On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Terry Simpson asked: > > Would you report it as a "deviation from the metric system" if the > specification said the software 'shall use the metric system'?
I would educate my clients that SI is currently the world standard for units of measurement, and that contracts should specify "SI" not "metric system" since the term "metric system" is still ambiguous and is *not yet* universally understood and accepted to mean the SI. Gene.
