Re: standards, twice the same column name

According to DFS  <[email protected]>:
>> ANSI funds itself by selling copies of standards so I wouldn't waste my time.
>
>What does ANSI.org do to justify such exorbitant prices?  Nothing as far 
>as I can tell.
>
>Most if not all the standards writers are employed in occupations where 
>they develop the expertise to write the standards.  So they're already paid.

There is a lot of clerical and editorial work involved.  BTDT.

The IETF gives away its standards for free, but only because the Internet
Society makes enough from .ORG to give it a $6 million/year subsidy.

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