Private companies competing for things ends up with stuff like this. Unless NASA or someone designs a spec and contractually enforces everyone to implement it, problems like this can crop up in all kinds of places.
And in new fields of privatization, someone has to win out on the standard. It should have been NASA demanding an interoperable spec but someone will win out here eventually and it will be standard in the future.
They don’t contribute engineers out of the kindness of their hearts. They do it for entirely selfish reasons — to have a large influence in industry standards, and the competitive advantages that enables.
Do you also believe Google created Chrome for “freedom”, instead of to gain a competitive advantage in web and ad tech standards?
Private companies competing for things ends up with stuff like this. Unless NASA or someone designs a spec and contractually enforces everyone to implement it, problems like this can crop up in all kinds of places.
In most fields, even private companies understand the need for industry standards.
And in new fields of privatization, someone has to win out on the standard. It should have been NASA demanding an interoperable spec but someone will win out here eventually and it will be standard in the future.
XLCD: Standards
When you make a new standard to consolidate related-but-drifting standards, all you’ve done is make n+1 standards.
Ah yes, XLCD, created by Rbndall Mvnroe.
Yeah, like how Apple works with other phone and tablet manufacturers to use a unified charging and data port.
I can’t tell if this is sarcastic because Apple contributed over 20% of the engineers credited with developing USB-C.
It’s sarcasm, because it took EU legislation to force them to actually fucking use it in their phones a decade later.
They don’t contribute engineers out of the kindness of their hearts. They do it for entirely selfish reasons — to have a large influence in industry standards, and the competitive advantages that enables.
Do you also believe Google created Chrome for “freedom”, instead of to gain a competitive advantage in web and ad tech standards?
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In what universe was my comment promoting any for-profit? Are you mentally deficient?
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Only when it’s their standard most of the time, which is the reason why we have so many standards for so many things that do basically the same thing
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