I still wonder if MQTT really has the right tradeoffs compared to AMQP, especially as you try to scale things beyond hello world.
http://www.slideshare.net/paolopat/mqtt-iot-protocols-compar...
http://www.iotprimer.com/2013/11/iot-protocol-wars-mqtt-vs-c...
http://blogs.vmware.com/vfabric/2013/02/choosing-your-messag...