** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** CDOTrends is an industry publication directed toward Chief Data Officers. After a strongly pro-metric article, the conclusion reached by the editors is:
"The key takeaway for CDOs is don't count on vendors or governments to mandate standards for your organization. To conform to standards as a best practice, you and your team are the critical arbiters." https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdotrends.com%2Fstory%2F16582%2Fcdos-stop-waiting-global-standards&data=05%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C7a97633c34dd4583d8f908da63755659%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637931652857140456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PwAUGnWZRqd%2FV%2Frdv%2Fdo7YsGHB830vF8AaiLGBdiqn4%3D&reserved=0 I agree. The U.S. government was able to get at least something done in 1975 (Carter) and 1988 (Bush), but it is clear that now the U.S. Congress is a completely dysfunctional organization, completely immersed in pointless politics. We need to stop looking to government for further progress in the metric cause. It is through the business community primarily that significant changes have already been, and will in the future, be made, not government. If businesses make products in rational metric sizes and feature metric units prominently on them, the public will "go metric" without even thinking about it. Thus, the usual anti-metric backlash from the ignoscenti will be bypassed. When was the last time your heard anyone demanding that we go back to grains instead of milligrams for their medicines? Who even remembers how many fluid ounces there are in a 750-ml wine bottle? _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
