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Hi Krzysztof,

sadly there are at least thirteen of these IoT Alliances (I know of
IPSO, Intel IoT Solutions, AllSeen, AIOTI, Open Interconnect, the
Bluetooth SIG, LoRa, Hypercat, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Acer Open C&C, the Thread
Group and the Bridge Alliance) and they all think they have the one true
solution.

If I interpret
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/05/11/iot-world-canonical-industry-leaders-drive-iot-commercialization/
right, Canonical focuses on providing the operating system layer
(Snappy) and lets other people decide what software they run on top of it.

In theory Canonical doesn't really have to "get the phone working" with
appliances as long as they can be talked to over some technology the
phone supports (at the moment WiFi and Bluetooth). Take for example the
"Shine" app by Michael Zanetti, it has been talking to Philips Hue lamps
for months already. Add background processing and notifications and
somebody can just write apps for those thirteen other IoT standards.

cheers,
Simon



Am 11/23/2015 um 11:41 AM schrieb Krzysztof Tataradziński:
> Hello,
> 
> Does Canonical collaborate with https://allseenalliance.org/ ? If I
> good understand, that is alliance that connect home appliance
> companies with the one responsible for software (especially mobile)
> allowing to work with each other without looking for OS; in example
> Philips fridge will work with Iphone, Bosh washer will connect to
> Android, etc. It's seems to fit to IoT. Is there a place for Ubuntu?
> Has Canonical any plans to get phone working with that home appliance
> devices?
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof Tataradziński
> https://launchpad.net/~ktatar156
>