Standards have always improved on technology. The development of a Standard Gauge made the Railroads compatible with each other, and made transcontinental railroads possible.
When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and his embalmed body was shipped from DC. back to Illinois - a number of railroads were involved, each with a different gauge. Long distance travel was difficult.
The day when people could travel effortlessly (often sleeping on the way) was a huge improvement - and helped make America powerful.
The Depression, also caused by America, made regulation of the stock markets necessary. The Market was making people honest, whether they wanted to be, or not.
Software standards, made the Internet and the Cellular Networks possible. You cannot have a network, of any kind, without standards to make it work.
The subject of Software Standards, is impossible to explain to people who are not experts in the field. But the basics are the same - they have to work together.
And gradually, they are realizing that they have to be ethical also. Or the Human Race will not work.
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