Ed,

I recently read in a "Quality Digest" article that 
"ISO" is NOT an acronym.  As you mentioned in your
TechNet question, it is a greek word which means
"same" (or something like that).  I was surprised to
read that since, like many, I always assumed it
stood for "international standards organization.

Dave Hall
Compeq International

P.S.  The Quality Digest article (and others of interest)
is available through their web site "www.qualitydigest.com"
in the "back issues" section.

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