On 15/08/2009, at 5:50 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
wrote:
I don't think we need 10 years to make the change as in the past.
Five years is plenty of time. Changes in such areas as gasoline
pump, weather reporting, retail scales can all be changed easily due
to their digital nature. Those that have unit selectivity software
can set there equipment to metric mode almost cost free and in a few
seconds of time.
Dear Simon,
To my mind, after many years of observation and study, the length of
time it takes to achieve an upgrade to the full use of the metric
system depends on the methods you choose to make your transition.
You cannot choose not to move to the metric system that is inevitable
– all you can choose as a metrication leader is how long you want it
to take.
In the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, I describe how a company can
upgrade to the metric system in a day. In the article, centimetres or
millimetres – which will you choose, I outline how you can make
choices that will almost guarantee that your metric transition will
take 100 years or more. You can obtain these from: http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
(not free) and http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/centimetresORmillimetres.pdf
(free but long)
It's your choice!
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide. that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
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