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Germany Moves Away from U.S.-Dominated IoT Standards Groups

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Re: Germany Moves Away from U.S.-Dominated IoT Standards Groups

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W3C Multimodal Interaction standards

Not everything that needs interoperability can, nor should, use HTTP/HTML. For me, IoT includes very small devices still with only a few K of RAM, and requiring an HTTP/HTML stack in amongst everything else will just serve to push up prices and add needless complexity.

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It probably will be a failure just like DeMail. I have a pretty bad outlook for the future of our country.

Why?

Large infrastructure projects in Germany usually fail, projects involving the internet or technology especially so.

If there is such a thing as a most wrong stereotype, german efficiency is it.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

Large infrastructure projects in Germany usually fail, projects involving the internet or technology especially so. If there is such a thing as a most wrong stereotype, german efficiency is it.

Which is why Germany has one of the best infrastructures, both physical and electronic, in the Western world?

If there is such a thing as a most right stereotype, it's how the Silicon Valley worshiping non-Americans on HN deny the successes and strengths of their own country.

Germany is a, if not the leading country in industrial standardization, and especially in the current climate most of the world will prefer to follow Germany's lead over the politically and ideologically compromised American industry.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

Large infrastructure projects in Germany usually fail, projects involving the internet or technology especially so. If there is such a thing as a most wrong stereotype, german efficiency is it.

Recent infamous examples:

* Berlin Brandenburg Airport, originally planned to open in 2010, estimates suggest that the airport will open in 2018 or 2019: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport

* De-Mail (competitor to email): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Mail

* E-Postbrief (competitor to email and De-Mail): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Postbrief

* SAP Web Dynpro (Java, only ABAP now): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Dynpro

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