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The answer is yes. It's a lot of money for what it is. ISO is the international standards organization. A software developer in Indonesia earns $500 per month.
by andai 2y ago
The answer is yes. It's a lot of money for what it is.
ISO is the international standards organization. A software developer in Indonesia earns $500 per month. Half your salary for one document is indeed a lot.
- 082349872349872 2y agoWow. 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.]
- gradschoolfail 2y agoISO 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)