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The big difference is about who they represent.

ISO is an international organization at diplomatic levels, and is really a standards coordinator and voting area rather than a standards development organization. ANSI is the main US standards body, a QUANGO if there ever was such a thing in the US (formally it is a non-profit private trust) DIN is the german version. ITU is a UN agency dealing with telecom. IETF is technically a discussion forum for hackers. IEEE is technically a union. ETSI is european electronics-IT-telecom industry QUANGO.

This makes a huge difference in style etc. A DIN standard is terse and thorough. ISO standards vary a lot. IEEE and IETF make a lot of effort to make the stuff readable.

Some countries have consbreastutional limits to ditching monies, and pride themselves never to have defaulted on a cent, ever. If you can keep this up for a few centuries your creditworthyness will improve.

UK, Irland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Switzerland are in those categories. Russia has always had that political reflex too. Sweden, Belgium, France and Italy are on the other side of this. But if there are exchange programs still active they are bound by the EURO treaty to do so only at the head office of the national bank.

Technical terms like this are hurdles that make it technically very difficult for the uk, dk, even ch and no etc to join the Euro zone.

(Yes, Amelia, Germany would like CH and NO to join the Euro zone even though we are not members. They are pushing to reinforce the solidness of the Euro with all they have got).

Remember to exchange your old Swedish fifties by the end of the year. Any swedish embbutty is obliged to give you a new one free of charge. You may have received the old fifty as legal change as late as July 2000.

-- mrr