Re: Chinese Windows and unicode

From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Wed Jun 12 2002 - 10:11:00 EDT


On 06/11/2002 12:56:42 PM "Michael \(michka\) Kaplan" wrote:

>Supporting s non-legacy encoding on
>a legacy OS feels like getting a hubcap for a tractor? Or perhaps a tape
>deck? :-)

You might be surprised by how many pieces of farm equipment in N. America
have tape decks or CD players. :-)

But I agree with your point:

>Win2000/XP/.Net are ever so much better for supporting Unicode -- when
>building a home, a foundation made to support the house is ever so much
>nicer....

Absolutely.

- Peter

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