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Go back to the late 70s/early 80s and marvel at the incredible diversity in computers, most with unique operating systems. Standardiztion will happen eventuall
by spc476 11y ago
Go back to the late 70s/early 80s and marvel at the incredible diversity in computers, most with unique operating systems.
Standardiztion will happen eventually.
- slavik81 11y agoIt's a good point that we've seen this before. I'm under the impression that many early computer standards were essentially de facto standards caused by everyone trying to be compatible with a market leader. e.g. "Unix-like" or "IBM PC compatible". That's probably not the only way, though. I guess the real question is "how are successful standards created?"