Samsung might buy SmartThings

Google is using Nest as their IoT hub but it suffers from IMHO two problems. One is that the thermostat is actually flawed in that a single sampling point in one arbitrary location doesn't make much sense (full disclosure: I am biased as a founder at a smart vent company), but two, and more importantly, it doesn't have enough radios.

Apple's HomeKit, also getting started in the thermostat space is too early to really get a sense for the kinds of integrations and system topology that we might expect to see.

SmartThings (competing with Revolve and a few others - including my open source platform https://github.com/dandroid88/webmote, j/k :p) is poised to glue the IoT together within the home and it seems like at 200 Million Samsung is getting a steal. Especially given that Nest was 3.2 Billion... I remember reading that Nest is/was (?) moving 100,000 units a month not too long ago, I don't know if smart things is anywhere near this number, but with Samsung backing it, it could be a real contender and fast.

One can't help but wonder where Cisco (Linksys from time to time) and others who have had a hub (complete with web server and embedded linux distro capable hardware...) in every living room for the last 10 years have been, and why they couldn't see how good of a position they could have been in today...