On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 08:18:52AM -0400, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: > Getting back to my original concern, the maker of the hub that I > bought to integrate the 30+ devices in my house has just been bought > out. The new owner has announced that the hub is EOL and none of the > promised updates is going to be provided. > > The main reason we have standards in the enterprise space is that they > reduce switching costs so that a vendor can be replaced if necessary. > The main thing holding back the home automation market right now is > that all the vendors are following a strategy designed to make them > the sole source monopoly provider. In most cases with an annual rent > on top for doing nothing more than run an unneeded cloud service. +1 -- Joshua Smith