Gregg, I’m in the OCF marketing group and I think you know I lead the developer tools group for OCF.
I think most everyone in the marketing group has seen this article, but I passed it on anyway. I think this came out in September after several appliance manufacturers made announcements that they will have OCF products in 2019. I’m maybe not as concerned as you that this is bad press. First of all, we are trying to solve a very hard technical problem by bringing together a bunch of competitors that have their own political problems and asking them to play nice and give their competitors more access to their products. While I am a strong believer that this ultimately helps everyone (see the Internet, electrical grid, cell phones, etc.), it is a difficult thing for companies to do. Also, several of the points of Stacey’s article are either inaccurate or have been subsequently improved. Having said that, OCF still has very hard problems to solve and is managing it with a lot of volunteer effort (like you - thanks). The ultimate success of OCF will depend on adoption and that was probably Stacey’s strongest argument. We haven’t done that - yet. I’m optimistic that we will reach the tipping point in 2019, but that is still a big risk. For better or for worse, there aren’t really any other organizations trying to solve the problem like OCF. The most viable current solutions involve converting people to architectures promoted by a single company. I hope that’s not the way the future evolves. I believe OCF has or is in the process of scheduling an interview with Stacey. If that works out, I’m hoping we can clear up some of the inaccuracies and give her a more optimistic outlook of where OCF is and when it can better fulfill its promise. Thanks, -Clarke > On Dec 7, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Gregg Reynolds <d...@mobileink.com> wrote: > > This is undated but seems recent: > > https://www.google.com/amp/s/staceyoniot.com/this-may-not-be-the-iot-standard-you-were-looking-for/amp/ > > <https://www.google.com/amp/s/staceyoniot.com/this-may-not-be-the-iot-standard-you-were-looking-for/amp/> > > Anybody wanna respond? > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#10051): https://lists.iotivity.org/g/iotivity-dev/message/10051 Mute This Topic: https://lists.iotivity.org/mt/28653513/21656 Group Owner: iotivity-dev+ow...@lists.iotivity.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.iotivity.org/g/iotivity-dev/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
