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From: PWW@BNR.CA (Peter  Whittaker, P.W.)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: ISO Whining
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Date: 29 Jan 91 13:51:00 GMT
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> Note that standards bodies are not the only people who sell documents.
> Many technical societies raise a large portion of their budget by
> selling conference proceedings and journals that were written by
> volunteer technical experts.  Many technical professionals will claim
> that this information is just as critical to their work as are standards
> documents.
>
> --
> Ken Lee

The IEEE does this: conference proceedings are sold to raise funds, but
members get a discount (usually 50%).  Memebership fees vary, but there are
several types, including student fees.  Perhaps the ISO and CCITT should
institute some similar scheme, where members receive discounts, and where
stduent memberships are cheap enough to allow students to buy the standards.

Other interested parties would foot the full bill.  (If you were interested,
why wouldn't you join?).

Perhaps some organization like the IEEE should take it upon itself to make
such a deal with ISO/CCITT and start offering discount blue books to its
membership.

Peter Whittaker      [~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]   Open Systems Integration
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