[CS-FSLUG] NI: Intel wags mangy Centrino dog by Boeing's tail

[Fred A. Miller]

To Intel: Drop the snake oil and kill Centrino

"Intel is trying to create the perception that you're better off working with 
Centrino gear in Centrino hotspots. Here's why the marketing, like its joint 
announcement with Boeing, is deceptive: There's no evidence to suggest that 
the user of a non-Centrino notebook will have a more difficult time 
connecting in a Centrino hotspot than will the user of a Centrino notebook. 
The basis of interoperability in a hotspot is not the Centrino brand, but 
rather support of the various 802.11 standards. The Centrino marketing 
campaign is an insult to everything that open standards are designed to 
accomplish."

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1660&tag=nl.e539

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