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Wow. True; it probably doesn't help that ISO HQ is in Geneva.

How much is 500g emping for you all? From a swiss source it's $25. That might give us a rough idea of price differentials...

[This is all moot though, because the PDF standard is available gratis.]

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ISO docs seem to me to be one of those club antigoods.. paying for them doesnt necessarily make them less destructive (dependent on timescales tho, i do believe that standards are an unalloyed good if they are patched with a timeconstant low compared to what standards bodies consider optimal)

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