Naturally Occurring Standards

An anonymous reader writes "The phrase 'de facto standard' can denote anything from proprietary tyranny to a healthy, vibrant, market. What makes a standard viable without the formal blessing of a standards organization? Should you use such informal standards, or ignore them?"

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Who cares?

[Chemisor]

> What do we call dupes from other sites without credit?

I don't read OSNews and I couldn't care less who submitted the article. What is this ridiculous obsession with "credit"? Give me the information, I don't care who wrote it, who submitted it, or who found it in the first place. All I care about is what the article says. People don't matter, only results do.