It's a good point that we've seen this before. I'm under the impression that many early computer standards were essentially de facto standards caused by everyon

It's a good point that we've seen this before. I'm under the impression that many early computer standards were essentially de facto standards caused by everyone trying to be compatible with a market leader. e.g. "Unix-like" or "IBM PC compatible". That's probably not the only way, though. I guess the real question is "how are successful standards created?"