I tend to agree with this - one time I tried reading through all the Internet RFCs starting at the first one and I would say that probably 80% of the ideas in

I tend to agree with this - one time I tried reading through all the Internet RFCs starting at the first one and I would say that probably 80% of the ideas in first 1000 were abandoned quickly, and after that that the % of abandoned went up to 90-95 percent, with a high quantity of vendors trying to push their own solution a standard. Very pareto principle/sturgeons law there.