Re: ZigBee gets an IP-based rival

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Dan wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:22:29 -0400, Robert Green wrote:
>
>> <knarfm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:f15bc05b-d08d-411d-b978-1c6987ab147c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsID=11848&pagtype=all
>>
>> <<Arch Rock is selling an entry-level PhyNet system, with ten nodes,
>> two routers and server, for $7995 (£4,000)>>
>>
>> $800 a node?  That's not going to find a lot of takers.
>
> nOT FOR YOU, POOR bOI.

Why would ANYbody - even as wealthy as Bill Gates - spend $800 for
something that can be had for less than $100? People who have earned
their money are generally not fools.