Good article. I liked the example of the standardized bolt at the hardware store, that the standard itself should be counted as a type of technology. It gets m

Good article. I liked the example of the standardized bolt at the hardware store, that the standard itself should be counted as a type of technology. It gets more interesting when you consider the markets that must have existed when the standard was being made. Some push for the standard (often the weaker players). Many of the stronger might actively fight it, making specifically non-compliant parts as a means of sabotage.