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Realizing Metalink’s Potential

I'm confused by this sentence:
> Geday was previously associated with a number of major successes but also, the failure of the 802.11b standard.

Unless you're specifically and narrowly speaking only of 802.11b at Conexant, I'd be hard-pressed to imagine that the 802.11b standard "failed". Instead, it did exactly what it needed to do and, in so doing, created the thriving market we now know as WiFi.

In any case, if I'm vaguely remembering correctly, Conexant early 802.11 efforts were predicated upon being a licensee of Intersil's 802.11 technology. So it's not like Conexant was a driver in the 802.11 development.

It is interesting that both Intersil and Agere (who all but owned the 802.11b chipset market) are no longer players in 802.11.

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