Comments on: How Important are Engineers for the Success of a Product? http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/ Your window into the Wireless Systems Innovation Laboratory Sun, 27 May 2012 13:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Bob Daniels http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25136 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:02:55 +0000 http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25136 Yeah, they all used the same access point to keep things consistent. Yeah, they all used the same access point to keep things consistent.

]]> by: Steven Peters http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25135 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:43:57 +0000 http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25135 Hmm should have read the article before I commented. PCMCIA card with a router. Hmm should have read the article before I commented. PCMCIA card with a router.

]]> by: Steven Peters http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25134 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:41:38 +0000 http://windowsil.org/2007/12/12/how-important-are-engineers-for-the-success-of-a-product/#comment-25134 I think eventually poor engineering will lose, though, as some unnamed companies have shown, marketing can compensate for poor products. I also think you're onto something when you say the comparison between WLAN and cellular devices is unfair because of different levels of impatience. In a home, if your workstation only connects at 11 Mbps on your bed, you might not notice the difference versus 54 Mbps, or you might just attribute it to being a room away from the access point. Also, I'm a little unclear on the test... these were two PCMCIA cards connected via an emulator, or was there an access point involved? I think eventually poor engineering will lose, though, as some unnamed companies have shown, marketing can compensate for poor products. I also think you’re onto something when you say the comparison between WLAN and cellular devices is unfair because of different levels of impatience. In a home, if your workstation only connects at 11 Mbps on your bed, you might not notice the difference versus 54 Mbps, or you might just attribute it to being a room away from the access point.

Also, I’m a little unclear on the test… these were two PCMCIA cards connected via an emulator, or was there an access point involved?

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