Standards are almost never negotiated among companies with proprietary architectures in an industry because the negotiations occur within a context where the representatives have the mindset of representing their proprietary architecture and trying not to get gored by the process.

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In the beginning of most industries, the leading providers tend to be vertically integrated and offer products and services with proprietary, interdependent architectures.

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