Question regarding the inclusivity and fairness of the training materials

Question

Why are you using imperial units in the Microsoft Learn training material if the strategy of your company is meant to be inclusive and fair? I don't mean to be pedantic but this is highly contradictory and something you should consider as a multi-national and global company.

Even if it's used in the examples, the units are hard to interpret and understand in addition to being unscientific.

Only three countries in the world use the imperial system as their official system of measurement: the United States of America, Liberia and Myanmar and it's generally unsuitable for scientific work.

Put a switch somewhere or something. Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi pexolotl,
Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Q&A.
As a global company, Microsoft aims to cater to diverse audiences, and it’s important to use measurements that are universally understood.
Thank you for bringing this up. Your feedback is valuable and highlights an important aspect of inclusion and fairness in our training materials, using imperial units in some of our training materials can certainly present challenges for students who are familiar with the metric system. Although the imperial system is still widely used in the United States, we recognize that the metric system is standard in most parts of the world and is generally well suited for scientific work Your suggestion to add a switch or option to choose between imperial and metric units is a good idea. This makes our training material more accessible and usable to a global audience. I will pass on your comments to the relevant groups for consideration of this development.

If you have any other questions, let me know in the "comments" and I would be happy to help you,

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