# kaal:claim:3808859-001

**Claim.** The ethos of interoperability in software development arose from a survival calculation rather than altruism: developers recognized that software which could not work across platforms would not survive.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- software development community, especially in its early period

**Source quote.**

> In turn, the realization in the software development community that interoperability of software means survivability, gave rise to an ethos of interoperability.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), I. Introduction, page 3

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Topics.** open-source-and-code

**Keywords.** interoperability, open-source, software-development, technology-history

**Related claims.**

- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-033

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