The several competing implementations of HTML are not a feature, they are a complication we have to deal with. This has not hurt adoption because of the nature

The several competing implementations of HTML are not a feature, they are a complication we have to deal with. This has not hurt adoption because of the nature of the marketplace. The 'number of implementations' issue with org-mode is that there are almost no implementations outside of Emacs. Standardization by obscurity is not a very compelling virtue, and the opportunity for widespread adoption has passed.