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Gunther Schmidl <gschmidl@xxx.gmx.at> wrote:
> > Actually, ISO is the International Organization for Standardization.
> > The name is carefully translated so that the initial letters do *not*
> > spell "ISO" in any language, so as not to show preference for any
> > particular language or country.
>
> Ok, I admit I have no idea if you're joking here or not. BUT: ISO is
> "Internationale Standardisierungs-Organisation" in German.

Wouldn't that be IS, not ISO?

And no, I wasn't joking.  It's really the International Organization for
Standardization.


mathew
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