competition is good?

competition is good?

Posted Mar 22, 2007 17:58 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: competition is good? by nedrichards
Parent article: Linux and flash

The question is whether you're trying to standardize the file format (in which case you are correct) or standardize the programmatic interface (as POSIX does). I'd be inclined to suggest that competition in interfaces is a good thing until one emerges as definitively better, in which case a back-compatibility layer can be implemented so that programs using the worse interface can still be used.

This is sort of like what WINE does (worse interface: Win32 API: better one: POSIX ;} )

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