Re: I2O article
( Re Message From: Bruce Perens )
>
> i2o seems to be not so much of a threat any longer.
>
> Sometime after I first started talking with the press about i2o,
> someone pointed out that the i2o group had left their standard document
> (about 500 pages) on their anonymous FTP server. Wired News published
> the URL, and thousands of people downloaded copies of the i2o standard
> before the i2o group removed it from the server.
>
> As far as I can tell, they have blown any non-disclosure case they ever
> might have had. Unless they make _tremendous_ changes in their standard,
> we now know all of what we need to know to write device drivers for it.
Well, it looks as though my surmise that "In practice, however, I cannot
see I20 being around for very long before the anarchic element suss it out
and distribute its characteristics for free" was a prophecy anticipated by
events.
BTW, I wouldn't mind finding out about it myself ...
Ted. (Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk)
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