> The people developing standards are in the business of developing standards Are they? Usually these standards consortiums are composed of the companies that

> The people developing standards are in the business of developing standards Are they? Usually these standards consortiums are composed of the companies that develop products based on the standards, where their products gain value from having a standard (a Blu-ray player and a TV with no way to connect them together is worth less). Even if they couldn't gatekeep the standards they would still have developed them out of necessity.