RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] net-enabled microcontrollers for applianc es, VCRs, stereos

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hmm... Wal-Mart comes to mind...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Izyumin Jr. [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:16 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] net-enabled microcontrollers for
> applianc es, VCRs, stereos
> 
> 
> 
> > We could get cheaper than that, if we wanted to be more 
> organized.  Staple
> > goods could have specific spots that would have weight 
> sensors that could
> > determine when the milk is low, when you're out of eggs, 
> etc.  Only one
> > server involved, and that's just to relay the weight 
> information to the
> > reorder station.
> You still have to have stores supporting that idea, and 
> that's where I don't 
> see any progress.  Third party companies can not handle this; 
> it has to be a 
> major store chain that already has stores everywhere.  I 
> wonder why, since it 
> would ENSURE customer loyalty - if I have everything set up 
> with, say, 
> megamarket, and they had reasonable prices, I would not 
> switch to someone 
> else just because the price was a bit lower.
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> -- Igor
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