This article provides links to Microsoft’s R&D web page and an interesting paper describing a HomeOS platform for home automation. They have deployed their experimental system in a number of homes and have student developers and researchers writing applications for various devices. It sounds like a very small project for now and it would likely be years before any product sees the light of day, if ever. But it is interesting to see their take on HA if they ever decide the market is worth going after…
how can you still be interested what on crap microsoft is working on?
Home automation has something to do with reliability, and microsoft doesn’t know this term. You’d have to reboot your house all the time because of all the viruses and unknown errors. imagine you want to enter your house and it says “please wait, installing update 21 of 89, don’t reboot or turn off your house”… ;D
[quote=“chixxi, post:2, topic:171131”]how can you still be interested what on crap microsoft is working on?
Home automation has something to do with reliability, and microsoft doesn’t know this term. You’d have to reboot your house all the time because of all the viruses and unknown errors. imagine you want to enter your house and it says “please wait, installing update 21 of 89, don’t reboot or turn off your house”… ;D
[quote=“ehillis, post:7, topic:171131”]It has been interfaced to vera so might be a very good user interface that would work properly with all browsers, maybe- might?[/quote]Very little of anything Microsoft does works in all browsers.
Very little of what comes out of Microsoft R&D turns into products.
But the projects that come out of their R&D are usually of very good quality for NON commercial deployment.
I have used a few …
Like most large companies … the R&D group usually attracts some very good talent …
Actually if done right example: HomeSeer (Automation Controllers), have Embedded Windows XP that they have optimized & locked down on to a DOM (Disk on Module) or on Flash memory. If it detects problems, it reboots and clears out memory. Loading back an unharmed OS & you’re back & running. They will have a Linux version later on this years, but this is not for the average user.
[quote=“chixxi, post:2, topic:171131”]how can you still be interested what on crap microsoft is working on?
Home automation has something to do with reliability, and microsoft doesn’t know this term. You’d have to reboot your house all the time because of all the viruses and unknown errors. imagine you want to enter your house and it says “please wait, installing update 21 of 89, don’t reboot or turn off your house”… ;D
Apple, then I’d always have to wait with updating until I would be able to jailbreak my own house… ;D
Actually if done right example: HomeSeer (Automation Controllers), have Embedded Windows XP that they have optimized & locked down on to a DOM (Disk on Module) or on Flash memory. If it detects problems, it reboots and clears out memory. Loading back an unharmed OS & you're back & running. They will have a Linux version later on this years, but this is not for the average user.
The target should be to develop/use an OS which does not need a complete backup version stored within the device. This option/feature itself proves the unreliability of windows and that nobody at home seer trusts it.
[quote=“chixxi, post:14, topic:171131”]Apple, then I’d always have to wait with updating until I would be able to jailbreak my own house… ;D
Play windows use linux ;)
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Amen! Homeseer isn't better because it is on Windows (in fact that is its biggest limitation) it is better (currently) because it is more mature. Vera is getting closer with every release. (just wish it was faster)
