On Feb 16, 2013, at 3:06 PM, deddy wrote: (01)
> Aït-Kaci -
>
>>
>> only reason the width of a Roman horse's ass over 2000 years ago!
>>
>
> Likely largely true.
>
> But... this being America (which I assume is likely the same sort of chaos
>elsewhere)... (02)
In the UK there was a war between the current standard gauge used by Stevenson
and the wider 7 foot gauge preferred by Brunel. Some lines had three rails to
allow both to be used. (03)
Pat (04)
>
> Around the Civil War there were approximately 21 rail gauges east of the
>Mississippi.
>
> Clearly the issue of there being a plethora of "standards" is not a new
>challenge.
>
>
> The corporate game of intentional lack of interoperability is not new.
>
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