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> Well, there is the metric system for one. Thus proving my point. The US government has on multiple occasions attempted to propel the metric system into domi
by Gormo 13y ago
> Well, there is the metric system for one.
Thus proving my point. The US government has on multiple occasions attempted to propel the metric system into dominance in the United States, hand has consistently failed every time.
> Maybe the mini USB connectors used for charging mobile phones counts, too.
And yet my iPhone still has has a proprietary charging port.
- seszett 13y agoWell, I suppose this shows more a problem with Americans themselves than with government standards. How come the rest of the world was able to adopt these government-mandated standards, but Americans (or an US company in the case of Apple) can't? Reminds me that it's also the same with A-sized paper, with basically just the US and Canada stuck with letter/legal/whatever.
- Gormo 13y agoI'm not really seeing a "problem" here - uniformity in standards is a recipe for stagnation. There's no need for everyone to do everything the same way, and even less need for prescriptive standards that attempt to change people's behavior than descriptive ones that just document what people are already doing. I'm a bit confused about the paper sizes thing, though A4 and Letter are simply two different paper size standards.