It's a silly comparison because the author implies that OSS is a monolith that's failing to coordinate amongst its parts, whereas proprietary software firms are

It's a silly comparison because the author implies that OSS is a monolith that's failing to coordinate amongst its parts, whereas proprietary software firms are individuals that excel at self-coordination but are never expected to coordinate amongst each other. Individual OSS projects are often good at self-coordination. You don't need standards if you just reinvent the wheel yourself AKA how proprietary software often works.