Re: Insteon open source WAS: Something else

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:26:36 GMT, Joerg
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>That begs the question: When will they ever learn? Many a fine bus or
>protocol has quietly gone lalaland because of elitist treatment. Either
>too restrictive or too expensive, or both. Remember GPIB?

Yes, and HPIB (aka IEEE-488) continued and continues to quietly make money
for HP, NI and others for years. I expect that the fact that it did not
become a commodity was and is quite to their liking. Ditto for HPIL (although
HP-specific). Factoid: Used, current model GPIB USB interfaces sell for ca
$300 on eBay.

... Marc
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