It's a little off-topic, so I hesitate to jump in (which will surprise all of you who know me), but the Register tends to be pretty vicious, and while normally I'd appreciate it, Glenn does make a pretty good point.
While at University, I actually labored (or not, as the case may be) under the unsmiling aegis of the BOFH. He's for real. Sadly. And scarily. Cheers -- dhk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nigel Ballard Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Atheros announcement Say! Don't knock the UK Register Glenn. They add much needed humor and irreverence into the mix, added to which, they're British which instantly makes them fabbo!<G> Cheers Nigel Nigel Ballard [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.joejava.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Fleishman Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Atheros announcement Jim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>on 9/18/03 at 12:00 PM wrote: >I doubt that XR or Turbo will ever be part of IEEE 802.11g/b. They >are "non-compatibility mode(s)". The article seemed pretty blurry, which is typical with the Register UK, which likes to make assumptions instead of doing research and interviews. The complaints they seemed to air about the packet bursting are unfounded. Eventually, all the of the packet bursting technology will standardize under the WME (Wireless Multimedia Extensions) in 802.11e, or something similar to that. Several companies including Broadcom are offering packet bursting now, and it's not supposed to cause problems for devices that can't rewrite packets in that fashion themselves. It's just an enhancement for like devices at the moment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Fleishman, Unsolicited Pundit: read my work at http://glennf.com check out my new book, The Wireless Networking Starter Kit, a guide to Wi-Fi at home, office, and roaming : <http://wireless-starter-kit.com> freelance reporter for The New York Times, Macworld, InfoWorld, et al. read all the wireless networking news at <http://wi-fi.weblogger.com/> Macintosh columnist, The Seattle Times http://seattletimes.com/ptech/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
