I'd not thought about it until I read this article, but whenever I've seen someone discussing temperatures in a computer, they've always used Centigrade, it must be the standard, even for Yanks.
It's a bit like how Americans use litres to measure engine capacity (as well as cubic inches or square cubits or something). Slowly they're learning to use normal units in specialist fields. Eventually they'll know how to use them all the time.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
