Re: Looking at Zwave products and need recommendations?

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Robert L Bass wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:46:40 GMT, MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
>
>>On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:30:22 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote
>>in message  <4316c826.176659093@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:06:46 GMT, "Brian" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>message  <q7vRe.978$ZL4.54@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>
>>>>Z-Wave is proprietary (and
>>>>very closely allied with HomeSeer).
>>
>>>I'm still waiting for your Very Competent information on this baseless
>>>statement about Allied with Homeseer.
>>
>>It helps to understand the history of Dave's schadenfreud toward Homeseer
>>to assess the objectivity of his related opinions posted in
>>comp.home.automation.
>>
>>About six years ago while Dave was developing and endlessly hawking in this
>>newsgroup a commercial home automation software program (Commander-X), Rich
>>was quietly coding Homeseer. Homeseer trounced Commander-X..
>>
>>Dave also worked on and promoted for a long time a hardware wireless
>>product that also failed to thrive and his family apparently shut down
>>support for that too. Now Homeseer is capitalizing on Z-wave.
>>
>>Dave had plans to develop a pc-based home automation controller, but ABIK,
>>mention of that has disappeared from his web site. In the mean time,
>>Homeseer has introduced a pc-based home automation appliance.
>>
>>That's three swings (HA software, HA wireless hardware, pc-based HA
>>controller).
>
>
> That explains a lot of his animosity toward Homeseer and Zwave.
> The other thing that really gets him roiled is that you and I
> have both disagreed with him, then ribbed him a bit for his rude
> replies.
>
> Anyone who dares to disagree with him gets the "you're
> illiterate and incompetent but I'm an expert" lecture.  He did
> the same thing to Elk's engineers when he couldn't understand
> their documentation.
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
> Bass Burglar Alarms
> The Online DIY Store
> http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com

Robert Bass absolutely doesn't answer his email. So, how can you trust him?