Luke Graham [mailto:spoooq / gmail.com] wrote:

//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