Thanks Suzanne, I think I agree, but let's clarify-
I wasn't following all of the thread and so Michka's comments
are to me without context.
I know Microsoft does good things with Unicode and pioneering
internationalization for new markets. I wouldn't cite Microsoft's
support of only Unicode in certain markets, as making Unicode
a requirement for those markets. (Which is what I infer is
being said here.) I guess I am loathe to claim that Microsoft is the
only vendor that matters. (As I said, I am reading this without
context. Sorry Michael if I am misconstruing your words greatly.)
I would rather say simply that Unicode is the only character set
that exists for certain markets. I believe this is true, but
would like to have at least a few examples of scripts or
languages that have no other code pages but Unicode.
I have in mind Inuktitut and perhaps Byzantine music, but its
a bit hard to establish that there are no other code pages.
If I get suggestions of a few examples, I will add this "benefit"
to the list.
tex
"Suzanne M. Topping" wrote:
>
> Tex;
>
> Sounds like a good addition to your Benefits list...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael (michka) Kaplan [mailto:michka@trigeminal.com]
> >
> > Also, Microsoft has been very clear that this is the way all
> > future support
> > will be done. One side effect of this is that a Unicode app
> > is no longer
> > just needed for multilingual support -- there are whole
> > markets that you
> > will not be able to support if your application does not
> > support Unicode!
> >
> >
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