"when standardisation moves from "standardise what already exists" to "standardise things that we think would be good but don't yet exist" it enters dangerous t

"when standardisation moves from "standardise what already exists" to "standardise things that we think would be good but don't yet exist" it enters dangerous territory." It makes me think of posix, posix is a terrible standard. "why would they make a standard with so many weird edges and shapes?" the answer is that posix is fairly hard in the standardize what already exists department. and as such preforms a vital role in getting every one started on the same page.(personally I feel posix is a good place to start but you should not feel too bad when you need to stray from it) See Also dictionaries: there are two types of dictionary. those that document the language as it is. and those that document the language as it should be.