New technology often needs new standard (eg, bandwidth requirement change) Here's an example where they went down the "standardise things" route: https://arste

New technology often needs new standard (eg, bandwidth requirement change) Here's an example where they went down the "standardise things" route: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/how-to-blow-6-billion-on-a-tech-project/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/how-t... How well did that work? Well: "The Marine Corps, tired of waiting for new equipment, built its own battlefield network system for the war in Iraq, called CONDOR—based on off-the-shelf satellite phone and encrypted WiFi technology."