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Automation List :
In the industrial automation business, everyone agrees that standards would make a life a lot easier - everything would work together.
End-users continue to ask for interoperability as a means to achieve vendor independence. But, this the exact opposite of what all the primary suppliers want. Standards turn proprietary products into commodities, with lower profit margins.
The conflicting objectives continue to cause endless debate. To help clear the confusion, we must understand that technology developers need to recoup their investment through one of the following rules:
Rule 1
Licensing the technology. This may be through up-front fees for technology transfer, or per-copy sales of ASIC chips, hardware, software or firmware.
Rule 2
Making everything open and free, to expand involvement. The developer is far ahead on the learning curve and followers contribute to the leader's leadership.
Rule 3
Introducing "free" open technology to combat the entrenched position of a dominant market leader.
Read my latest article : Dichotomy of Open Standards on AutomationTechies.com at :
"http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art451.php":http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art451.php
See how Siemens (Profibus) and Rockwell (DeviceNet, ControlNet) utilize these three rules to expand their own market position.
Can you find any exceptions?
Your feedback is appreciated.
Cheers::
jim
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Jim Pinto
Tel : (858) 353-JIMP (5467)
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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In the industrial automation business, everyone agrees that standards would make a life a lot easier - everything would work together.
End-users continue to ask for interoperability as a means to achieve vendor independence. But, this the exact opposite of what all the primary suppliers want. Standards turn proprietary products into commodities, with lower profit margins.
The conflicting objectives continue to cause endless debate. To help clear the confusion, we must understand that technology developers need to recoup their investment through one of the following rules:
Rule 1
Licensing the technology. This may be through up-front fees for technology transfer, or per-copy sales of ASIC chips, hardware, software or firmware.
Rule 2
Making everything open and free, to expand involvement. The developer is far ahead on the learning curve and followers contribute to the leader's leadership.
Rule 3
Introducing "free" open technology to combat the entrenched position of a dominant market leader.
Read my latest article : Dichotomy of Open Standards on AutomationTechies.com at :
"http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art451.php":http://www.automationtechies.com/sitepages/art451.php
See how Siemens (Profibus) and Rockwell (DeviceNet, ControlNet) utilize these three rules to expand their own market position.
Can you find any exceptions?
Your feedback is appreciated.
Cheers::
jim
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Jim Pinto
Tel : (858) 353-JIMP (5467)
email : [email protected]
web: www.JimPinto.com
San Diego, CA., USA
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