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If an existing provider's API became the standard, the other providers would rightly complain. If a standard were made from whole cloth, then, you know: http:/
by jzwinck 14y ago
If an existing provider's API became the standard, the other providers would rightly complain. If a standard were made from whole cloth, then, you know: http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/
- nnq 14y agoAs always, xkcd is right :) ...but there's a difference between "no standard" and "one standard for each implementation", subtle as it may be. Nobody will adopt a competitor's standard, so there has to be a common standard pushed from the outside.
- jareau 14y agoPayswarm is a w3c affiliated universal payment standard. It hasn't taken off yet, but is a pretty compelling concept. http://payswarm.com/ http://payswarm.com/ http://www.w3.org/community/webpayments/ http://www.w3.org/community/webpayments/