Hello Kim Living in a country with two official languages results in a more global approach to various representations. I suspect in those countries who have only one official language something like how numbers are written isn't much of a concern.
In the end it will be up to GW Micro if they want their products to be exclusively set up and available in the U. S. or if they want to expand their market to reach outside of the borders of the continental U. S. Vic -----Original Message----- From: Kim Lingo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Change in Numeric Value Representation I think the real questions here should be 1. how much of the rest of the world uses different conventions than we do for large numbers? and 2. have the countries that use different systems for large numbers been doing that all along, or is this something recent? In other words: is this something so widespread that WE should _have_ to adapt to this? Kim Lingo At 08:47 AM 6/17/2010, you wrote: >Greetings > >As our world shrinks I am finding that there is >a trend to adopt standards that are not those we >use here in North America. For example the way >large numbers are represented is beginning to >present a challenge for me as I see them coming >up in more and more reports I am expected to review and comment on. > >For example, it is starting to appear that the >practice of dropping the comma is happening more >often. This is most likely due to the fact that >many countries where English is not their first >language puts spaces where we use a comma. I >know that in French, Spanish, and Portuguese the comma is used for the decimal. > >A number like 12345789 is usually written as >12,345,789. In many reports I am getting it is now being written as: > >12 345 789 > >At first this through me off, because I was >expecting higher values. Is there a way where I >can get WE to recognize this type of convention >with respect to reading numbers? > >Vic Pereira >Chief Informatics Office | Bureau de l'informatique >Small Business and Marketplace Services | >Services axés sur le marché et les petites entreprises >Industry Canada | Industrie Canada >400 St Mary Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 | 400, >avenue St Mary, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 >[email protected] >Telephone | Téléphone 204-983-0653 >Facsimile | Télécopieur 204-984-4205 >Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada >If you reply to this message it will be >delivered to the original sender only. If your >reply would benefit others on the list and your >message is related to GW Micro, then please >consider sending your message to >[email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >GW-Info messages are archived at >http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage >your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 >Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5204 (20100617) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
