Yes Marcus - you are 100 % correct. When 4 % of the World's population can hold on to weird measurement units, definitely the estimated 40 % who use comma as decimal market can hold on to it. The World should move to point as decimal marker when the US starts eliminating non-SI in its products and services. A noble trade-off. Kyoto Protocol is 1 such issue where the World is grouping up against US. I wish they add SI to this list. Madan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
I'll tell ya what, Madan. If (AND ONLY **IF**!!!) the US finally decides to adopt "compulsory" metrication (not some watered-down silly "preferred"-kind of crap!) then I'll put a good word for us, comma users, to change our ways! Until then, please leave us alone on this (please?... ;-) ), ok? Regards, Marcus On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:13:16 M R wrote: >Thanks Justin > >The combined population of the following countries >(in billions) >China = 1.25 >India = 1.00 >USA = 0.28 >Pakistan = 0.14 >Japan = 0.12 >Bangladesh = 0.12 >UK = 0.06 >South Africa = 0.04 > >gives 3 billion (50 % of world population) who use >point as the decimal markers. >And there are many other countries who use the point. > >Its time for ISO to change the standard to point. >At the same time USA can move to SI. > >Madan... Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
