On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:18:46 +0000, Obnoxious User wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:35:14 +0000, William M. Klein wrote:
>
>> You do know those have been "unsup****ted" Standards for 6 years now?
>
> Yes, I know.
>
>> Well, go to:
>>
>> http://www.techstreet.com/cgi-bin/results
>>
>> Search on "COBOL"
>>
>> then do a "search within" for 1985
>>
>> You can't still get the US version, but I think you can get the
Canadian
>> one - which is probably the same. Also, the FIPS version might be the
>> full Standard - or it might be just the 6 page FIPS addenendum.
>
> The Canadian one seems just to be a simple do***ent (7 pages)
> referring to the US version, much like what ISO provides.
> Thanks anyway.
>
> OU
This does illustrate some of the problems with the absurdly long terms of
copyright. This is an im****tant do***ent and which is now unavailable it
seems. But I cannot send you a copy because that is not allowed.
If something has been published and is now out of print you should be able
to copy it.
Tim


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