The sad truth about the computer industry these days is that it is this last case that is dominating a broad range of standards activities. Standards are regularly created and adopted before anyone has performed the experiments necessary to determine if they are sensible. Even worse, standards are getting accepted before they are even written, which is a truly ridiculous situation. Companies use standards as a way to inhibit their competition from developing advantageous technology. The result of this is a tremendous disservice to both users and consumers of technology.
Users get poor quality technology, and because of the standards process, they're stuck with it.