Ask HN: How to get compeitors to use our open source interop-prototcol?
You keep mentioning things such as &quot;the industry needs us to work together&quot;, but you never explain why. What benefit would companies who you call competitors get from being interoperable with you? Perhaps this comes simply from my unfamiliarity with the space you work in, but if anything then lock-in is often useful from a business perspective. (It is not useful from the user perspective, but I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s too relevant to convincing other companies unless legislation happens.) In short, after reading all of the above, I still don&#x27;t see why anyone would want to put in the effort to conform to your spec. Perhaps the people you&#x27;re trying to convince are in a similar situation?