FYI Some exchanges I had with our "imperial" Web-master. A> -----Original Message----- From: "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:37:07 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units) I thank you for your prompt reply. I fully agree that one should satisfy the audience or customers's preferences. The issue that I find is that you are NOT a private company. You are there as a federal agency of the Canadian Government and are sponsored by the Canadian taxes and obey the Canadian laws like all of us do. You do not need to show ratings to your advertisers. You are there to provide a *service to the Canadian public*. Therefore, I see no reason for satisfying the US visitors's requests. If they want Imperial units they can find a hanfull of US sites displaying ONLY that. Many Canadian stores have a certain affluence of US customers. For example the Duty Free shops at the border. Are they displaying pounds and ounces? No. They obey the Canadian laws since they are on Canadian soil like the US ones are on US properties. I believe that your attitude is a shame for any Canadian showing that we always bend our rules to satisfy any wishes our Big Brother may have. I urge you to remove the option and I restate that you are a service provider to the Canadian tax payer and not a for-profit organization. Adrian Jadic -----Original Message----- From: "Steele,Jim [PYR]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:06:09 -0700 To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units) Re: Adrian: Re: Re: The site offers you the option for Imperial Units, the default is Metric. Re: This is offered as the site is used Internationally. There are several Re: million people just south of us that still use the Imperial system and visit Re: the site daily. This is offered as a service due to numerous requests and Re: not promoted as a change backwards. Re: Re: Re: Jim Steele Re: Client Services Re: Re: Re: Re: -----Original Message----- Re: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Re: Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 12:11 AM Re: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Subject: WxOffice Feedback for WEBMASTER (Meric/imperial units) Re: Re: Re: Name: Adrian Jadic Re: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Re: Date/Time: 07/08/01 00:11:11 Re: Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90) Re: IP Address: 63.253.66.211 Re: Re: Comments: Re: Why would a Canadian governmental agency even mention the existance of Re: imperial units on its web-site? Re: All of us Canadians listen to weather forecasts in metric units and I see no Re: reason to go back in time to this old system. Re: None of the American sites offer a metric version although the metric system Re: has been legalized in the US since 1866. Re: Are we boot-lickers on Canadian tax-payer money? Re: Re: Re: -- _______________________________________________ FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup FREE PC-to-Phone calls with Net2Phone http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?121
