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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: PHIGS standard available for comments
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Date: Sat, 29-Aug-87 02:23:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 29 02:23:44 1987
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> ... it appears that ANSI refuses to provide 
> the document in any form but paper, and has it copyrighted as well.  Since
> such documents are ANSI's only product, it appears they use the sales to
> finance their activities.  I would prefer to see a soft version...

While there clearly is financial incentive for them to continue this policy,
don't forget that there are other reasons too.  One major reason for refusing
to provide machine-readable forms of standards is to make *sure* that the
reader is seeing the complete and unaltered original, not somebody's half-
assed idea of an "improved" version.
-- 
"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry