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From: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: ISO Whining
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Date: 29 Jan 91 20:32:44 GMT
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Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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  McGraw Hill has available a set of the '88 standards (most of
  them except Internet RFC's) for $795.  This is CONSIDERABLY
  cheaper than the competition, and hopefully will cause Omnicom
  to rethink their pricing policies.

  Students and educational orgs should have a cheaper source if
  ISO is to ever become as flexible and ubiquitous as TCP/IP.

  More importantly, the smaller high-tech developers should be
  able to obtain these w/o risking bankruptcy...these small
  shops provide fast-footed products to enhance/compete with the
  larger organizations which fund ANSII.

  BTW, I believe ANSII, not IEEE, "owns" the copyrights to all o
  f the ITU standards in the U.S.....

  How is it in other countries?  Are the standards reasonably
  available at prices suitable for small firms and students?  Is
  the U.S. in the position of possibly losing it's competitive
  position in ISO, or are most other nations similarly
  handicapped by IMHO such short-sighted policies?