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Well, 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 gover
by seszett 13y ago
Well, 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.