{"id":4116,"date":"2009-12-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T05:18:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-12-17T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T05:18:58","slug":"the_final_stage_in_the_life_cy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/the_final_stage_in_the_life_cy\/","title":{"rendered":"The final stage in the life cycle of networks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8230;is the embedded phase, where one standard is so widely accepted that it becomes embedded in the fabric of the technology<\/strong> and is thereafter nearly impossible to dislodge&#8211;at least as long as the network exists. Regular 110-volt AC power is well embedded at this point (although, as the power grid becomes global, there could be some surprises). ASCII text is likewise deeply embedded&#8211;at least for phonetic languages. Some of the conventions of voice dial tone are so ubiquitous worldwide as to be permanent.<\/p>\n<p>In any phase of innovation&#8211;prestandard, fluid, or embedded&#8211;<span class=\"nr-emphasis-less\">standards are valuable because they hasten innovation<\/span>. Agreements are constraints on uncertainty. The constraints of a standard solidify one pathway out of many, allowing further innovation and evolution to accelerate along that stable route. <span class=\"nr-highlight\">So central is the need to cultivate certainty that organizations must make the common standard their first allegiance<\/span>. As standards are established, growth takes off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;is the embedded phase, where one standard is so widely accepted that it becomes embedded in the fabric of the technology and is thereafter nearly impossible to dislodge&#8211;at least as long as the network exists. Regular 110-volt AC power is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/the_final_stage_in_the_life_cy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}