[SystemSafety] Making Standards available to Standards Committees

[Derek M Jones]

Thomas,

> It's actually worse than that: only one library in the small town of
> Sion in Switzerland, the rich country where the IEC's headquarters are
> located, holds a digital copy of 61508 on a CD. And it's so precious
> they won't lend it out.

IEC obviously understand the importance of maintaining the
exclusiveness of their brand.

> Switzerland's largest and richest engineering schools in Zurich and
> Lausanne don't have a copy despite having professors teaching about
> systems safety.

Providing low cost access to grubby students would damage the brand
image.

IEC 61508 is an aspirational item.  You are not a success as a manager
until your discretionary spending limit allows you to purchase a copy
to casually adorn your office, to be noticed by visiting dignitaries.

> Best regards,
>
> -Thomas
>
>
> On 2016-05-11 14:14, Gergely Buday wrote:
>> You talk of rich libraries in rich countries. Your argument is false.
>>
>> - Gergely
>>
>> On 11 May 2016 at 13:41, Derek M Jones <derek at knosof.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> To summarise:
>>>
>>> You are not happy with accessibility to the IEC 61508 document
>>> and would like other people to do something about it.
>>>
>>> There are places called libraries where people may find
>>> a copy of this document.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we can now move on...
>>>
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