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Date:      Thu, 03 Aug 2000 13:11:59 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "Henry F. Marquardt" <hank@yerpso.net>
Cc:        Jason Kasper <j_dot_kasper@www.usa.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Irda support
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000803131159.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <NCBBKPEFMKOJPIMNAGPAAEKKEJAA.hank@yerpso.net>

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On 03-Aug-00 Henry F. Marquardt wrote:
>  I agree, this is a 'lost' technology, a solution in search of a problem.
>  Even the palm crowd doesn't use it much that I've seen - I remember some of
>  the early marketing hype there with people swapping IR business cards - I
>  don't think I've ever seen anyone do that and I don't think I could figure
>  out how in any reasonable amount of time with mine - it'd be quicker to
>  scribble on a napkin.

Or give them a real business card..

Still, hotsync'ing via IR is neat :)

Also, IR to a mobile is nice for making data calls..

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum


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