[mdorazio]

Bullshit. The world is absolutely packed with standards that are standards because of nothing to do with being "the best". Perfect example: the imperial measurement system. Another example: logographic writing systems. Another: qwerty keyboard layout. Etc. Just because a thing is accepted today doesn't mean it's the best.

[frutiger]

Overall a great point, but the world is not packed with the Imperial system, almost everyone uses Metric.