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Cool didn't know it was next update for windows 8, but still a good sign. I do find the dichotomy of supporting "open" protocols to their service, but not from

by mitchty 13y ago

Cool didn't know it was next update for windows 8, but still a good sign. I do find the dichotomy of supporting "open" protocols to their service, but not from their operating system a bit odd. Though in that respect Apple isn't much different regarding imessage/facetime/etc... I guess I would rather have my device/os support open standards over the service I might use them upon.

tomkarlo 13y ago
That's because one is a service, and one is an open operating system. If a service doesn't support a protocol, you can't use that protocol with it, so there is demand that the service support the open protocols that most clients have implemented. If an open OS doesn't have built-in support for a protocol, you can choose to add it. It's apples and oranges. It's like saying your laptop doesn't support a particular printer because you have to install a driver to print. For an OS, it makes more sense to err on the side of supporting fewer protocols by default and allowing users to clients to add the ones they need than bloating it up with all possible protocols you ever might want to connect to on any server, anywhere.