Hi John You are right in 1 point. What you see is what you get in India. Since 60 % of Indian software export goes to USA, they have to talk/sell in FFU. Also India is trying hard to gain some market share and so they will try to sell in FFU if US company wants. But they are flexible and can design in metric if needed.
1 good thing is they are applying Euro emission standards for pollution control. This is because Indian automobiles are in same size as European ones. Indians follow dd-mm-yyyy. To be frank, I gamble on China when it comes to SI. Now they are in #2 in internet usage and also they follow yyyy-mm-dd format. Madan --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2002-04-27 > > http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/business/101990011526098161.xml > > This article appeared in this morning's Business > section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The article > made me think and wonder if when these foreign > engineers are contracted to design products for > American companies, do they do it in SI or in FFU? > I know for a fact that Van Dorn is a company > dedicated to the use of FFU. > > So, would foreign Engineers give in and use FFU to > satisfy an American client and then maybe use their > FFU experience on other projects not related to > America? Would they be a force to change American > habits of using FFU to that of using SI? In this > particular article, these engineers are from the > Indian company of Infosys Technologies, Ltd. > > Would these Indian Engineers attempt to convince > their American Client that using metric is more cost > effective in the long term? Would they do their > designs in metric and if required convert them to > FFU if the client demands it? Or would they work > completely in FFU? > > If Engineering is going to be outsourced, this is > the perfect opportunity for bringing metric into US > made products on a more subtle approach. Kind of > like sneaking it in the back door. And thus > creating a greater demand for such things as metric > sized steel, metric fasteners, etc. > > Maybe, Madan has some insight on this. Any > comments? > > John > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com
