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Microsoft Backs Open Source For the Internet of Things

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-and-open dept.

dcblogs writes Microsoft has joined a Linux Foundation effort to create an open platform for the Internet of Things. The AllSeen Alliance is an effort to standardize device communications. The code that it champions, called AllJoyn, was initially developed by Qualcomm but was subsequently made open source. Big vendors have been recruited to support it, and the AllSeen Alliance now includes LG, Panasonic, Sharp and Haier, among others. Its Xbox gaming platform is seen as a potential hub or control center for home devices. Microsoft's leadership in computing "and its significant Xbox business make it a potentially important contributor to the AllSeen ecosystem," said said Andy Castonguay, an analyst at Machina Research, a Reading, England-based research firm focusing on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things.

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  1. Re:IT'S A TRAP! by russotto · · Score: 0, Troll

    Obviously. Just step 1 of Microsoft's usual playbook -- embrace, extend, extinguish.

  2. Re:IT'S A TRAP! by uvajed_ekil · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it IS a trap. How long until they back away from their support of open source and back away, migrating to their own proprietary BS, taking full advantage of the progress made by others?

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