2001-07-11
I agree 100 % with your response. You are right to point out that this
Service does not take in money for its services and has no reason to fear
loss of "customers" by not being metric only.
And as so many American web sites point out they don't use metric because
the web site is directed to the US audience. By the same token if the
primary target audience is Canadian, then metric is all that an visitor
should encounter.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-07-10 00:46
Subject: [USMA:14276] RE: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial
units)
> FYI
> Some exchanges I had with our "imperial" Web-master.
>
> A>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:37:07 +0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units)
>
> I thank you for your prompt reply.
>
> I fully agree that one should satisfy the audience or customers's
preferences. The issue that I find is that you are NOT a private company.
>
> You are there as a federal agency of the Canadian Government and are
sponsored by the Canadian taxes and obey the Canadian laws like all of us
do.
>
> You do not need to show ratings to your advertisers.
> You are there to provide a *service to the Canadian public*. Therefore, I
see no reason for satisfying the US visitors's requests. If they want
Imperial units they can find a hanfull of US sites displaying ONLY that.
>
> Many Canadian stores have a certain affluence of US customers. For example
the Duty Free shops at the border. Are they displaying pounds and ounces?
No. They obey the Canadian laws since they are on Canadian soil like the US
ones are on US properties.
>
> I believe that your attitude is a shame for any Canadian showing that we
always bend our rules to satisfy any wishes our Big Brother may have.
>
> I urge you to remove the option and I restate that you are a service
provider to the Canadian tax payer and not a for-profit organization.
>
> Adrian Jadic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Steele,Jim [PYR]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:06:09 -0700
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units)
>
>
> Re: Adrian:
> Re:
> Re: The site offers you the option for Imperial Units, the default is
Metric.
> Re: This is offered as the site is used Internationally. There are several
> Re: million people just south of us that still use the Imperial system and
visit
> Re: the site daily. This is offered as a service due to numerous requests
and
> Re: not promoted as a change backwards.
> Re:
> Re:
> Re: Jim Steele
> Re: Client Services
> Re:
> Re:
> Re:
> Re: -----Original Message-----
> Re: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Re: Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:11 AM
> Re: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Re: Subject: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units)
> Re:
> Re:
> Re: Name: Adrian Jadic
> Re: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Re:
> Re: Date/Time: 07/08/01 00:11:11
> Re: Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)
> Re: IP Address: 63.253.66.211
> Re:
> Re: Comments:
> Re: Why would a Canadian governmental agency even mention the existance of
> Re: imperial units on its web-site?
> Re: All of us Canadians listen to weather forecasts in metric units and I
see no
> Re: reason to go back in time to this old system.
> Re: None of the American sites offer a metric version although the metric
system
> Re: has been legalized in the US since 1866.
> Re: Are we boot-lickers on Canadian tax-payer money?
> Re:
> Re:
> Re:
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