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Some protocols have so much persistence, where others seem to be tied to one vendor's fate. I wonder if its worth spending some time trying to understand what
by tlack 6y ago
Some protocols have so much persistence, where others seem to be tied to one vendor's fate.
I wonder if its worth spending some time trying to understand what makes some protocols so robust and widely adopted. It's not just being open vs closed.
A few other examples:
- PostScript (probably) / PDF (iffy)
- CAN (adaptable)
- G-code
- Serial
- HTTP
- HTML (sort of, badly)
- VNC (maybe)
- JSON (for now)
- msla 6y agoHayes command set, as expanded from land-line modems to GSM cell phones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set
- kalleboo 6y ago- FAT32 became the only filsystem people use for external drives due to cross compatibility - The QuickTime container became the container for AAC audio, ISO MPEG4/h264/h265 video, HEIC, AVIF - Zip files have become a generic container used in all kinds of formats (Java jar files, Android apk, Microsoft office documents, usdz, etc )
- hazeii 6y agoSCSI itself came from a single vendor as "Shugart Associates Standard Interface", otherwise know as SASI which went on to become SCSI. It was a simple interface, easy to program and made it possible to hook computers to disk drives with a handful of TTL chips. Good, simple design that did the job so no surprise that it's survived so well.