On Friday, Jan 9, 2004, at 14:23 US/Pacific, Robert Rolf wrote:

> How long before we see ethernet mice/keyboards and cameras?
> Looks to me like a market opportunity, particularly for cameras.
> If I can get a 100BT card for under $10, putting the chip IN
> the camera can't be THAT expensive.
>
>
However, the software stack to support something like video
over ip over ethernet is pretty expensive, once you add the
baggage "necessary" to ensure reasonable Quality Of Service
over a protocol that was not designed to provide it.  USB
took the desire for video into account during its design,
and requires fewer fixes...

(and we won't talk about the relative costs of administering
an IP ethernet network vs a group of USB devices, either.)

BillW

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