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802.11n Should Be Finalized By September
adeelarshad82 writes "It's probable that the 802.11n standard will finally be approved at a scheduled IEEE meeting this September, ending a contentious round of infighting that has delayed the standard for years. For the 802.11n standard, progress has been agonizingly slow, dating back almost five years to 2004, when 802.11g held sway. It struggled throughout 2005 and 2006, when members supposedly settled on the TGnSync standard, then formed the Enhanced Wireless Consortium in 2006 to speed the process along. A draft version of 802.11n was approved in January 2006, prompting the first wave of routers based on the so-called draft-n standard shortly thereafter."
You'd think these guys were trying to finalize the California budget for the amount of time they've taken fooling around with this mess.
Large print giveth, and the small print taketh away
Seriously, how many years has this been in the works? The tech industry isn't one you can drag your feet in. When you do, people just move forward without you as in this case.
Man, I didn't realize the N draft went back to when nSync was standard.
Right after Duke Nukem Forever is released.
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No shit. Not like much of the posts have been top quality humor or anything, but god damn. =/
Does N stand for "Nigger"? Cause that would make sense: late, lazy, and a half-assed effort.