Upfront I ought to say that I am still not clear if everybody agrees on what a “thing” is in this context. And what is not a “thing”? ... We do know however that “things” have been connected to the Internet since like forever - which is why some very experienced people in our community prefer talking about the “so-called IoT”? We also know however
Hello Gordon, Gordon Lennox wrote: that the number of network connected devices is increasing. And that the number of services / apps involved with any particular device is often increasing. And the interactions between different devices/services/apps is increasing. And the number of organisations and individuals “inventing” new stuff is increasing. And of course the number of users is certainly increasing. For me a thing is anything that has an IP address (or should I say a MAC address). IOT has no real importance in this discussion IMHO. It though happens that IOT stimulate the number of attach devices to the Internet and related people (good-user/bad-user). Although the growth is still following more or less Moore's law, so that is nothing different from 30 years ago when I connect my first CLNS/TUBA computer). Or perhaps when IBM predicted: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers". But then Moore's law was not yet recognised... Moore's law is very helpful as for me it seems to include: manufacturing, devices, people, politics, law, financing, security, privacy, ethics, etc. From technical to societal aspects. They all seem to make sure that on average we don't grow that fast... Anyway I like you evaluation/e-mail. Thanks. All the best, Victor. -- Victor Reijs Network Development Manager and International Relations HEAnet CLG, Ireland’s National Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland +353 (0)1 6609040 victor.reijs@heanet.ie www.heanet.ie Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270 (w)