( 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. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .