[USMA:27672] Re: need for common standards

[Krishna Kambhampaty]

I do support one system of measurement throughout the world because it will make life simpler, promote interoperability, reduce costs and because it makes sense.

 

One cell phone standard all over world on the face of it appears to have the same benefits but I can't support such a call. Primarily because that would stifle innovation and research, which in turn would quash product/service improvements and competitive pricing/positioning. In the case of a mature entitiy like SI, innovation and systemic improvements are very low priority objectives and probably occur very minimally in esoteric settings - like inventing/discovering a natural benchmark for mass. OTOH, mobile technology is sprinting forward at breakneck pace and may eventually subsume many technologies that we take for granted. Let's not pour cold water on this bubbling crucible of progress.

 

Why not a world currency? Why stop at regional ones? Regional currencies, like the Euro, require extreme political will and the sacrifice of innate national pride. IMHO, until the notion of sovereign nations persists, regional currency proposals have a tough road to hoe.

 

One size doesn't always fit all. SI uber alles !!

Mighty Chimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

A  posting to the metric sucks site:

Here's another example of why we need international standards (from the LA Times):

"Unlike in Europe and Asia, where uniform wireless standards make choosing cell phone service relatively simple, the U.S. market is divided among three major transmission standards that can make one company's phone useless on another network. Carriers exploit those differences -- and couple them with long-term service contracts with hefty termination fees -- to bolster customer loyalty.

For example, Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS use a digital technology called code-division multiple access to transmit phone calls. As a result, the two carriers' phones can't be used on networks run by AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., which use a competing standard called GSM, or global system for mobile communications. They also cannot be used with Nextel Communications, which uses a third standard."

I said it before and I'll say it again: we need
1 system of measurement throughout the world,
1 cell phone system,
1 currency in Europe, 1 currency in Latin America, 1 currency in SE Asia,
etc.

Krishna

 

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