Steven Blakeslee wrote:

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what is the purpose of u-boot?????????????????

U-boot is a project that was started several years ago. The goal is to teach people the value of patients by bombarding them with dumb questions.

s/patients/patience/

It was born from the project ppcboot, ppcboot's goal was to show the wonders of outsourcing.

I stand corrected :-D

gvb