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"I think we could do away with the
whole standards thing very easily if a few customers just exercised their
economic power a little bit intelligently. Big customers have huge power, but
they seem to have forgotten that. If the CTOs of 10 FORTUNE 500 firms announced
that they were deferring further purchases of VPN products until they saw proof
of interoperability, and open published specifications that weren't encumbered
by patents or licenses, the whole market would standardize practically
overnight. Because the truth is nobody cares about standards - everyone cares
about what you can do with interoperable systems. If customers just openly
refused to do business with vendors that produce non-interoperable systems, the
whole thing would clear up really fast." - Marcus
Ranum
It would be fascinating to watch, that's for sure.
Effective? I doubt it. Better is the enemy of
More.
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