http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/jan09/01-09CESFugoo.mspx
*I don't wanna come across as a Mister Softee hater here, and I appreciate the effort it takes to turn a freakin' coffeemaker into a multipurpose browser. It may even be possible to sell some of these overfeatured appliances commercially. But I really don't think this design approach is going to work.
*You don't take today's things and hammer some Internet functionality into them; you have to *redesign tomorrow's things as participants in an Internet of things.* It's sort of like the difference between declaring the Internet to be the "Internet Zone" on your Windows desktop screen, and actually participating in the contemporary Internet. I know that seems like a fine distinction, but over the long term it really matters a lot.
*Ok, wait, wait, let me get the boot in one more time: it's like the difference between a "netbook," which is a modern net peripheral, and a "low-cost small notebook PC," where it sounds like you're still firmly in charge of something that you don't much care for and haven't thought about very much.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/06/03/microsoft-wants-to-r.html
