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To: FLSTF97 who wrote (18790)	2/26/2000 7:39:00 AM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

month old email from Elon Corp. Mkting - home networks Thanks for the feedback. We're well aware of both the Bluetooth and HomePNA and in fact are working with both groups. The source of your comment, I believe, is more one of market perception (or mis-perception) then actual competition. Echelon's LonWorks system is optomized for control. Both Bluetooth and HomePNA are general purpose, high bandwidth networking schemes. Neither Bluetooth nor HomePNA (nor UPnP or JINI for that matter) are designed for control networks. In the case of Bluetooth, we're really talking about ad-hoc network communication over very short distances (12', I think). In the case of HomePNA, the spec is for wireless LANs for purposes analogous to your typical corporate LAN (printer sharing, ISP sharing, file sharing, etc.). Both are good technologies, and BOTH will coexist with LonWorks networks in the home. In the home, most companies we've been talking to agree that there will likely be entertainment, data, and control networks all co-existent in the "networked home". So, Bluetooh, HomePNA, UPnP, Jini or others should be fine along side a LonWorks network performing complimentaty tasks. As evidence of this, note our work with networking giants Cisco, Microsoft, and Sun. To your last point, while Echelon is a publicly traded company, we still lack the resources to cover every article, every time and have no real control over whether or not we get written out of an article at final edit. So, like all companies, we continue to pitch our story at every opportunity. Hope this helps clarify things. Regards, Steve Nguyen Director, Corporate Marketing Echelon Corporation \| Palo Alto, CA \| USA +1-650-855-7472 \| +1-650-856-4971 (fax) Kumar raised the issue of elon "bridging" data and control networks. I'll take a naiive stab and suggest that Elon perhaps enables this discontinuous tech. PS: Janet - I know how you feel...I was about to post elon as a candidate for The Hunt when the invitation was issued a few days back, but wasn't sure I'd be able to face the music. I like the stds required here and wouldn't want them to change.