Posts by Bob C McKenzie

Ofcom waves DAB radio licences under local broadcasters' noses as FM switchoff debate smoulders again

I think I’m an outlier, I really enjoy the old British films they screen on London Live. Films poured out of Elstree, Pinewood, Ealing and others...pure nostalgia

Do not adjust your set, er, browser: This is our new page-one design

Yeh, you’re new design doesn’t offend. Which means you’re up there with the best. Keep on trucking.

Skype for Biz users: Go watch nature vids. Microsoft wants you to get good at migration

Anybody using ZOOM for video/audio conference and team work. It rocks. We’ve just moved from Skype to it (not the dreaded Skype for Business BTW) and the signal quality, user interface and ease of use has truly impressed an old cynic: I go back to VNC and WebEx

The Internet of Things becomes the Game of Thrones in standards war

To find out more about 'weightless'

For those of you wanting to know more about meeting the needs of IoT, please look at

http://www.weightless.org/news/new-open-standard-weightlessn-for-iot-connectivity-goes-live

There's away to go on this

I agree with the sentiments of Gavin Chester. All successful technologies are 'open' which means clearly specified, with a specification that is available for at most an 'admin' fee and that doesn't require any ongoing royalty or licence costs.

It sound like Z-Wave fails to meet any of these criteria. Bluetooth is already a hugely successful standard and will continue to evolve. Zigbee is not very successful so far, but it does seem to command some interest.

Then there are new radio standards that deal with the very physical concerns of low-power and long range, plus the exceptionally important consideration of low cost (when scaled). I know that 'Weightless' achieve's this and I'm sure there are other burgeoning protocols, but judging by the thought put into and followers of 'weightless', if the members execute well it should succeed.

Time, as ever, will tell.