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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5163 ; Tue, 22 Dec 92 07:00:37 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9155 comp.os.linux:19837 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!messina From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST) Message-ID: <1992Dec18.212323.26882@netcom.com> Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages Organization: Messina Software References: <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> <mathias.724467456@sune.stacken.kth.se> <id.M2XV.VTA@ferranti.com> <1992Dec18.043033.14254@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:23:23 GMT Lines: 23 goer@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes: >>> Has anyone in this newsgroup ever heard of the Unicode/ISO10646 >>> (UCS) standard? >> >>You know, if 386BSD could be made to support NET-UTF (the Plan 9 version >>of the 10646 standard) that would be a major advantage over commercial >>Unices... >One of the big criticism leveled at US Engineers is that they are either >too dumb or lazy to build into their software support for non-Western >scripts. Given that Linux originates in Europe, can we look forward to >better support for Unicode and ISO10646? At least for "long" charac- >ter definitions? Yeah, that's probably why NT supports Unicode, it's those dumb US Engineers... Could we lay off idiotic generalizations and stick to technical aspects of the software? It's business that dictates what's included in the package. If it makes economic sense, it will be there. Most of the internationalization is done locally anyway, so it has nothing to do with dumb engineers. t.