[joosters]

A book suggestion for anyone who would like to read more: "Ninety percent of everything"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ninety-Percent-Everything-Shipping-I...

[hga]

And a book thoroughly covering this from the beginning, which also provides a physical world example of successful but painful standards creation: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy...