BillW wrote:
>    >emWare said at ESC that they had opened up their intermediate protocol...
>    >
>
>    What exactly does "open up" mean here?
>
>I dunno.  See their web site.  The first FAQ says:
>
>       What is emWare Announcing?
>
>    emWare. is releasing the technical specifications for its emNet7
>    networking protocol through its Open Program Access License (OPAL7)
>    initiative, making emNet open and royalty free. emWare is also
>    releasing its emMicro7 source code for non-commercial deployment.
>
>At the moment, I think "the race" is very interesting (between very small
>native TCP/IP implementations, HW-assisted TCP/IP implementations, (ala
>iReady, Xilinx), and software "gateways" (emWare.)
>


Yep, all these new "standards" in the comm world, each with its
own "alliance" of big players, is very interesting. Makes your head
spin. The Sunbeam-Thalia-emware-ETI-HomeLinkingTechnology thingie
looks interesting because Sunbeam of course is one of the major
appliance guys. But I guess, next week GE will be out with their
own counter-alliance. More spinning. What fun.

best regards,
- Dan Michaels
Oricom Technologies
http://www.users.uswest.net/~oricom
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