A number of standards organizations are mentioned in this paper: EDI and CALS (for electronic commerce), ISO 9000, Internet, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Only the last three of these are discussed. ISO 9000 is a large and significant organization that should be used in the comparison. The Internet standards organization uses its own medium to collaborate on a daily basis to produce new standards definitions in advance of implementation. The standards are published free on the Internet. The Internet standards organization is leading the charge in combining minimal turnaround time with quality in products and information. ANSI, which provides due process in a consensus environment, is moving toward a networked environment. ANSI choices are influenced by the way it finances itself through printed publication of its work. ANSI, it would seem, has its own standards problem, with 350 groups to organize into the network. The ITU and the T1 committee have moved to the Internet but have not adopted all of the Internet refinements. This paper provides a good review of the standards revolution.