Linked by JoanneRodgers on Thu 15th May 2008 23:02 UTC
In a June 2003 Wired Magazine interview, Martha Stewart said, "Bill Gates' house, for example, is totally out of date now. He built it right before wireless happened. The big tunnels for all his wires - he doesn't need any of that stuff anymore." The article wasn't about networking, or even technology, but I was struck by that statement because it was echoed by several people when I was explaining that I was running many thousands of feet of cable in OSNews' "house of the future." "Is all that cable really necessary now that there's wireless everything?" people said. As much as I respect Martha Stewart's business and design acumen, neither she, nor those people who talked to me, know what they're talking about. When it comes to networking, there's no substitute for a wire, when a wire's available. -- This is the latest entry in our 2008 Article Contest. 
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RE[2]: People are afraid of wires
by renox on Fri 16th May 2008 08:37
in reply to "RE: People are afraid of wires"
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I think it has more to do with the sales people pushing wireless, and people just listening to them
Well, it's possible that this is only a temporary fluke: I've used a wireless mouse for some time, but when I replaced it, I've chosen a wired mouse.
Having to remember to put the mouse on the charging pad to recharge it wasn't worth the cable's removal..
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Ive also seen people get a wireless router and a wireless network card in order to connect a computer that is 2 feet from the router
I think it has more to do with the sales people pushing wireless, and people just listening to them saying "yeah, if that's what I need", which of course is all the sales person knows about so they tell them it is. Never mind that it is not really what they needed.