Re: XTB, reliablity, etc.

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Houston wrote:
> Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Robert L Bass wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Not at all.  Houston bad mouths Z-Wave without ever having seen it, much less tested it.
>>
>>And why should he?  From what I've "seen" of it, it's far less robust
>>than all the "balleyhoo" that's been posted about it.  The fact is that
>>there's been little in the way of additional products over a few wall
>>switches.
>>
>>
>>>His apparent reason is he mistakenly
>>>believes that I sell it.
>>
>>It's always you, isn't it Robert?  You are one paranoid individual.
>>
>>
>>>He has repeatedly and wrongly maligned an excellent product, to the detriment of the newsgroup.
>>
>>Much like you repeatedly and wrongly malign Dave and a lot of
>>individuals in ASA whom you don't even know...
>
>
> I believe this fishy fellow has also claimed that my only reason for panning
> Z-Wave is my dislike for another dealer who sells it and another time that
> my only reason for panning it was because of their high SDK fee (I guess he
> didn't understand my posts about how easy it would be to hack the protocol).
>
>
> I wonder why he has to fish so desparately for my "ulterior motives" when as
> anyone who follows c.h.a. knows I always provide copious supporting evidence
> when I post about something. There seem to be about as many negative reports
> on Z-Wave as there are fish in the sea while any positive reports seem to
> have trouble staying afloat. Here's more Z-Wave red tidings...
>
> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=764&sid=299b8dfff939b538aacec19642211420
>
> In the interest of fairness, here are all the positive posts I could find...
>
> http://www.linuxha.com/FD/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=58fd8a9c036b9797da4dbba9fff62202
>
> I wonder why he spends so much time carping about me instead of providing
> evidence that Z-Wave is technically viable instead of just regurgitating
> press releases. Do you suppose he's never actually used it? Could it be he's
> incompetent when it comes to technical evaluations like this? Do fish really
> rot from the head?
>
> Finally, I really have no idea what this piscatorial fellow sells or doesn't
> sell in his online store. Aquariums? Fishnet stockings? Whatever it is, his
> only criteria for carrying a product seems to be that the manufacturer will
> drop ship and pay him a commission for taking the order. He denigrates the
> products of manufacturers who won't do that (e.g. ADI, Smarthome).
>
> In personal dealings, I've yet to catch him in a truth.
>
> Maybe he's one of the investors who are still waiting for a big payday some
> 4 years after Z-Wave was introduced. ;-)
>
>
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