Re: [coreboot] What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in the acronym BLOB ?

[John Lewis]

I'm surprised anyone answered - you would think someone at a gnu address
would already know what a BLOB is, and is therefore being rhetorical. :P


On 31/05/17 09:16, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
> *BLOB*: *B*inary *L*arge *OB*ject.
>
> Zoran
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Don Saklad <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
> What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in
>     the acronym BLOB ?
>
> Paul Menzel <[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>> writes:
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>       > Dear coreboot folks,
>       > I am looking for a new portable device available in Europe.
>       > Is it true, that the Acer Chromebook R 13 [1], is the only
>     current BLOB
>       > free device? The device currently costs 400 €. Is MediaTek “a good
>       > citizen”, that means, do they provide datasheets and work on
>     drivers?
>       > The Samsung Chromebook Plus/Pro with RK3399 [2] are only
>     available in
>       > the USA, right?
>       > Thanks,
>       > Paul
>       > [1]
>     https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerchromebookr13
>     <https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerchromebookr13>
>       > [2]
>     https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-processor-rk3399-gets-benc...
>     <https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-processor-rk3399-gets-benc...>
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What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in the acronym BLOB ?

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

I'm surprised you (John Lewis) answered as what you you have answered. Did
you ever hear about: management (styles)?

You would think someone at an INTEL address would already know what a ME is
(you'll be surprised, by old timers in there not having idea NOT only about
ME, rather about many INTEL invented things), and is therefore being
rhetorical. :P

I guess, INTEL is just an random example I have picked. ;-)

Zoran Stojsavljevic

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:22 AM, John Lewis <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I'm surprised anyone answered - you would think someone at a gnu address
> would already know what a BLOB is, and is therefore being rhetorical. :P
>
> On 31/05/17 09:16, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote:
>
> *BLOB*: *B*inary *L*arge *OB*ject.
>
> Zoran
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Don Saklad <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > What do each of the letters B...? , L...? , O...? , B...? represent in
> > the acronym BLOB ?
> >
> > Paul Menzel <[e-mail]> writes:
> > > [1:multipart/signed Hide]
> > > [1/1:text/plain Hide]
> > > Dear coreboot folks,
> > > I am looking for a new portable device available in Europe.
> > > Is it true, that the Acer Chromebook R 13 [1], is the only current
> > > BLOB
> > > free device? The device currently costs 400 €. Is MediaTek “a good
> > > citizen”, that means, do they provide datasheets and work on drivers?
> > > The Samsung Chromebook Plus/Pro with RK3399 [2] are only available in
> > > the USA, right?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Paul
> > > [1] https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/series/acerchromebookr13
> > > [2] https://chromeunboxed.com/samsung-chromebook-pros-processor-
> > > rk3399-gets-benchmarked-and-it-is-fast/
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