[dijit]

I think the parent is equally denigrating the situation.

Leaders choose the standards, especially as they approach monopoly.

Worse still: people will come out of the woodwork to actively defend the monopolist de facto standard producer.

[nsnshsuejeb]

Not defending the producer, just making pragmatic choices!

[dwattttt]

Pragmatic choices is what Postel is known for now, and it makes for a pretty confused world when everyone makes different pragmatic choices.