Yeah the way i see it, the reason we get so many "standards" is because commercial interests always want to build silos.
A "standard" is, imo, worthless if you have to supplicant yourself to corporation A, B or C to implement it.
Sadly the consumer world is more and more willing to do just that.
Observe how while IBMs attempt at siloing the PC with MCA went nowhere, "we" were all too willing to embrace Apple's proprietary "standard" regarding device docking.
A "standard" is, imo, worthless if you have to supplicant yourself to corporation A, B or C to implement it.
Sadly the consumer world is more and more willing to do just that.
Observe how while IBMs attempt at siloing the PC with MCA went nowhere, "we" were all too willing to embrace Apple's proprietary "standard" regarding device docking.