&gt; <i>When I try to think of any product or service born of a standards committee that has been wildly successful, I can&#x27;t think of any.</i><p>He says in a post submitted over <i>HTTP</i>, using <i>DNS</i> for name lookup, <i>TCP</i> for <i>OSI</i> layer 3 transport, implemented in client software via <i>POSIX</i> socket APIs, encapsulated in <i>IEEE 802.2</i> frames traveling across <i>IEEE 802.3</i> and <i>IEEE 802.11</i>-defined physical mediums, routed by <i>BGP</i> and maybe even some <i>OSPF</i>.<p>Come on. You really can&#x27;t think of any?