[LINK] Australian standards blocked from open access

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Brenda Aynsley wrote:
> Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> Interesting little comparison....
>>
>>> BS ISO IEC 38500:2008
>>> Corporate governance of information technology . 15 pages. £114 
>>> (approx $169) 
>> <http://www.standardsdirect.org/iso38500.htm>
>>        
>>> ISO/IEC 38500:2008 Corporate governance of information technology
>>> PDF        $105.43
>>> Hardcopy        $117.14
>> <http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/Details.aspx?DocN=ISOA00020_2308>
>>
>> and the standard both the above are based on:
>>> AS 8015-2005
>>> Corporate governance of information and communication technology 
>>> PDF         $51.57
>> <http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/Details.aspx?ProductID=323828>
>>
>> Marghanita
> 
> Yes but the international one has 15 pages, the AS has only 9.
> 

That's curious....the SAI global webpage does say nine....however, my copy of 
AS8015 has 12 pages plus the local standard has a bonus "and communication" in 
the title.

> It's obscene the price of these publications in anyone's language.
> 
> cheers
> brenda


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