"Meindert Sprang" wrote in
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"John Proctor" wrote in message
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On 2005-02-02 04:08:52 +1100, Larry W4CSC said:

BTW don't trash the technology just because the NMEA marketing arm
has it's 'head stuffed where the sun don't shine' It works very well
in the auto industry worldwide and should work as well in the marine
industry if the NMEA can get over their big boys club attitude to
licensing IP!

Meindert is right TCP/IP is just plain stupid overkill!

Hear hear!

And indeed, NMEA should drop the prices. It's just too expensive for
small companies to pay $10,500 to get on the NMEA2000 train....

Same game they're playing with the yachtsmen. Planned obsolescence. Look
around any marina at the dead carcasses of NMEA's past renditions.....

How many NMEA serial port versions have there been? First we played the
data speed game. Then we "expanded" the protocol instructions.

Of course noone was to blame.....everyone was to blame.