What will happen to the ISO guide for small business?

The "Guide for Small Businesses" was published by ISO in 1996 and was intended to provide guidance from ISO/TC176 for the 1994 versions of ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003. ISO 9001-2000 applies a more generic approach, devoid of the hardware and manufacturing bias of the current standard, and is designed to be much more user-friendly for smaller organizations. It has recently been decided to withdraw the 1996 edition in favor of developing a new guide, which is intended to be released sometime during the first half of 2001.