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pc on July 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: MIT And Dropbox Alums Launch Inbox, a Next-Generat...

That's unfair -- not all platforms have IETF specs (iOS, Android, AWS, etc). You might prefer platforms that have proper specifications, but the presence of one is not implicit in the term.

JetSpiegel on July 7, 2014 | [–]

Walled gardens. That doesn't bode well.

Still, I understand the nitpick, it's just that there isn't a word to describe them. Open Standards?

xorcist on July 8, 2014 | [–]

But none of those went up against a platform which did!

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