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Google's messaging strategy is starting to sound more and more like that XKCD [1] How Standards Proliferate (See: A/C chargers, character encodings, i
by coryfklein 9y ago
Google's messaging strategy is starting to sound more and more like that XKCD [1]
How Standards Proliferate
(See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.)
Situation:
There are 14 competing standards.
Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.
Ponytail: Yeah!
Soon:
Situation: There are 15 competing standards.
[1] https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/