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because every company wants their stuff to be proprietary, and/or not easily copied.
if everything talked to each other so easily, either 1) everyone is running the same piece of code (and someone is getting rich off it), or 2) we all drive the same cars.
I really don't think you should use Microsoft as a reference for "standards", unless your conception of a standard is a ship with swiss cheese holes all over the outside.
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