Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop connectivity standard

Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by Symmetry on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:31PM (#21829103)

I actually worked at Ember for a bit before leaving when they get bought by Silicon Labs. The reason, internally, really was the fear that there would be a flood of low quality products that would make ZigBee look bad.

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by nine_k on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:38PM (#21831860)

For that, you need certification, not gatekeeping.

Publish a set of tests a device must pass, broadly, to be certified compliant.

Allow manufacturers test their devices, for a fee, and win a certificate, or know where they failed. Much like you can take a language exam (say, TOEFL).

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by Reelin on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:21PM (#21830898)

> fear that there would be a flood of low quality products

That's mental gymnastics. The fear is having to compete against cheaper products (possibly low quality, but possibly not). Even broken DRM is an excellent anti-competitive tool because no one can legally sell a competing product.

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by rasz on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:38PM (#21829165)

as opposed to ZigBee making ZigBee look bad as it stands now. Only big names looking for a lockin pick ZigBee.

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