SV: [sdiy] Cut-off for non-metric units into EC

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Rainer Buchty <rainer at buchty.net>
Subject: Re: SV: [sdiy] Cut-off for non-metric units into EC
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:59:47 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0611201951550.6830 at athlon>

> >There is always a number of these change of rules happening. It doesn't 
> >care which market which does them, the others hurts if they do not 
> >adapt. The whole units issue is a long-runing one and we have been 
> >moving towards this since the 19th centrury.
> 
> Just wait for the lawyers to get ready firing at anyone still 
> advertising 3.5" disks and 19" monitors instead of 8.89cm disks and 
> 48.26cm monitors...

You mean 90 mm discs and 48 cm monitors. :-)

Oh, I recall the good old days when you had 133 mm discs and 305 mm 4:3
monitors.

> And this is where it's heading, believe me. In Germany we just face the 
> side-effects of another nicely adopted European law (Equal treatment 
> law) being abused by those who like to make a fast buck by exploiting 
> the legal system...

Oh, that is the legal system in action. In the beginning some make themselfs
easy targets. That helps them and others learn the new rules. If they had payed
more attention the effect would have been less. It is not always nice, but I
often find people being a little too careless about these things.

If you only knew what kinds of loop-holes the legal system have.

Cheers,
Magnus