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If we were to force all new technologies to be interoperable with all technologies from all possible competitors we’d create a Kafkaesque nightmare for innovato
by cbeach 3y ago
If we were to force all new technologies to be interoperable with all technologies from all possible competitors we’d create a Kafkaesque nightmare for innovators and particularly early stage startups.
- fsflover 3y agoLike, you know, the Internet?
- cbeach 3y agoIndeed. Good example. If Cerf, Kahn and others had been forced to make the internet (as we know it today) compatible with with nascent competitors such as X.25, Cyclades, OGAS and EIN, it would have compromised the design process with a “too many chefs” problem. Also would have forced the Internet to a lowest common denominator of capability.
- InsomniacL 3y agoIn the IOT/Home Automation device world, Zigbee and Z-Wave were competing standards. Z-Wave was a proprietary standard and have a device certification process. Zigbee was a open-source IEEE standard. Both had their pros and cons but weren't interoperable. Manufactures have agreed to create and move to a new standard "Matter" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard) I don't see why this success storey couldn't happen for the 'lost device world' or most other proprietary non-interoperable systems. (why can't i send a message from Whatsapp to Messenger)
- prmoustache 3y agoShouldn't they just all publish the RFCs and actually implement the techs the way they are written in the RFCs?