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by jfuhrman 4063 days ago
Would you say the same for WINE or ReactOS? Or Pages, OpenOffice and Google Docs 'copying' the docx format? Samba and SMB?

It's more about compatibility with an existing ecosystem than copying.

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I'd say take those on a case by case basis. When Microsoft was an abusive monopoly and there were few choices out there (hardly the case for Apple today, which has vigorous competitors who offer plenty of working alternatives), some of these made sense, although superior products made from the ground up would have been better.

>It's more about compatibility with an existing ecosystem than copying.

Wink, wink. Right.