On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 3:26 PM Clarke Stevens <csteven...@gmail.com wrote:
> 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. > Thanks (also to Matts). That's kinda what I thought. > > 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. > Well said. I'm cautiously optimistic myself about 2019. Now if Bitcoin would just rally, heh. > 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. > Great! I look fwd to it. G -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#10053): https://lists.iotivity.org/g/iotivity-dev/message/10053 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] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
