There are many residential, automotive, and mobile standards and initiatives. How is the OSGi technology unique?
The OSGi Service Platform is the only standard that does not compete with other standards because it complements most other standards or initiatives currently underway. Instead of competing with other standards, it provides a unified software execution environment that allows virtually any standard to efficiently work with other standards. The OSGi Service Platform is focused on the application layer and open to any protocol, transport or device layers and thus inclusive rather than exclusive. OSGi Service Platform can use any existing Java specification. Where there is a standard that is not Java based, such as Universal Plug and Play, the OSGi Service Platform focuses on bridging all these standards in a consistent fashion.
