Re: Forget the webbrick

["solentelectricalservices" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thought I had posted this but in defence of the webbrick anyone who
has delt with Andy Harris will very quickly realise that the
webbrick can do anything in the world of HA. Andy really does
understand the webbrick and has many a time supprised me with his
infinate knowlegde and ability to get things working very quickly.
My only comment against this is it leaves me out the loop when the
techy bit comes in and its not something I can order and install
easily. It also does not offer a complete solution YET but I dont
think it will be long before it does (especially if Andy keeps
asking me questions and listening to me) No buisness interest btw
just a keen follower.



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian" <ian@f...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Buckley [mailto:db@e...]
> >
> > You guys crack me up.
>
> Back under your bridge David - this may not be a new product, but
now it's a
> UK supplier at a well friendly price point. It's also, as it
happens, a
> fellow UKHA'er that's running it.
>
> There has been plenty of discussion about ethernet enabled hardware
> appearing over the last couple of years - I know that the xPL guys
discussed
> this as one of the key developments needed-  and always the price
point of
> thirty quid or so has been mentioned as the real "wow" point
-
it's where it
> becomes conceivable to have a clutch of these things working in
concert
> rather than just one.
>
> > Second off, theres no useful software.
>
> Tbh, the software is part of it, but there has been precious
little in the
> way of low cost ethernet enabled kit available at this sort of
price point.
> After the initial "wow" of things like the siteplayer, there
has
been little
> in the way of new development, and development kits have been silly
> expensive - let's see what can be done here, rather than slamming
the door
> shut.
>
> > Fourth, its unlikely to ever be as good as a webbrick, though it
could
> > be made good enough to be useful.
>
> Considering they use the same processor and eeprom, and have
*very* similar
> port loadouts, I don't see the major difference in ability -
either one has
> stunning potential. I wasn't tempted to buy the webbrick just to
see what it
> could be made to do... I have ordered one of the SBCs.
>
> > But it isnt an alternative to a WebBrick.  Unless someone writes
> > decent code for it.  Its always about software.
>
> If that was true, we would be using mini-itx boxes booting linux
from CF, or
> small windows boxes where the software is powerful and mature.
>
> Software is at least 50% of the thing, but it's not the only thing
that
> matters.
>
> Ian.