Re: standards, twice the same column name

From	John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.mysql
Subject	Re: standards, twice the same column name
Date	2021-09-10 01:12 +0000
Organization	Taughannock Networks
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References	<name-20200317175735@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <ah9_I.75656$Kv2.66732@fx47.iad> <shb8c3$12em$1@gal.iecc.com> <%Zo_I.33387$2Q_3.15589@fx35.iad>

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According to DFS  <nospam@dfs.com>:
>> 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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