All this doesn't even take into account the doubters. Very few people believed that wireless devices would ever be as reliable as that sales rep and his wife hunched over the kitchen table. In fact, the wireless pioneers made their investments in wireless technology not because they wanted to, but because they had to. They had no choice. In the case of wireless technology, necessity truly was the mother of invention.
Exigent circumstances have a way of greasing the wheels when it comes to money for research.
How times have changed. For those going wireless today, basic principles gleaned from early experience still apply. As Feld can tell you, it's most important to pilot your wireless application on a tiny group, as he did with his selected early adopters at Frito-Lay. You must have a time frame to begin the formal rollout, of course, but be flexible. Wait for perfection before going to the next step, he advises.