There are interesting ties to game theory here. You might see it as a variant of the Prisoner's Dilemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_dilemma http://e

There are interesting ties to game theory here. You might see it as a variant of the Prisoner's Dilemma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_dilemma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_dilemma). On the other hand, you might argue that it's simply a coordination problem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_game). In any case, it's somewhat shortsighted to look for immediate, personal benefits. Of course you need to look at the payoffs for implementing a spec, but I think it's wrong not to take longer-term possibilities into account.