2002-11-17 Well, The '80s are long past and IBM isn't even an afterthought in the PC business.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-11-17 18:18 Subject: [USMA:23445] Re: Specifications Blue ray disk > John said on > | 2002-11-16 > | > | I'll bet it has to do with the Japanese influence. They do prefer > metric. > | They may have given in on the floppy being named in FFU, but they most > | likely did not care as long as the actual physical dimensions are metric. > | > | If Philips wants a Japanese blessing, then they have no choice but to > stop > | kissing up to FFU interests and start doing it the metric way. > | > | John > > My understanding is back in the mid-80s, IBM were heavy on the marketing > for PCs and design, and were responsible for the push of ifp. This was to > pander up to the corporate sector. > > Regards > > Mike >
