//I think gnu scada systems are unlikely for a few reasons.
//Customers want support more than anything, costs for a broken
if you know something, you can support it yourself. i think that is the
spirit of gnu.
//scada can be calculated in wheelbarrows of cash per minute.
scada's architecture is very simple. One only has to understand and
demistify...
//Scada is boring.
i disagree since if that is the case so is serial progg, smtp, snmp...
even plc programmers here are not bored with their small world...
on the one hand, i am bored in accounting sw,.. you become an accountant
more than a programmer 
//Scada is hard.
that is where i want ruby to come in... and enjoy..
//The cost of integration can
//be more than the cost of the software anyway. Finally, anyone
ruby will simplify integration.
//who knows anything about it is probably already doing it for
//a living. Would you run your control systems on some kids
//part-time experiment?
you have the code, luke
//
//One last thing.. ruby is fine for the windows end, all the
//protocols can be implemented.. but its just not going to work
//on the embedded end.
scada is not embedded
//spooq
//
kind regards -botp
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Luke Graham [mailto:spoooq@gmail.com] wrote:
