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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by teruakohatu on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:45PM (#23411772)
> Why would or should they open it?

They said they would make it an open standard. People took them on their word.

https://9to5mac.com/2018/06/06/make-facetime-an-open-standar...

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by halostatue on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:52PM (#23411812)
Then they got hit with by a patent troll.
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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by dingaling on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:21PM (#23412010)
I'm sure that the ~richest company on Earth could have consumed VirnetX without a hiccough.
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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by harpratap on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:16PM (#23411974)
Dealing with patent trolls is the rite of passage. It shouldn't be a deterrent if you really cared about open sourcing your software
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