The Linux Foundation has launched the EdgeX Foundry, an open source project that aims to build a common open framework for IoT edge-computing and promote such an ecosystem. With some 50 founding members, we would normally be singing the praises of the project – but there’s already an industry group dedicated to tackling this problem, and it’s called the OpenFog Consortium. The OpenFog group recently unveiled its new Reference Architecture document, which is essentially a framework for managing emerging networks that blend centralized cloud processing with distributed network-edge compute functions. It looks like there’s considerable common ground between the two groups, and a cynic would note that this launch is an excellent example of the IoT getting another unnecessary group…