2002-04-22 Well, if they earn money from software sales, then they can buy food with it. Another way to assure they use the money for food for the population is for the money they earn to go to the UN, and the UN use it to buy and distribute food and medicine to the population.
Is India producing software that is both SI and ISO8601 friendly? If not, why not? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-04-22 16:04 Subject: [USMA:19579] Fwd: tarifs on non-metric goods and services > 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/ >
