[cornell532]

Your point is true, but so is parent post.

Standards doesn't mean "no innovation". While the electric outlet may be a "standard" devices that use the electricity shouldn't necessarily be "standard".

ie if I want an innovative lamp to plug into my standard electric socket, that is okay.

Standards have a place and so do innovations. If Google is releasing all of their innovations which have broad applicability as open source projects, I see no reason they should slow down so that slow-moving, non-innovating standards bodies can catchup.