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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 872652, member: 22271&quot;]I couldn&#039;t pass this up. Those of us with Mac&#039;s would disagree as we are lucky enough to get a computer that does not have Microsoft Windows.</p><p>FYI, I&#039;m told that Apple has the dominant market share for computers costing over a couple of thousand dollars. But enough about religion....</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Back to the Sheldon scale:</i></p><p>Thanks for the information on this thread. I am in the process of writing an article on the Sheldon Scale for the <i>Numismatist</i> and its relation to market pricing; this thread has been very helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as standards, there are <i>unofficial</i> standards that come into being by common acceptance and <i>official</i> standards that are adopted by governing bodies (the U.S. Department of Commerce&#039;s National Institute for Standards and Testing) and professional organizations (<i>e.g</i>., IEEE 1394 aka firewire for high speed communication between computers and video cameras, etc.). Since the ANA has adopted the Sheldon Scale, I&#039;d say it is an <i>official</i> standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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