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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Dear members,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Although public discussions about fieldbus framework related issues have</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">slowed down recently, activities are constantly going on here at</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Pengutronix as part of our commercial customer projects. Having talked</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to several OSADL members during the last weeks, I suppose it's the right</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">time to speed up the pace of the development. Discussions have shown that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">almost *everybody* could make use of the fieldbus framework, as everyone</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">has the need to adapt physical signals to software in a generic and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">platform/application independent way. And the technological concept I've</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">presented at the conference in Linz last year (which came out of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OSADL Automation Workgropup activities) turns out to be the right</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">direction.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In order to gain momentum, I think it is necessary to bring significant</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">critical mass behind this project. Recently, the OSADL Supervisory Board</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">has agreed that "mixed founded projects" will be made possible under the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">leadership of OSADL; we see this as a viable model for the framework.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">To coordinate the activities, here is a short poll which will give us an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">impression about who is interested in the fieldbus framework project:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[X] yes, I am / my company is interested in the fieldbus framework</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[ ] no, I am / we are not interested</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If yes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[X] our company might want to participate in a mixed founded project</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[ ] our company might want to be part of the development team</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">[X] we are interested in integration of the following fieldbusses</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> or other I/O sources: CANOpen, DeviceNet, Profibus, Profinet, </FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Modbus, Ethernet/IP</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The following person would like to join the upcomming (non-technical)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">kick-off meeting (name+email), either personnally or remote (for people</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">not located in Germany):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Martin Flöer martin.floeer@wago.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thomas Weber thomas.weber@wago.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Martin Flöer<BR>
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