Re: Killer Appliances

Arthur S. Hitomi (ahitomi@zola.ICS.uci.edu)
Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:01:07 -0800


Speaking of which, I went looking for a universal/learning remote
control yesterday. It's amazing. Every electronics manufacture has
to settle on a different infrared signal for play, rewind, volume
down, etc. There's over a hundred. If these guys can get any
interoperability, I will be impressed.

Art

In message <9903011829.aa21591@paris.ics.uci.edu>, Gregory Alan Bolcer writes:
>My comment is, the first killer app will be the one
>that gets all the stupid clocks to synchronize to the
>same time. Sounds like a new name for Jini.
>
>Greg
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>http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/004862.htm
>Tech alliance plans Net standard for home devices
>