This is sometimes called "leapfrogging" and one example was cell phone technology (when countries that came later to the game adopted newer and better standards

This is sometimes called "leapfrogging" and one example was cell phone technology (when countries that came later to the game adopted newer and better standards). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrogging https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrogging