> Imagine walking into Home Depot and discovering there are about 100 'standard' styles of sinks, faucets, fixtures, pipes, fittings, etc. all with varying degr

> Imagine walking into Home Depot and discovering there are about 100 'standard' styles of sinks, faucets, fixtures, pipes, fittings, etc. all with varying degrees of support from none to complete for interoperability [severe emotional trauma flashbacks to previous contracts] I've seen some heroically constructed Gaudi-esque crystal cathedrals of systems and every one of them could have been replaced by a toolshed and done the same job.