This sort of process does more damage to technological innovation than almost anything else I can think of (besides the music and film industry). Look at the state of Unix for example. A free, powerful operating system should be a no brainer for anyone. Until you ask yourself a few basic questions, like which flavour, and religious wars break out.
If Unix or Linux could have limited itself to a far smaller subset, it would likely have taken over the world by now.
This is why the world needs people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Linus et al.
I shudder when I think of the type of damage this sort of thing can do to HTML and web technology.
If Unix or Linux could have limited itself to a far smaller subset, it would likely have taken over the world by now.
This is why the world needs people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Linus et al.
I shudder when I think of the type of damage this sort of thing can do to HTML and web technology.