Comment on Ask HN: Why are ISO standards so expensive?parentComments−la_barba7y"What they should be" is always an arguable position. We can only hold them accountable to their own charter.−jjoonathan7yWhy on earth would you think that? I don't give one whit about their charter. Neither should you. In all likelihood, neither do they.−la_barba7yBecause I'm not an idealist, and I don't want to be one. I'd like to think I'm a practical person who looks at what can be done realistically. It has worked out OK for me so far. YMMV.
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"What they should be" is always an arguable position. We can only hold them accountable to their own charter.
Why on earth would you think that? I don't give one whit about their charter. Neither should you. In all likelihood, neither do they.
Because I'm not an idealist, and I don't want to be one. I'd like to think I'm a practical person who looks at what can be done realistically. It has worked out OK for me so far. YMMV.