I'll have to say leave device programming up to C/Perl/TCL/Python/Whatever,
and use CF to interface that program to the web. Imaging trying to port the
whole CPAN library to Coldfusion Modules. Why do that when you could use
Perl with Coldfusion?
It would be nice to modify your dishwasher so it can do laundry, but I bet
the laundry machine will do a better job.
-Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Opinions
> Let me try again with the real suggestion i was trying to make, before
> the word "X10" shot me in the foot.
>
> Look at CF from another point of view....
>
> Instead of only CF accessing data through harddrives and Nic cards
> etc.... go for the serial port or USB ports and other hardware devices
> server side, these haven't been touched with CF. CF is just a toolbox,
> it started out being a way to access databases, but turns out to be a
> full programming language that someone with very little experience can
> get rolling in a matter of days. If accessing the USB port or serial
> port could be as easy as a one line CF tag you'd have my attention.
>
> X10 isn't the point, being able to use CF as the middle tier between
> some hardware device that is server side and the database or whatever
> else CF can talk to.
>
> btw.... stop shooting down my ideas and give Jesse something to think
> about.... he did ask for ideas.
>
> Steve
>
> Dave Watts wrote:
> >
> > > 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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