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- From: nigel@ietech.demon.co.uk ("Nigel G. Backhurst")
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!ietech.demon.co.uk!nigel
- Subject: ISO 9000 Standards
- Distribution: world
- References: <2535@cronos.metaphor.com>
- Organization: IE Technical Services Holland
- Lines: 30
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 11:22:22 +0000
- Message-ID: <716296942snx@ietech.demon.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
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- In article <2535@cronos.metaphor.com> emg@Metaphor.COM writes:
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- >
- >Anyway, my colleagues and I have heard a lot of rumors, a little fact, and
- >a lot of fiction about the importance and/or necessity of being ISO 9000
- >compliant/certified. Yet I still cannot honestly say I can judge whether
- >or not my company really needs to be concerned. It has not yet been an issue
- >with customers and we do sell in Europe.
- >
- >
- A major consideration for European companies, many of which are
- going for ISO 9000 or national equivalents is a legal consideration.
- Under EEC legislation you have a duty to show that you have not
- been negligent when producing software. Compliance with ISO 9000
- is a prima facia defence in cases of negligence accusations. It's
- not cast iron, but it helps.
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- Also increasingly European Governmental departments are insisiting
- that suppliers be ISO 9000 certificated. This means that they will
- be looking to their suppliers to be certificated.
-
- Nigel
- >
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