Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!taurus!aldebaran!schweige From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Why don't European consider NTSC? Message-ID: <2046@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil> Date: 4 Apr 91 03:33:14 GMT References: <164@netw23.uucp> <4267@bnr-rsc.UUCP> <1318@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> Reply-To: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger) Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA Lines: 19 In article dw3w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Database Work) writes: >Why don't Americans switch to PAL? I think it much better. Oh, thats right, >we're americans and stick to our own inferior standreds (of measure, etc). > >Ryan Neman The question isn't why shouldn't people switch to someone elses standard, it's why shouldn't people consider that other people use other standards when writing software. Which one is 'better' (assuming that question can even be answered - how do you define 'much better' in this case), isn't the question - PAL is used by a lot of people, and NTSC is used by a lot of people. -- ******************************************************************************* Jeff Schweiger Standard Disclaimer CompuServe: 74236,1645 Internet (Milnet): schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil *******************************************************************************