On Apr 3, 2007, at 8:39, James Knott wrote:
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
Mathias Bauer wrote:
Dan Lewis wrote:
Then don't complain about accuracy. It is there, but as you
say, you have chosen not to use it as a matter of principle.
Remember that OOo was originally a German office suite which Sun
Microsystems bought.
The use of the metric system by default is not motivated by the
german
roots of OOo. The metric system is just the standard.
Whilst I was having a little joke at Dan's expense - and my dig was
at the French origins of the metric system, not the German usage of
it - there is a serious point to be made. If OOo is prepared to
support the Imperial system of measurements, then usable support
would be a good thing. 1/100 mm is entirely different to 1/100 inch
and the correction of this deficiency would surely not be a major
coding exercise.
Then again, there are only two backwards countries in the world that
are still stuck with using imperial system: Brunei and U.S.. Get with
the times and the problem goes away.
BTW, you can thank Ronald Reagan for keeping the U.S. in an obsolete
system. Jimmy (Peanut) Carter had brought in plans to switch.
Incidentally IIRC, the metric system is the legal measurement system
in the U.S..
Since the 1700's due to a little spat with the English. Though it is
generally not used except where there is a great economic advantage to
be gained. Booze went to 750ml bottles as it was slightly smaller than
the previous 4/5 of a quart and they could charge the same and pocket
the extra profit. In some states it
is illegal to sell some food items in metric measures!
Ross Bernheim
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