> It's also a counterexample to the bureaucracy of standards bodies --- the standard that actually became widely used was the one that got released first. Soun

> It's also a counterexample to the bureaucracy of standards bodies --- the standard that actually became widely used was the one that got released first. Sounds like a cautionary tale: whatever gets released first will stick. If you make a blunder, generations will have to live with it (like IPv4).