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  1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2019 22:20:22 EDT Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Another good article from Cory Doctorow about adversarial interoperability, this time about IBM and the Phoenix BIOS:

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/ibm-pc-compatible-how-adversarial-interoperability-saved-pcs-monopolization
    In conversation Monday, 05-Aug-2019 22:20:22 EDT from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink

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    1. 'IBM PC Compatible': How Adversarial Interoperability Saved PCs From Monopolization
      from Electronic Frontier Foundation
      Adversarial interoperability is what happens when someone makes a new product or service that works with a dominant product or service, against the wishes of the dominant business.Though there are examples of adversarial interoperability going back to early phonograms and even before, the computer...
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