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@msw Imagine if enterprise users didn't demand monoculture and, via market effects, impose it on the rest of us.

@dalias it's not even clear to me that the modern enterprise actually wants that.

@msw They probably don't but "want" got replaced long ago by silly policies nobody understands but everybody has to follow.

@dalias that's probably more accurate. Thanks, FIPS certification for operating systems!

@msw @dalias it is more than FIPS and other random certifications for non-tech companies.

The cutting edge of tech is really inconsequential in the larger scheme of things. It is fun, pushes the boundary, makes the news but the world largely runs on decade old tech that these non-tech companies want to, if possible, never ever change because change costs money.