IP: Bluetooth story

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:42:40 -0800
> From: Phil Agre <pagre () alpha oac ucla edu>
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Bluetooth story
>
> My Bluetooth friends are pissed at the asiabiztech.com article you
> forwarded to IP yesterday.  Being corporate they can't speak openly
> but here are a few anonymous comments from one of them, maybe with
> something official to follow.
>
>
> Some real simple problems include --
>
> The 1.1 spec was released March 1, not the end of March.
>
> The purpose of unplug-fests is to find and fix interoperability problems,
> usually right there, right now.
>
> The first Bluetooth devices were always expected to be simple cable
> replacement for devices which would be paired one time and remain paired for
> their lifetime.  (headphone and cell phone, cell phone and hands-free car
> kit, mouse and computer, keyboad and computer.
>
> "They say that what they have done is inevitable given the sluggish pace,
> caused by repeated episodes of confusion and bickering, that has been an
> unfortunate characteristic of the official standardization process."
>
> The above sounds like sour grapes for them not getting what they wanted
> during the official standardization process.
>
> I am too tired right now to even begin to untangle the logic in the section
> on qualification and when did Toshiba start making cell phones?



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