The concequences of the diversities of software

Today computers run dozens of programms, contain a similar number of codecs and use also too many network protocols. Every company or committee creates different and incomatible software products in order to accomplish their respective goals. The companies try to make the users use their software exclusively as the incompatibility will prevent them from migrating to competitors' software. The special committees that govern the standards also try to serve sometimes companies' interests but also there get in the game the personal ambitions and the likes and dislikes between the researcher teams and the power of the research laboratories. Whatever the reasons the implications are quite serious and mostly having a negative effect on us users.
The first implication is the load to the computer. If for every type of application we need three or more programs the cost in memory,disc space and processing load is increased. Moreover these programs usually contain processes that stay active on the background either for update or other purposes. These processes are consuming resources and make the computer slower, sometimes instable. They are just making us need a better computer with faster processor, more RAM, etc. Our computers get too complicated and this increases the probability of inconsistencies in software and thus they become instable and some tasks cannot be executed properly.
Moreover there is a problem with the use of data files. We need many different programs that are not always free and of course too many codecs that are not easily acquired. We try to access content that comes to our possession and sometimes need extensive search for the suitable codec and and software.
There is also a problem with network protocols too. There are too many of them although many are hidden in the backbone of networks. They slow the networks as there is a necessity of complicated software in the routers. This may be a problem to the providers mainly but we see the effects too.
All this are consuming our time and create stress to us. Moreover our productivity falls and therefore except from the psychological aspect there is problem with our work. It is time all people involved in the creation of this diversity start trying to reach common standards and use the quality of their work as a weapon for the achieving of their economic or other goals.