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maybe if we had actually dug into open standards instead of this mushy cesspool of abandonware, not everyone in the world would have to spend their time trackin
by convolvatron 4y ago
maybe if we had actually dug into open standards instead of this mushy cesspool of abandonware, not everyone in the world would have to spend their time tracking technology trends
- rattlesnakedave 4y agoWho is “we” here?
- convolvatron 4y agotechnologists. computer people. computer companies. the people responsible for this mess.
- nexuist 4y agoOr maybe blame the California Bar for partnering with such amateur vendors when they had millions of competent technology companies to pick from?
- simonh 4y agoWhile I'm all for open standards, the fact is they're no magic wand. It's just as possible for an open system to be clunky, outdated and abandoned. Just because it's possible for someone to work on it or fix issues, that's no guarantee anyone will. The problem here was poor consideration of requirements and inadequate governance, and there's really no substitute for just flat out doing a better job at those. After all, nobody is stopping someone developing an open suite of exam software, it's not against the law or anything. It's all very well saying that's what we need, but somebody has to actually buckle down and do it.