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Alljoyn vs HomeOS For The Connected Home

  • Posted on: 4 May 2014
  • By: Patrick Oliphant

There is no doubt that the connected home needs an Operating System (OS) or some agnastic software environment to manage its diverse devices and services.  For the last four years the only company that shows any potential in filling this gap was Microsoft with its prototype homeOS platform.  I think this is about to change with the introduction of the Alljoyn platform backed by the Allseen alliance, a new industry body promoting interoperability between devices under the concept of the “Internet of Everyt