Well I found it strange because I'm used to the open and freely available
standards of the W3C or IETF.
The problem I think is, individual developers should have access to these
standards, while I agree companies or national organizations can afford to
pay for them.
> Do you yourself participate in the work of your national standards
> organisation, AFNOR?
Well I'm afraid I'm not good enough to participate to any standard
organization ;) (After all I'm still a student !)
B.LUBEK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Tomlinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:11 PM
> To: LUBEK Benoit
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OCF] CLA, INS, SW available/reserved values
>
>
> Benoit,
>
> Not strange at all! Instead, how strange that you expect the
> results of a
> great deal of technical and administrative work to be given
> to you for free,
> when it is done for your benefit as much as for anyone else's benefit.
>
> Most of the income received by the national standards
> organisations comes
> from the sale of standards documents.
>
> Do you yourself participate in the work of your national standards
> organisation, AFNOR?
>
> Peter Tomlinson
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