Huawei's LiteOS Internet of Things Operating System Is a Minuscule 10KB

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @11:02AM from the in-the-future dept.

Mark Wilson writes: Chinese firm Huawei today announces its IoT OS at an event in Beijing. The company predicts that within a decade there will be 100 billion connected devices and it is keen for its ultra-lightweight operating system to be at the heart of the infrastructure. Based on Linux, LiteOS weighs in at a mere 10KB — smaller than a Word document — but manages to pack in support for zero configuration, auto-discovery, and auto-networking. The operating system will be open for developers to tinker with, and is destined for use in smart homes, wearables, and connected vehicles. LiteOS will run on Huawei's newly announced Agile Network 3.0 Architecture and the company hopes that by promoting a standard infrastructure, it will be able to push the development of internet and IoT applications

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It must be a day ending in Y! by larwe · 2015-05-20 11:20 · Score: 1, Flamebait

... because there's yet another open-source operating system for Internet of Desperate Hopes for New As-Yet-Unsaturated Markets devices! At this point, you could probably install a light bulb in every socket in your home, with no two light bulbs using the same "universal" OS, radio technology or communication protocol. We don't need /new/ projects like this, we need most of the ones currently in the market - including all the proprietary bullshit ones like Apple's PrisonKit - to die.