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> decent inter-operation We don't want interoperation only between Microsoft products, but between all products. Customer lock-in is an anticompetitive act. Th
by dmos62 6y ago
> decent inter-operation
We don't want interoperation only between Microsoft products, but between all products. Customer lock-in is an anticompetitive act. That's a big deal, and breaking up companies would be very advantageous to the consumer in that regard.
- shadowgovt 6y agoWould it? Because in general, when I look at the software ecosystem (in the open-source community and the closed-source cross-company community), I see a minefield of impedance mismatches and a programmer's lifetime of writing shim code. The one-company ecosystems are incentivized to make their software work with its siblings. I've never seen any such strong incentive in other environments. I'd expect open-source to succeed at it, except instead it's a compatibility nightmare because people are interested in their own apps and not in making them talk to each other.
- dmos62 6y agoA textbook example is interop in email vs interop in instant messengers. Email was standardized, while instant messengers are left to the whims of individual companies. Normal interop isn't a hard problem, unless there's complicating circumstances (but then you have bigger problems), it's just that companies are incentivized to restrict it for their benefit.