There is obviously a lot of prejudice against the word Standard. Perhaps the word Framework is more suitable.
Well that depends on what you're trying to say, as they don't mean the same thing. I wonder what would happen if the inventors of IP would have said "Screw Standards."
There are currently 10 different (mutually incompatible) standards concerning the Internet Protocol (conveniently named IPv0-IPv9). The other problem with standards is they are painfully slow to adapt to new situations.
Exactly. It's taken about 10 or so years for ISPs to switch from IPv4 to IPv6 for example.