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From: OSmith@acorn.co.uk (Owen Smith)
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Subject: Re: ISO Whining
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Date: 27 Jan 91 18:11:59 GMT
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In article (Einar Stefferud) writes:

>   I also must agree with whoever it was that pointed out the an extra
>   $200 to $1000 for Standards Documents is not really significant
>   compared to the cost of hiring two good programmers to implement
>   without the standards in hand!  Not smart economics there I fear.

I used to work with the ISO standards. Having changed job I don't now.
However, having become an expert in certain ISO areas I wish to stay an
expert, and the only way I can do that is by reading the new specs as
they come out. And unless they are free I am not going to be able to do
that. It is in the interests of the promotion of ISO standards for people
like me to be able to keep their knowledge up to date, so that the pool
of ISO experts is larger.

Owen (ASN.1, X.411 and X.420 1984 and 1988 expert).

The views expressed are my own and are not necessarily those of Acorn.