> Being able to interact with an electrical system in a
> building through a web server? Hmmm.... why would you
> EVER want to be able to do that?
>
> Forget about doing this in a house, think about an apartment
> building or a massive government building. Being able to know
> when lights burn out, or who is entering what room, or when
> there is a burst pipe, or a simple fuse blown out all through
> the web, all interacting with a single server.
>
> Building management companies could manage dozens of buildings
> across dozens of cities and know when to dispatch people within
> minutes or even seconds of something breaking.
>
> That's huge man.
>
> Why WOULDN'T CF want to be the first web server language that really
> dove into this area? That's ridiculous.
Two points:
1. X10 isn't suitable for "real-life" stuff like this.
2. Too late. Building management has been done through computers for years,
and there are vendors providing web interfaces for this stuff as well, or so
my building management friends tell me. Having some experience in the
building management field, I remember setting up OS/2 client-server building
management systems a good seven or eight years ago. There's quite a bit of
real-time management stuff nowadays.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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