Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere

Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by bobbygoodlatte on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:15PM (#10314319)

IoT is a buzzword. Buzzwords eventually die off because they're nebulous. What was "Web 2.0"? Did it die? Are we in Web 3.0 now? Does it matter one way or the other?

There will be many successful connected device startups. Many others will be started & funded for the wrong reason: because IoT is "hot" right now.

IoT is a particularly maddening buzzword because the name is mis-leading. There's not a separate internet for things, but rather these are just "things connected to the internet". Not as catchy, which I suppose is the point.

As an aside: I worry I may be turning into Andy Rooney :)

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Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by adamio on Thursday October 01, 2015 @04:28PM (#10314421)

Anything that makes technology approachable to the masses is a step forward I think, even if it might sub optimize in favor of the consumers perspective (Curating a Facebook account vs blog for example)

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Re:Why the Internet of Things Is Going Nowhere by babatong on Thursday October 01, 2015 @06:44PM (#10315323)

I'm currently a uni student. Combined IT and Business Management.

The amount of lectures where Web 2.0 is dealt with as if it is a real tangible thing is astonishing.

These kind of management-oriented IT degrees are the source of all these problems. They teach managers just enough to be dangerous and make all these buzzwords live on for far longer than their sell-by date.

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