• FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      Not really. “Industry standard” just means it’s commonly used in the industry. “Open specification” is the opposite of “vendor locked”, e.g. OAuth for authentication.

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        2 days ago

        Industry standard is generally an open standard. Proprietary is what you and meme/op are thinking.

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          No, sorry, you’re just wrong. An “industry standard” can be anything that’s normal in an industry, e.g. a particular tool. Photoshop for example is an industry standard, but it’s not an open standard in any way.

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            1 day ago

            What it means is context driven. I didn’t see this was an “industry standard” vs an alternative/gimp.

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              20 hours ago

              Okay, but we’re in the context of “tools being industry standards”, as GP mentioned KeyCloak. That’s not a standard/specification, it’s a tool.

              And of course Photoshop is an industry standard.