The extent of how much standardization should reach can be quite foolish, since it seems that many want to standardize everything. By doing so, the point of standardization is lost and made void.
While there are several things that benefit from being standardized, there are others that actually are not quite as receptive from being standardized. Standards are more of a common set of rules, that certain thing or actions should follow in order to be useful. Others have no such need, since they are going to be used in a way that it doesn't really matter if they don't play nice with others.
Standardization is useful, but it has to be applied where is needed in order for it not to become just a headache. In most cases, the standards can be applied on a limited basis in a way where it add value because it makes sense to do so.
It's foolish to want to standardize everything just for the sake of doing so. Just because in some areas standardization has done wonders, it doesn't mean that we should standardize everything. It's a matter of being honest, and be able to understand that not everything needs to be homogeneous to be good. In some cases, just the standard should limit itself to the process of doing something not the product itself.
Let's not forget that standards are not something sacred, that are to be applied everywhere just for the sake of doing so. By doing so, we take value out of them. There are aspects of life that are worth more as they are.
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