[boost] Cost of standards documents (was: [any] new version)

Subject: [boost] Cost of standards documents (was: [any] new version)
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-17 12:26:57

on Sat Sep 17 2011, Alexander Terekhov <terekhov-AT-web.de> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
> [... setting zero price for C++ standard ...]
>
>> Sorry, I just don't know.  As convener, Herb Sutter deals with the
>> governing bodies a lot.  If you're curious, you might ask him.
>
> Perhaps he could share his insights in a post to this thread? 
>
> Could you please drop him an email (an email from me is more likely to
> die in his spam folder).

I doubt he would post here, because, well, this isn't really the best
forum for it.  Please take your question over to comp.std.c++ and I'll
be sure that he knows you're posting over there.

> BTW, I found this:
>
> http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_in_figures_2010.pdf
> (Financing)
>
> "140 million CHF per year is
> the estimated cost for the operation
> of committee secretariats financed
> 38 by member bodies holding these
> secretariats
> 36 million CHF represents
> the operational cost of the ISO
> Central Secretariat financed
> 53% through membership fees
> 47% through sales of publications and
> other income from services"
>
> It would be really interesting to know how much exactly ISO gets from
> sales of C++ PDFs (and whether making them free would really bankrupt
> ISO)...
>
> See also:
>
> http://www.acm.org/tsc/acmfree.htm
>
> regards,
> alexander.
>
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