Microsoft Backs Open Source For the Internet of Things

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Microsoft has joined what began as a Linux Foundation effort to create an open platform for the Internet of Things. It’s a move that may be a telling sign regarding Microsoft’s plans for home automation, and even for the Xbox.

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium that promotes Linux adoption, late last year announced the creation of the AllSeen Alliance to promote an open source code framework to enable devices to discover one another and then connect and interact.

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