Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message
I know of no company that doesn't make metric products for the export
market if that is their target. It's a strawman argument. US automakers
have switched, for example.

Since you don't know of them they don't exist? I know of two companies that
have not had success in Europe because they don't want to change to metric.

That's a given. You do have to cater to the client. My point was, if
perhaps not well stated, that if you're going for a market for which it
is important, you will have made the change as part of that effort -- if
you try the other way, you're not very serious. Ergo, those that have
serious intents have made the change. I think in large part, that's
true, whether there happen to be a few holdouts or not. That's a
different subject imo than whether it should be universal for common usage.

One no longer tries, the other is going to make the change. It may be a
strawman argument today because the auto industry finally figured out it
would be wise to change. They are still fighting right hand drive.

While I'll agree that _eventually_ it might become common in the US, I
don't foresee the shift from driving on the right in NA ever changing.

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