Digital BW, The Print

Why should we Americans change? Because the whole cost of maintaining 
dual systems around the world is paid by us. Think about it. If the 
Japanese have to make things in a size just for us, to accomodate us, 
they can't sell it outside of the US market. No one else in the world 
wants it. So we have to pay for all the R&D for the US version. We have 
to pay for the second inventory for the US version. No economy of scale.

People making screws and nuts and bolts in this country have to make two 
sets. The "American" sizes can't be sold outside the USA. The metric 
ones have a world market. That means that Americans pay the whole cost 
for tooling for the American sizes. No one else want's the damn things. 
That's why you can't buy a car today that isn't metric. GM went metric 
long ago to get out of this very problem.

Our costs are already up because of this. We should change, to get our 
costs back down. To make our goods more competitive around the world. So 
we don't have to make two versions of everything.

That said, I do everything in metric that I can. But I can't find anyone 
who will sell me Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in 60cm or 110cm wide rolls...

--
Hogarth Hughes


Stephen Billard wrote:

>Change for change's sake is usually not a beneficial proposition.
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>Why should the US change? So far I have not seen an argument.
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>Why should we not change? Well, there will be a great cost of going through
>the change. So, if there is no benefit....
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>-Stephen
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>>From: jimpatel63 [mailto:jimpatel63@...] 
>>Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 7:52 PM
>>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT - U.S vs. Europe paper sizes???
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>>Americans as a whole are actually very resistant to change. It is a 
>>small minority of leading edge folks that spearheaded the internet 
>>and other technologies here, not the masses. I cannot see many 
>>politicians willing to force a new system down the American public's 
>>throat. e.g. HDTV was stalled for years as Congress required that 
>>any new system also be compatible with NTSC. Luckily, they finally 
>>recanted on that, but look at how slowly HDTV is moving here anyway, 
>>even in the land which has more disposable income than any other. 
>>Those of us in Urban areas don't appreciate how the vast majority of 
>>America lives (in small towns dotted throughout the country).
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