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0 pointszdkl8y ago0 comments

In theory indeed. In practice there's 3 vendors and the standard defining organisation represents commercial interests in the platform, not you.

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aidenn08y ago

3 vendors is still better than one.

zdklOP8y ago

Name one other platform/deploy target that is as centralised on the vendor side, even though everyone calls it "open"

aidenn08y ago

OpenGL

mwcampbell8y ago

On balance, and having read the whole article now, I think you're right. I shouldn't have reacted before reading the whole thing and really considering it.

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0 pointszdkl8y ago0 comments

In theory indeed. In practice there's 3 vendors and the standard defining organisation represents commercial interests in the platform, not you.

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aidenn08y ago

3 vendors is still better than one.

zdklOP8y ago

Name one other platform/deploy target that is as centralised on the vendor side, even though everyone calls it "open"

aidenn08y ago

OpenGL

mwcampbell8y ago

On balance, and having read the whole article now, I think you're right. I shouldn't have reacted before reading the whole thing and really considering it.

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