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Posted by Kris Peeters on February 8, 2006, 1:04 pm
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Pat Farrell wrote:
> If you are controlling the fan in a home A/C, it is fine.
> If you are controlling the drive motor of a robot installing
> a windshield in a car, it is not so good.
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> Once upon a time GM invented their own networking
> protocols because hardwired Ethernet had too much
> latency.
The speed is available, but Internet needs an upgrade ;-)
<http://www.ethercat.org>
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Kris
Gates' Law: Every 18 months, the speed of software halves.
-- From a Slashdot.org post
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> If you are controlling the drive motor of a robot installing
> a windshield in a car, it is not so good.
>
> Once upon a time GM invented their own networking
> protocols because hardwired Ethernet had too much
> latency.