On 2002-04-26 at 16:20, James R. Frysinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > The average person would see the push for A4 as being something that > - does not meet any of their personal needs, > - makes life awkward during the transition time, > - proves that metrication is hard, fella!. and therefore > - something that should be avoided.
On the contrary, if all the reams of US-Letter were replaced by A4 tonight, I doubt most people would even notice. OK, maybe they'd have to change a setting or two on their computer, but it's close enough I doubt many would care. As opposed to the many people on this list who are here for scientific reasons, I, like the other Jim, come from the business side of things. I operate a company with offices in several countries and it is things like the different sizes of paper used in different countries that drives me crazy (though I admit our printer here in the U.S. has a tray dedicated to JIS B5, which is hardly a world standard).
