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windows is another example, but not as obvious as flash
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@openuniverse: qwerty is an example of a subpar de facto standard as well.
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@leorockway true! but a far more valuable one than flash, and unlike with flash, the most viable alternatives are more, not less proprietary
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@openuniverse: you're saying that the alternatives to qwerty are more proprietary?
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@leorockway the first example i thought of was dvorak- is it NOT more proprietary than qwerty? i could easily be wrong, but i thought it was
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@openuniverse: I use !colemak which is public domain.
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@openuniverse how can a keyboard layout be proprietary?
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@jrick it would have to be copyrighted or patented, the way the dewey decimal system is. if either seem…
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@openuniverse well copyrighted or patented != proprietary, but I highly doubt the dvorak layout is either
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