John wrote "Also, I read in the paper this morning, that the North Koreans are actively developing computer software to rival that of Microsoft. "
Ask them to first provide food to their people. Meanwhile China has challenged both USA & India (top 2) in both the system and application software. With a massive industrial infrastructure, they are capable of doing it. Also Chinese language is expected to overtake English in internet content by 2007. Please be aware that Chinese use yyyy-mm-dd format for the date. Madan --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:19548] tarifs on non-metric goods and > services > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:33:58 -0400 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2002-04-21 > > As many of you may know, there is a "battle" raging > between the EU and the > USA over tariffs on steel. The US steel industry is > hurting and President > bush gave into pressure and imposed up to 30 % > tariffs on foreign steel > imported into the US. The EU is retaliating by > imposing a series of tariffs > on US goods of various types. I'm not sure what > products are affected, but > I sure would hope it is any American product that is > opposing the EU80/181 > directive. > > Since Louis has had some contact with Pascal Lamy > and he is the one "in > charge" of the tariff program on the EU side, it > sure would be nice if Louis > could contact him and encourage him to apply a > tariff to American companies > that are resisting global metrication. Make them > pay! > > Also, I read in the paper this morning, that the > North Koreans are actively > developing computer software to rival that of > Microsoft. I have no idea as > to its quality, and neither does anyone else so far. > But, it sure would be > nice if they could be persuaded to produce software > that is true metric > friendly. Since the whole world is metric, and if > they took advantage of > it, they could displace American companies pushing > FFU into a metric world. > Just like the 12 inch paper that was forced upon the > world in the '80s, and > someone finding a way to make printers A size > friendly, there is a way to > make software 100 % metric friendly. > > Let's keep an eye on these developments. > > John > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/
