Topic: Committee Draft, $50 + shipping, handl


Author: stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage)
Date: 1997/01/17
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In article RAA04325@gonzo.lab.nz.eds.com, Ross Smith
<ross.smith@nz.eds.com> writes:
>
>Could someone In The Know give us outsiders a rough idea/SWAG of:
>

>(2) Realistically, how much difference would you expect there to be
>between this draft and the final standard? (Translation: If I'm
>cheapskate enough to buy the draft and not the final standard, how many
>marginal annotations will I need to make? :-)

Except for correction of relatively minor errors, the final approved
standard is not supposed to differ from the draft which is available
for public comment. (Translation: you would still need access to
a copy of the final draft to figure out what changed. Or at least
access to a set of "diffs".)
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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com
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