@kaegie: Misconception- A2A is the standard for multi-agent orchestration" is a sentence I've heard more than once, and it's wro…
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This post corrects the misconception that A2A is the standard for multi-agent orchestration, clarifying that it only standardizes the wire format between agents and not the orchestration patterns or system reliability.
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