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Re: sunshine and standards development

• From: KenNorth <KenNorth@e...>
• To: xml-dev@x...
• Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:11:11 -0700

Rick Jelliffe writes:
> As some-one else has noted, ISO (and national standards bodies) have
> faced a real problem with the advent of the WWW that they funded
> themselves largely by publication charges.  This is not a business model
> that can compete against WWW feebies:

ISO may be awakening. It's experimenting with a web store, and member
standards organization have created web stores.

It costs $18 US to buy the C++ standard from ANSI. I wonder whether the
pricing is uniform across all member organizations. If I were to buy from
the British Standards Institute, for example, would I pay an equivalent
price?

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    • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
  • Re: sunshine and standards development
    • From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@g...>

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