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sneak on Oct 31, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: We need a replacement for TCP in the datacenter [p...

I think QUIC/http2 is a much better example.

Google made that happen almost unilaterally via their Chrome dominance.

withinboredom on Oct 31, 2022 [–]

I mean, this is how new features come about, for the most part (look at ajax, from Microsoft's IE dominance). The consortium allows anyone to contribute, not just the dominate browser, but the dominate browser will always be able to experiment with new web features without having to discuss it with anyone.

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