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Re:Glue: The Dark Matter of Software by convolvatron on Sunday June 13, 2021 @04:40PM (#27496229)
open standards. there must be one of those game-theory economic analyses.

but frankly i don't see how its _ever_ a good idea to structure yourself around closed worlds unless the seller really has something that novel and indispensable.

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Re:Glue: The Dark Matter of Software by kgr on Sunday June 13, 2021 @06:13PM (#27497035)
I'm not advocating a closed system. Just like UNIX doesn't lock you in to any hardware or CPU vendor. FOAM is open source and most of the functionality is provided by existing languages, libraries and databases.A universal adapter, not a universal provider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsFLlgrzn2E
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