Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Looking for source for obtaining latest draft standard
Message-ID: <1990Feb21.165131.9984@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <147@aardvark.UUCP> <660078@hpclwjm.HP.COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 16:51:31 GMT

In article <660078@hpclwjm.HP.COM> walter@hpclwjm.HP.COM (Walter Murray) writes:
>And despite what ANSI may tell you, Global IS accepting orders for
>the standard as well.  
>
>As one who has called both Global and ANSI several times, I offer
>the personal impression that the people at Global seem much more
>helpful and "with it" than those at ANSI.

The folks at Global don't think they've got a monopoly, while the folks at
ANSI do.  You're undoubtedly paying a modest premium for dealing with Global,
since they have to get their copies from ANSI and they may not be able to
get much of a bulk discount, but I agree that they're easier to deal with.
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