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THEDIGITALRESOURCEINSTITUTE
Carl
Malamud.,
Managing
Dirc:ctor
3230
Folsom
Street
Boulder,
<:0_
80304USA
Dr.
Lawrence
D.
Eichef
Secrelaly-GonefalInternationalOrger1zalionforSlandardizalioo1,
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de
VarernbeCH·1211
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Dear
Of.
EIchef:
Tel,
(I)
(303)
440-7052
Fa"
(1)
(303)
440-7526
Inlcmd'
Malamud@D1gilaI.Rcsour<e.Org
N ~ 1 2 , 1 9 9 1
Itwasa
pl98SU"8
meeting
you
and
Mr.
Smith
yesterday.
I
believe
It
was
useful
to
discuss
the
ITU
"""",1menI
to
distriWe
!he
CCITT
RecorrmendaIionsover
!he
globalnetwork
Infrastructure.
Iwas
ab4e
to
learnquite
a
bit
abol.t
the
needs
of
ISO
and
yOl.K
member
orgaruations
In
!he
aree
01
electronicdocume
...
hendIing.
As
we
dl""'05_,
!he
ITU
"""",Iment:
whIcI1
my
orgerOzalionhas
been
conductinghas
been
qlite
successfU.
In
the
space
of
one
floonth,
we
have
been
able
toincrease
greatly
the
runbel'
af
peoplewho
have
received
copies
af
!he
CCITT
rllCOlM1<lOOalions.
The
response
10
the
ITUInitlalivehas
been
~
positive
end
hes
been
tecIY1lcaIly
quite
successIuI.
Access
to
_ds
by
e
wider
popUlalionwill
meen
quicker
aceeptarlce
af
.-..
standards.
More
publicdomain
end
experimental
Implemertallonswill
help
to
spur
!he
merket
end
eccessby_willhelptraina
new
generation
oI
__
mars.While
1hese
goals
araIrnportart,Ialso
..-stend
!he
vitalrole
af
docl.mert
salesInhelping
to
drive
!he
standardsprocess.
ISO
endl
its
ITlMlberorganlzalions
must
be
~
cautiousIn
arry
rJ"IOV8S
that
mJgtt
jeopardize
such
an
1 1 1 ~
SOlI'C8
of
reverue.
I
believe
thai
ourdisa05sion
af
low
resolutiondistribution
af
standardsover
!he
network,coupledwithhighresolutionsales
af
1_
copies
mighl
prow
to
be
asystem
thai
wiU
~
both
goals.
Free
distribution
01
low
",solution
copies
~
thai
!he
marketforstandards
is
greatlyIncraesed.
Oll'
estimaIesare
IlhaI!he
number
01
people
who
eccessstandardsovera
network
are
an
order
of
magnitude
or
more
overpapersales
In
the
ITU
envirorment.
I
believe
thal!he
numbers
woud
be
evenhighe
..
""
OSI
_ds.
If,
In
fact,
ten
times
as
marry
people
'>ccess
standardsover
!he
network,
!he
tOlalmarkatforstandards
has
greatlyIncraesed.
Marry
01
.-..
people,
aspedelly
.-..
who
want
to
Implement
!he
-ds.
wiU
went
to
purchasaa_
COf'f
t1Yough!he
existing
_s.
This
iw<>prong
approach
would
h e l l ~
defuse
any
criliclsm
aIxx.t
!he
Inability
to
accessstandards,
1M
wOUd
SlIU
maIoIain(endl
possibly
l1eatlyIncreesa)
yolI'
r8ll8flU8stream.
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