The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hopper jokes that there are too many standards to choose from, making the term ironic.
- In plain terms
- There are so many standards they stop being useful.
- What can you take from it?
- Too many choices can hinder standardization.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do you choose between competing standards?
- How do you pick a framework?
Another view
Standards are often necessary even if there are many options.
More from Grace Hopper
I've always been more interested in the future than in the past.
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