这一节主要讲的是标准设立的一些基本常识，比如：
About the only thing they have in common is their reliance on acronyms.
大家都喜欢创造自己组织的缩写（O(∩_∩)O哈哈~）。
从标准设定的流程来看：
Participants often complain about the formal standard-setting proc�ess: it is too slow, it is too political, it doesn't pick the "best" technology,and so on. But history proves that the consensus process of formal standard setting is time and again critical to launching new technologies.
这确实是一个报团取暖的过程，同时也是一个妥协、形成共识的过程。
标准的特征：
A fundamental principle underlying the consensus approach to stan�dards is that they should be "open," with no one or few firms controlling the standard. Thus, a quid pro quo for having one's technology adopted in a formal standard is a commitment to license any patents essential to implementing the standard on "fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory" terms. Note that this duty does not extend to nonessential patents, which can lead to an amusing dance in which companies claim that their patents merely cover valuable enhancements to the standard and are not actually essential to complying with the standard.
对于标准组织：
The openness promise of a formal standards body is a powerful tool for establishing credibility. However, be aware that most standards bod�ies have no enforcement authority. Aggrieved parties must resort to the courts, including the court of public opinion, if they feel the process has been abused.
有“权威”，但是没有“权力”。
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