HOW STANDARDS PROLIFERATE
(See: A
C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.)
SITUATION:
There are 14 competing standards.
Geek: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.
Fellow Geek: Yeah!
Soon:
SITUATION:
There are 15 competing standards.
{{Title text: Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.}}
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