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I've worked in Software Dev for a long time, and worked on countless business cases for new software projects. Development of the initial software rarely accounts for more than 40% of the cost and usually more like 20%. The rest is support and ongoing maintenance.

Until they can produce a business case that proves that they will make money selling to Linux users, it won't happen. And don't forget opportunity costs - it's not just the expense to produce the Linux drivers, it's also what they aren't doing with the resources that are on the Linux project.

Most likely someone in the Linux community will take a look at the Mac driver and create a Linux one based on that. ]]>Jul 22nd 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636]]>Jul 22nd 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
But look at the emerging netbook market. WiMAX would be extremely useful on those.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
Last report was that only 4% of netbooks had Linux on them, and netbooks are a small percentage of the overall note book sales...

For better or worse most people prefer Windows XP.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
http://www.linuxwimax.org/]]>Jul 23rd 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
"Linux users have nothing to smile about here, unless they consider Clearwire CTO John Saw's promise to release code from which to build their own drivers a reason to cheer."
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-Desperate]]>Jul 22nd 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
Another issue is the frequency, it seems like in Asia 2.3 GHz spectrum is used while in the US it's 2.5 GHz. Then there's planning to deploy 3.5 GHz elsewhere. And here we've got nothing in the UK.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 24th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
I think all the cell phone companies are going with LTE for 4G. I don't know if it has been deployed anywhere yet, and I don't know if it is supposed to be technically superior or not. If there is coverage outside of just metro areas, that would be a benefit by itself.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/
1. You're using the wrong Clearwire logo for the true WiMax service. They use their 'Clear' logo for the new network.
2. That $30 price is for home (large Motorola modem) service running at 4Mbps.
3. To use Sprint's 3G network and Clear's WiMax, the plan starts at $80/mo.

For anyone that cares, I subscribe to the home service running at 3Mbps, and stream Netflix flawlessly; Hulu too, but flash software does a bad job of buffering data, especially with all those ads inserted in shows/movies. This is where Adobe Flash fails against Microsoft's Silverlight.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/mac-drivers-for-clearwire-wimax-coming-in-august-linux-diy-code/Jul 22nd 2009 11:03PM