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Odd how every single country in the world has adopted it, except for the US and Canada. They all changed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size#The_internat

• rhino369 12y ago
  But they didn't change from a widely used system to another widely used system. They changed from no standardized system to ISO. North America already as system in place. Switching from one to the other confers very little, if any, benefit.
  • Symbiote 12y ago
    Ah, so America is special again? No, many countries had standard sizes before ISO/DIN. Britain changed from "Imperial" sizes: http://www.papersizes.org/old-imperial-sizes.htm http://www.papersizes.org/old-imperial-sizes.htm France had these before 1967: http://www.paper-sizes.com/uncommon-paper-sizes/old-european-paper-sizes/old-french-paper-sizes http://www.paper-sizes.com/uncommon-paper-sizes/old-european...
    • rhino369 12y ago
      America is special in that it is large enough to use their own standard. It is the reason why the EU can create their own standards that nobody else follows. Like Rohs, the reason your electronics fail at a higher rate than previous electronics. Smaller economies suffer when they can't use/make their neighbors goods. The North America a huge economy. We can efficiently have our own standard. Uk and France aren't big enough to dictate their own paper size.