Microsoft and Miele Team Collaborate To Cook Up an IoT Revolution

Mark Wilson writes When people talk about the Internet of Things, there are often semi-joking references to fridges that know when you've run out of milk and ovens that know how to cook whatever you put in them. Forget the jokes; this is now a reality. We've already seen a generation of smart appliances, and Microsoft wants to be part of what happens next. At Hannover Messe today, Miele — of oven, vacuum cleaner and washing machine fame — announces it is working on a new breed of appliances based on Microsoft Azure Internet of Things (IoT) services What does this mean? Ultimately it means you'll be able to find a recipe online, have the ingredient list and preparation instructions sent to your mobile device, and your smart oven will be automatically configured with the correct settings.

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Now of course if you have gas appliance, the whole idea of plug and pray takes on new meaning. Some I take great reassurance that all of my appliances that can go 'BOOM' are all manually controlled. Seriously, who wants a BSOD to become real when you try to open the front door and set off a spark. Miele, honestly, anyone but M$. Your appliances way, way, outlive the reliability of them providing a service. I don't get it, how dumb can people be, how often has M$ kicked off a service, launched into massive bouts of promises and bullshit about that service, only to cancel it, with a big ole 'fuck you' to the people sucked into signing on. Make no mistake Miele, I will not buy any Miele appliance on it with software hugely, enormously extremely, more unreliable than the hardware (yes a big ole fat 'NO' anything from M$). After all look how well it worked for Nokia, so who was Miele silly enough to hire.