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Why do all these companies developing privatised software use the word "Open"? Real question. (lemmy.cat)
submitted 1 year ago by retiolus@lemmy.cat to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

things that might seem like obvious choices now

Not anymore.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even a heavily proprietary system like iOS is much more of an "open system" in this sense than old mainframes. It uses standard networking protocols, supports programming languages that have published specifications, third-party hardware exists ...

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that's because of building upon open systems, not because of consciously following something.