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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by forgotmypw17 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:34PM (#26800302)
The latter is preferrable because it uses a widely adopted and time-tested standard, which means another user can use their own special purpose app.
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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by iudqnolq on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @07:05PM (#26800637)
That's the problem. You have n*m possible combinations of clients, leading to many opportunities for bugs, and everyone has to degrade to the lowest common denominator because you can't upgrade in lockstep.
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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by forgotmypw17 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:58PM (#26802098)
How is that a problem?
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