> On Jun 30, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> A lot of larger institutions will tend to adopt IMPSTAN values, either because they see it as guaranteeing some minimum quality level, or
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> OTOH, planetary governments and smaller, single planet businesses, are free to use whatever they want.
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> Their gear tends to have a little more variety.  It may or may not meet the Imperial standards, or they may just not have tested it.
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> Local stuff may be smaller, lighter, and "better" than equivalent Imperial gear, but it won't necessarily work on the next planet over.
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> Or the Impie gear may not work on the local network, once you get out of range of the downport or your ship.

I expect the Imperial standard will largely win out over incompatible local standards just for the purposes of convenience and costs; larger number of suppliers and the economies of scale for the Imperium are ginormous.

Also,  the long Vilani history of the Imperium will tend to produce standardization; at least roughly within areas corresponding to the different Bureaux.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs