I'm not disagreeing with the validity of ISO or anything like that, I don't know where you got that impression. The original point being made in this thread wa

I'm not disagreeing with the validity of ISO or anything like that, I don't know where you got that impression. The original point being made in this thread was that Oracle copied the API of SQL from IBM and thus is guilty of the same thing that they are accusing Google of doing. The counter-point was that SQL is an ISO standard and Oracle (allegedly) licensed it, which was then followed up by my point about Oracle DB predating the ISO standard. Hence why ISO is being discussed and why I was making the point that buying a standard document from ISO or paying for certification are not really relevant to this discussion.