choosing a standard

[Tilman Baumann]

Tilman Baumann wrote:
> Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:
>>
>> My plan is to connect the divices to a micro controller, a multiplexer
>> and then to a linksys wireless router (flashed) over rs232 or usb. A
>> normal computer could of course also be used.
> 
> Sun had Jini, which was then a bit to early and now nearly forgotten.
> 
> UPNP has some aspects of remote control in a semantically abstract way. 
> But UPNP is way too complex to be cool. :(
> Looks to me completely over designed and arbitrary.

Just found this.
http://www.gupnp.org/

Claims to take the pain away from using upnp. Maybe that's just enough.
Benefit of upnp would be, that there are already many devices out there. 
And if 'the industry'[tm] chooses any as standard, it will probably be this.

  Tilman