Web Standards – A Beautiful Dream, But What's the Reality?
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/5-web-standards-beautiful-dream-bu/

Lane, Jonathan
Opera
2008

Abstract:

Web standards allow for interoperability between all web browsers, on every operating system, and even on every electronic device available. But is that really reality? The really simple answer is no; while that’s an ideal situation, that is far from reality.