Standards Strategy -- Paying Less for More

by Stephen J. Andriole

On a normal day, you'll hear all sorts of arguments for and against standardization. Some of the "crazies" think that chaos should prevail, that there's no need for desktops to look the same or for everyone to use the same databases. Others think that complete control is necessary, even to the point of removing the A drives from PCs. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle --but the middle needs to be defined, because this time, the control freaks have a legitimate argument.

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Standards Strategy -- Paying Less for More March 1999