Sounds like entire history of US Metric conversion:
1. Government proposes rapid conversion in 1975.
2. 500 people out of entire country write in and whine.
3. Government takes "go-slow" approach, waiting for consensus.
4. Process drags out, overemphasis on SI-ifp conversions, SI viewed as
"difficult".
5. Excuses begin to appear, ifp becomes source of national pride.
6. Where we are today.
Nat
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My guess as to what happened:
1. HP labeled cartridges in SI only.
2. Someone whined.
3. HP decided to put "(1.05 fl oz)" on, to stop the whining. At least it
was in second place, and parenthetical -- the cartridge remains hard SI (30
mL).
I would not have written to them if they hadn't gone retrograde on us.
Haven't gotten a reply yet (except for the autoresponse along the lines of:
we got your e-mail and will answer soon.
Carleton
In a message dated Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:28:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Ma
Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<< On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:04:46
CarletonM wrote:
..
>Unfortunately, it's the other way around... The
>older packaging, that said 30 mL only, was dark blue and had a May 2002
date.
> The newer packaging, that said 30 mL (1.01 fl oz), is white and yellow and
>has an August 2002 date. In other words, a retrograde maneuver by HP.
>
>Carleton
>
Dear Carleton, Han and Louis,
I'll condense this into one. First the above.
If it is true that HP is doing this they should be dennounced before the
TABD and the EU as they're clearly backpedaling and not contributing to
solve the problem, but rather making the situation worse!
This would go to show what a bunch of hypocrites these Executives at HP are!
(And, BTW, I wouldn't mind writing them myself if someone can give me
directions of the effective persons to contact)
Second, the issue of lobbying the EU. I understand where Louis is coming
from, therefore, why don't we approach the EU in a "consultative" mode, i.e.
why don't we make an inquiry with Mr. Pietrasanta, for instance, about if
there is any mechanism that was setup by the committee responsible to
oversee this issue to update this situation both with TABD and the US
government. If there is we should then write them and inquire as to what's
going on (in the meantime, evidently, we should let Mr. Pietrasanta know of
what members of the TABD are doing! EU parliamentarians must know about
this backstabbing by American organizations, to again reinforce to them what
TABD's true colors are!!!).
Please let me know what you think and how we can best get this thing off the
ground. Let's please remember that pre-emptive strikes are better than to
deal with remedial ones!!! ;-)
Marcus
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