Re: Breaking free from UNICODE

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Tue Aug 19 2003 - 18:39:46 EDT

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    On 19/08/2003 14:42, Kenneth Whistler wrote:

    >>A session on internet & African languages that was part of the WSIS prepcom
    >>in Bamako last year was critical of Unicode as it is. An individual on the
    >>newsgroup fr.comp.normes.unicode denounced Unicode as an American scheme.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >The problem is, like much else, Unicode has gotten caught up in
    >the much larger political, social, and economic currents regarding
    >globalization. There are plenty of people who come into the discussion
    >with preconceived notions (many of which are at least partially
    >accurate) regarding the intent of American driven information
    >technology, and more generally, global corporations, to control the
    >world.
    >
    >
    Might it help to point people to the list of members at
    http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html? By no means all US or
    international corporations, especially among the associates.

    -- 
    Peter Kirk
    peter@qaya.org (personal)
    peterkirk@qaya.org (work)
    http://www.qaya.org/
    


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