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From: simon@einode.UUCP (Simon Kenyon)
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Subject: Re: what does ISO stand for?
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Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 09:32:03 EDT
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> Well, it's not true. As sources, I cite the 802.3 standard's foreword
> and also John McNamara's _Local Area Networks_. They both define ISO
> as the International Organization for Standardization. No, it's not an
> acronym. An international body such as ISO can not afford to appear to
> favor any one language, even in the tiniest way. So they carefully
> chose ISO and names in different languages which did not have ISO as
> an acronym.
i have been told by someone living in France that ISO is OSI
and OSI is ISO
this she says makes life very difficult
she works for a LARGE computer company and usually knows what she is talking
about
this does not exactly square with the above
anyone with any comments
-- 
Simon Kenyon
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