Re: Just if and where is the then?

From: John Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Wed May 05 2004 - 10:21:30 CDT


On May 5, 2004, at 6:32 AM, John Cowan wrote:

> Low (indeed, zero) cost software is now available that runs well on
> low-end hardware and fully supports the Unicode Standard, with no need
> for font hacks or further 8-bit encodings.
>

There is, moreover, a non-zero cost to revising a program or OS to use
a new 8-bit encoding. Realistically, people running machines or using
software too old to use Unicode aren't likely to get much advantage at
this point by the creation of a new 8-bit standard.

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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
jhjenkins@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/



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