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@jdp23 @atomicpoet @fediversenews

Most commercial software vendors and service providers implement standards for commercial advantage - either to keep up with competitors, or to provide more features to their customers, or to undercut a competitor's advantage.

If you've never read @spolsky 's great blog post about commoditizing the complement, I highly recommend it. It gives a great explanation of why commercial orgs participate in open standards and open source.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/