Throughout my career I have seen arguments as to which IT standard in a particular area, is the one true standard. Searching any forum for discussions on standards reveals that these debates frequently become acrimonious and heated. In fact, the combatants have re-imagined Gulliver’s Travels in an IT context.
The friction of cognitive load
People in tech often have mixed feelings about standards so why do we use them? Simply put, it is so we reduce unproductive cognitive load and don’t introduce friction where and when it is least desirable. In other words, we want to focus on what the