Price for the standard

[Rolf Magnus]

Hi,

On the ANSI webstore, I can find ISO/IEC 14882:2003 for $363, and
INCITS/ISO/IEC 14882-2003 for $30.
http://webstore.ansi.org/FindStandards.aspx?SearchString=ISO/IEC+14882:2003&SearchOption=0
What is the difference between the two, besides the name and the price?

I remember that there used to be an inexpensive version of 14882:1998 too,
for around $20, but I never really knew why there were two versions that
were the same except for the huge difference in cost.
Could anyone clarify please?

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Right. So, the INCITS one is ANSI, and all proceedings from selling
copies of that PDF file go directly to ANSI. The other one is ISO-owned
and thus, even though ANSI sells it, most of the proceedings go to ISO,
which wants the limbs too.

You can also buy it directly on www.iso.org for about $350, if you want to
play the limbs only. ;-)

 

[Rolf Magnus]

Right. So, the INCITS one is ANSI, and all proceedings from selling
copies of that PDF file go directly to ANSI. The other one is ISO-owned
and thus, even though ANSI sells it, most of the proceedings go to ISO,
which wants the limbs too.

You can also buy it directly on www.iso.org for about $350, if you want to
pay the limbs only. ;-)

 

[Andrew Koenig]

On the ANSI webstore, I can find ISO/IEC 14882:2003 for $363, and
INCITS/ISO/IEC 14882-2003 for $30.
http://webstore.ansi.org/FindStandards.aspx?SearchString=ISO/IEC+14882:2003&SearchOption=0
What is the difference between the two, besides the name and the price?

Probably paper vs. PDF.

 

[Rolf Magnus]

No, that's not it. The expensive one still says "size of file 2.4MB".

For $330, I could buy the paper myself, including a color laser printer.

 

[red floyd]

Probably paper vs. PDF.

Even if that *is* the difference, you can buy a very nice dead tree
version for about US$65:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470846747