Well, you are surely right in saying you use metric/imperial as it makes
sense.
My point is imperial make no sense whatsoever on a greater scale. It may
well make sense for you personally to use it because it is just "all
around you". But the system itself does _not_ make much sense, and most
people who are familiar in both systems say that.
A single person can't do anything either way, but the trend is slowly but
definitely going towards metric, even in the US, and even
for components metric is used for new developments.
The entire world may not be metric. yet. ;-)
Most countries are already anyway.
ST
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:45:53 +0200, Robert Hedan
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robert.hedan@...> wrote:
> "DEEP WRONG" is assuming everyone around the world has access to metric
>
> equipment and material. Canada has gone metric for decades now, but
> there
>
> are still things that are dealt with in Imperial units. The world is NOT
>
> metric, Europe may be metric as well as other countries, but THE WORLD
> is an
>
> exaggeration.
>
>
> The paper I use is in letter format, 8 1/2" x 11". Trying to relate
> metric
>
> measurements to the paper format is ridiculous. All the components I
> use
>
> have footprints in thousands of an inch, why should I follow the flock
> for
>
> the mere sake of following? I use metic where metric makes sense, and I
> use
>
> imperial where imperial makes sense. Over here, using metric in
> PCB-making
>
> is a waste of time.
>