We're using it now with livestock and will be increasing our usage due to the Mad Cow disease/BSE activity lately. Presently I don't know much about RFID, but I'm learning more. Our solutions will probably be MS-based though. :/
Banker, Craig wrote: >Who here is dealing with RFID on a practical basis? (Pilot, Production). >I have folks leaning on me to adopt this technology. > >I have a problem with adoption of currently sold RFID technologies for >several reasons: > > 1. Not mature enough. I do not see a track record. > > 2. Too much marketing hype. Sold as a panacea. > The concept suffers from with buzzwordism; > where I've seen no actual pro/con/interesting > studies. The studies I've seen are vapor-ware > silver-bullet solutions geared toward non > technical people. > > 3. Not enough implementation details. > I've not seen an actual system in use. > I'm not hearing of many implementations > outside of grocery stores. I'm not seeing > any results for those things more fine-grained > than pallets. I have heard of no one's "war stories" > concerning any implementation. > > 4. Most business solutions I see are m$-centric. > There are some devices that purportedly support > linux (mainly readers - usually serial interfaces > - big duh..) but I've yet to see the tech neutral > (i.e. linux friendly) printer/rfid generator support. > > >Agree? Differ? I'd like to know (and why) and your take on this emerging >technology. > > >CMB > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
