Why The Internet of Things Will Be Open - Open Enterprise

"One prediction that I feel confident about making is that if the Internet takes off, it will be based on open standards. Even more than the Internet, the Internet of things will have such a huge number of companies involved that it will be impossible for any one of them to impose a proprietary standard. I suspect, too, that alongside open standards, open source will also be hugely important in this area for a couple of reasons...."