenWRT Ready [1]:
"OpenWRT Ready
Over the past months Linksys and the OpenWRT project have been
collaborating to ensure open source readiness and continued
development for the new WRT."
I've seen at least one account from a person that has this router in
their hands, but it doesn't seem to be "OpenWRT ready" for them [2].
Indeed, I believe this reviewer is right -- correct me if I'm wrong,
but one cannot download and flash a readily available OpenWRT image
that would actually function.
Moreover, this reviewer [2] claims that a Linksys support technician
stated that flashing OpenWRT would void the warranty, which is
interesting, if true.
The press release [1] also mentions collaborating with the OpenWRT
project "over the past months", but the oldest communication to
openwrt-devel seems to be 13 days ago -- Apr 3, 2014 from Matthew
Fatheree when a patch was submitted [3].
Linksys is also using purported quotes from an OpenWRT representative
in their marketing materials [1]:
"The history of OpenWrt goes back more than a decade when it all began
with a project to hack and modify the Linksys WRT54G. A lot has
changed since then," said Gregers Petersen, relationship manager at
OpenWrt. "Today OpenWrt is a complete embedded Linux distribution that
enables users to be innovative and create new solutions and functions.
Other key elements of OpenWrt are source code transparency, security
and extensive package repositories. We see it as a very positive
development to have collaborated directly with the Linksys engineering
team on the new WRT1900AC router. As a result of that consumers will
have the freedom of choice between the Linksys default firmware and
OpenWrt. The OpenWrt developers recognize the potential of the
collaboration with Linksys, and the opportunities it brings for more
devices and solutions."
Something doesn't seem to jive here. Can anyone fill in the blanks?
In particular, some transparency Real Soon Now from someone at Linksys
as well as Gregers Petersen with OpenWRT would be much appreciated,
especially in light of how much the OpenWRT name is being used in the
Linksys press releases and marketing materials as outlined above.
1.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140410005397/en/Linksys-Starts-Shipping-WRT1900AC-Successor-Legendary-WRT#.U09GUvldVyV
2.
http://www.amazon.com/review/R15JCQ96X8Z3WY/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00IGL3L2E&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=541966&store=pc
3.
https://www.mail-archive.com/openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org/msg22849.html
4. http://goo.gl/4bgh8b (Best Buy WRT1900AC page)
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