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- From: vera@fanaraaken.Stanford.EDU (James S. Vera)
- Subject: Re: Archive site for docs?
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- Organization: Program Analysis and Verification Group, Stanford University
- References: <1992Aug18.174303.2087@nosc.mil> <23310A@erik.naggum.no>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 06:54:35 GMT
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- enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) writes:
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- >ISO standards are copyright by the International Organization for
- >Standardization. ISO depends on the proceeds from the sale of the
- >standards to cover their operating costs. They also maintain that
- >electronic copies can get out of control, i.e. be tampered with and
- >destroy the credibility of ISO standards, and to the advancement of the
- >tamperer's causes, such as a company which isn't able to conform 100% to
- >the requirements, and slightly modifies them, or removes the trickiest
- >ones. ISO standards are available from ISO headquarters in Geneva, or
- >from your national ISO member body (ANSI in the U.S.). ISO standards
- >are not government publications, either.
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- While the above is certainly ISO's policy on the matter, it is an
- unfortunately policy which is contributing to OSI's failure in the
- marketplace. The free exchange of standards documents provides a
- springboard for the development of compatible products. As for the
- danger of tampering, this is nonsense. What do you think would happen
- to a producer of a TCP/IP product which didn't interoperate with the
- net? Claims that their spec document was defective aren't going to
- buy them a thing. If ISO provided the documents online, the quality
- ftp cites would carry them and no problems would occur.
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- >In summary, you should expect to spend a small amount of the money you
- >save from your net.access on paper documents.
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- Not a small amount from what I recall. Certainly not for a college
- student seeking to explore.
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