The hardware: 802.11 wireless networking Closed US vs Open Taiwan 802.11 wireless 20% documented 95% working Damien Bergamini is becoming the Bill Paul of wireless -- with claudio, jsg, mglocker and some other new assistants (reyk is slacking) Notes: Taiwanese/Chinese/European vendors release documentation All US vendors refuse to release documentation WARNING: US vendors are buying foreign vendors! US chips lead the technology curve... but lose in price Result is more Asian "open" chips in final product Good news: Reverse engineering and other approaches have gotten OpenBSD to 90% support!