Hi all

Forgive the cross posting please.
I thought some of you might be interested in this

Regards

cww

David Nimmons wrote:
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> Interesting article.
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> "http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/02/2058241&mode=thread":http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/02/2058241&mode=thread
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At 16:48 03/01/02 -0500, Curt Wuollet wrote:
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>Forgive the cross posting please.
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I read the article, and then had a look as Sixnet's web site:
"http://www.SIXNETio.com":http://www.SIXNETio.com/

It (Versatrak IPm) looks like some very interesting hardware (an RTU with an embedded Linux OS). They seem to be packing a lot of function into a small package. They had a photograph of the PC board (for the OEM version), and there isn't a lot of chips on it.

I noticed some rather interesting points in the article and in the product data sheet. One of the reasons Sixnet gave for going this route was that they wanted to be a hardware company - not a software company. This is in contrast to what I have heard from various major automation hardware makers who see themselves getting more into software and less into hardware. It will be interesting to see which strategy turns out to be the best.

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And might I add, kudos to SIXNET for putting engineering on an equal basis with marketing and dispensing with "me too" to provide a much more flexible, useful product to their customers. This explains far more eloquently than my generalities what OSS can do for automation and integration. This is the first automation product I've seen that is not being deceptive when they say "OPEN". And a great use of OSS. I'd love to hear how closed would be better.

Regards

cww