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I think the "Dark Ages" of the desktop was inconsequential due to adoption of the internet.
by pedalpete 12y ago
I think the "Dark Ages" of the desktop was inconsequential due to adoption of the internet.
- ekianjo 12y agoAll platforms were not necessarily equal when the Internet/WWW came around. The browsers eventually came to be multi-platform and support standards but it took a very long time to move away from platform specific software. Look at the legacy created by IE, for example.
- Rapzid 12y agoStandards brought us out of the dark ages. Perhaps the dark ages were necessary for us to arrive at where we are today. The importance of standards and interoperability over the past decade has made possible what we have today.
- ekianjo 12y agoMaybe, but I fear it's a constant battle we have to fight. Chrome tends to want to be the New IE with specific functions implemented nowhere else, Apple still locks down users to their store and devices, etc... interoperability is far from being achieved.