Re: “Did nobody stop to think what might happen in an emergency in space?”

On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 21:01:26 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/24/2024 2:35 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
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See, /this/ is why the ISO exists.

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ISO ?

 
The International Standards Organization:
<https://www.iso.org/>
 
I assume that this means that your firm isn't ISO-9000 certified.

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I thought that was what he meant but wanted to make sure of it.

Indeed it was.

See, /this/ is why we keep having to re-invent the wheel:
standardization only occurs after disaster has struck.

Much as I dislike the way BD has filled the moat with piranha and
pulled up  the drawbridge to avoid any contact with non-HDMI/HDCP
devices, they were at least smart enough to avoid having each Major
Studio coming up with its own special disc format, playable only on
its own special devices.

But, of course, this isn't the first time. Last time (that I
remember), NASA finally figured out that, if it's going to work with
European agencies, it's going to have to use metric. Not that I'm any
great fan of metric, but the French are certainly not going to agree
to use anything else in /their/ components, and at least using metric
will make the entire mission doesn't just die on reaching its
destination.

Yup, we are ISO certified for a decade or so now.  You know, that should
be on our website but I cannot find it.

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