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Just wanted to weigh in there is no way I think any of the bicycle manufacturers can ever be compared to Microsoft, and Linux is also a very bogus comparison.
They are all basically operating in the Apple model, but even Apple does way more for backwards compatibility and open-ness than any of the bike manufacturers do. To be compared to Microsoft you'd have to basically have every single groupset backwards/forwards compatible back to the 1990s or even 1980s. Want to use an 8-speed derailleur on your 12-speed groupset? They'd have a way to do that. Want to use mechanical parts with an electronic shifter? They'd have made a way to do that. It might have cost you 6-figures but they'd have made a solution! For something to be Linux you'd have to have Shimano releasing source code to Di2 and letting you submit bug fixes or patch it yourself so you could use it with a SRAM electronic derailleur or make it shift older equipment! The fact Shimano did things as small as change the cable pull ratio wtihout issuing perfect factory supported pull ratio adjusters even wouldn't have happened. They'd have a lineup of parts you could install that worked perfectly that compensated for incompatibilities, or let you use road brifters with mountain bike V-brakes and it would all work perfect. |
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