Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Well, one thing is that standards bodies and similar groups (e.g. the
> IEEE) tend to charge some cool cash for copies of their documents.
> (Certifications are also a nice income for "standards bodies").
On what basis?
Costs of reproduction and distribution?
By contrast, a few moments ago, I looked up and downloaded (from somebody
called OASIS) a PDF document of 706 pages with the title:-
"Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0"
No cost (to me), available to all, and THEY seem to be standing the cost of
server bandwidth.
> Brown goes on to say that "the boobies
"boobies"?
> have even been so good as to
> boast about the bandwidth requirements
They have provided ISO with bandwidth, for free?
> their crimes have occasioned"
Crimes?
Can you provide a link to the court proceedings for me please?
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