At 07:24 AM 25 March 2002 +0100, Louis JOURDAN wrote: >At 15:26 -0800 24 March 2002, Bill Potts wrote: >>Even with the discount, the prices charged by ISO are outrageous. >> >>The download version of ISO-8859-1, for example, is 44 Swiss Francs -- which >>is about $26.50 U.S. >> >>The paper version is 56 Swiss Francs ($33.60), plus shipping. >> >>It's only a 10-page document!! >> >>Forget merely outrageous; it's extortionate! > >This is typical of ISO. A shame !
This is typical of most standards organizations. You are not paying for paper, you are paying for content. If the content is not worth the price, don't buy the standard. At least some of the funding for these organizations comes from selling their documents at hefty prices. A musical CD costs less than $1 to make, but most of us pay $12 to $15 to buy it. Same thing -- we are not buying a chunk of plastic, we are buying the music. Jim Elwell
