ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy the Linux ecosystem cannot be considered "standardized", unlike Windows and Mac?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhy the Linux ecosystem cannot be considered "standardized", unlike Windows and Mac?ryujin470@fedia.io to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOmega_Jimes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up32·3 months agoSo, at one point there was 14 competing standards. That was too many, so a bunch of nerds got together and made one all encompassing standard. One that had all the best parts of each other standard. Now we have 15 competing standards.
minus-squareOmega_Jimes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoThank you. I was too lazy to find it.
minus-squarehydrashok@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoThat’s just a straight-shooter that’s got management written all over him!
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYou can remember it’s 927 because 1927 is the year the chinese civil war started
So, at one point there was 14 competing standards. That was too many, so a bunch of nerds got together and made one all encompassing standard. One that had all the best parts of each other standard.
Now we have 15 competing standards.
https://xkcd.com/927/
Thank you. I was too lazy to find it.
Outsourcing your work… Genius!
That’s just a straight-shooter that’s got management written all over him!
You can remember it’s 927 because 1927 is the year the chinese civil war started