Michael Thomas wrote:
I know there are a whole lot of things that Google is doing for
configuration, casting of urls (cf chromecast), etc which use
proprietary protocols. Lots of other vendors are inventing the same or
similar wheels. Can anybody tell me why these haven't been
standardized? Is it politics? It sure is a PITA to not be able to send
a URL to Apple Device or cast from Firefox onto my chromecast. I
assume that this tangle applies for every other ecosystem like Apple
and Amazon.
Does anybody know the history and/or why we suffer this mess? I mean,
the base level mechanisms seem pretty well understood.
Because Google, contrary to stated position, can be intentionally evil.
It started when they broke calendaring.
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown
