Re: [m2m-iwg] propose name change

["Ian Skerrett" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gregor,

I have seen the EU project called OpenIoT. I have also seen the term used as
a hashtag on twitter and used as a general term by others. I suggested
OpenIoT since I think it better reflects what we are trying to accomplish.
Like Eclipse M2M, we would use it as Eclipse OpenIoT, so I don't think there
would be confusion.

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: m2m-iwg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:m2m-iwg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gregor Schiele
Sent: December-11-13 5:46 PM
To: m2m Industry Working Group
Subject: Re: [m2m-iwg] propose name change

Ian,

In the academic IoT community people might be a bit confused by this name.
There is a well-known FP7 european project named OpenIoT, which is mainly
looking into providing an open IoT architecture for Cloud-based IoT systems.
See http://openiot.eu/

Why not just Eclipse IoT?

Cheers
Gregor


On 11 Dec 2013, at 15:44, "Ian Skerrett" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All,
>  
> In past meetings we have discussed changing the name of the WG but I think
the time has come to take action. Therefore, I would like to officially
propose we rename the Eclipse M2M Working Group to be Eclipse OpenIoT
Working Group. The short version would be Eclipse OpenIoT.
>  
> In the last year, the use of IoT has become more and more common,
especially from organizations not traditionally associated with the telcos.
Companies like Cisco, Intel, Bosch, Oracle and others are pushing forward
with the IoT term. I do believe M2M is still a valid and popular term that
we need to use when describing our collaboration but I do think it is a
limiting term.
>  
> I also believe that using the prefix 'Open' communicates a key part of our
objective.
>  
> We have a scheduled WG call next Tuesday. I'd like to add to the agenda
this proposal. If you have any comments, please feel free to reply to this
email or attend the meeting next Tuesday.
>  
> Thanks
> Ian
>  
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