Re: The Next version of ISO 9001 - Any news?
I decided to go ahead and purchase the ISO 9001:2008 DIS document. Being an ASQ member, I thought of buying it via ASQ, for US$50.00, instead of shelling 64 CHF to Geneva. Well.....much to my surprise, ASQ does not allow the purchaser of the document to print it:mg:. Actually, the terms you are required to concur with are mind boggling <see below>. Too much dysfunction for me. ISO allows me to print one copy of the document, at least. So a fool parts with 64 CHF....
I decided to go ahead and purchase the ISO 9001:2008 DIS document. Being an ASQ member, I thought of buying it via ASQ, for US$50.00, instead of shelling 64 CHF to Geneva. Well.....much to my surprise, ASQ does not allow the purchaser of the document to print it:mg:. Actually, the terms you are required to concur with are mind boggling <see below>. Too much dysfunction for me. ISO allows me to print one copy of the document, at least. So a fool parts with 64 CHF....
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Shish, it is sad when you have to sign your life away to download an international standard, after PAYING for it. A document which was developed by "volunteers", from all over the Globe. If the issue of intellectual property over a standard developed by a consensus method ever gets tried in an international court, I feel sorry for the judge. No wonder the ISO documents state:
