While this is belaboring the issue and, other than if I happen to run across any relevant standards references, it should be noted that most new and many updated standards we have to deal with are written using SI as the primary and sometimes only units.
Also, in most scientific and engineering circles, SI units have been in use for decades, including NASA, medicine, general research, and the like. The few hold outs are business interests and general populations (particularly in the US). An anecdote: my dad worked in heavy construction and was an ardent objector to adoption of SI units in the US. As a creature set in his ways, it was just so much rigmarole and he didn't want to take the time to understand a linear measurement system that wasn't divided as he was inured. Yet for many years, he'd been setting grade using tenths of feet. Regards, Peter L. Tarver, PE Product Safety Manager Sanmina-SCI Homologation Services San Jose, CA peter.tar...@sanmina-sci.com -----Original Message----- From: Vit Gorod Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:07 PM Dear Chuck and Peter, When there's no enforcement, ther's no will. Correct me if I am wrong. You may not get many enthusiastic responses because since 1997 the US governement gave up on all decades-long efforts to introduce metric system. Whether we like it or not, the SI comes into play only under customer pressure (EU requirements, etc.- let's not forget that only 3 countries in the world do not use SI). ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
