From rick@unicode.org Mon Sep 18 13:05:37 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list hebrew); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:39:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from izanami (c-67-188-204-169.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.188.204.169]) by unicode.org (8.13.4/8.12.11) with SMTP id k8II5KQZ029161; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:05:26 -0500 Message-Id: <200609181805.k8II5KQZ029161@unicode.org> To: unicode@unicode.org Subject: [hebrew] Unicode Version 5.0 Pre-orders Now Accepted Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:05:22 -0700 From: Rick McGowan received: by Apple.Mailer (2.95.2) X-archive-position: 2999 X-Approved-By: cowan@ccil.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: hebrew-bounce@unicode.org Errors-to: hebrew-bounce@unicode.org X-original-sender: rick@unicode.org Precedence: bulk X-list: hebrew Unicode Version 5.0 Pre-orders Now Accepted Mountain View, CA, September 18, 2006 -- The Unicode(R) Consortium announces that pre-orders of Version 5.0 of the Unicode Standard can be made now through the Unicode Consortium's website. As a special introductory offer, The Unicode Guide -- the handy tri-fold developer's reference guide -- will be included with the Version 5.0 book at a combined price of $40.00 for both. This offer will expire on October 15, 2006. Published in a lighter, smaller size, Version 5.0 also includes for the first time the Unicode Standard Annexes, which specify key processes for ensuring reliable text interchange between programs and on the web. Based on fifteen years of experience, this new version is a major update which supersedes and obsoletes all previous versions of the standard. It has hundreds of pages of new material and hundreds more of revised material, including significant revisions to text, figures, tables, definitions, and conformance clauses -- improving clarity and providing practical guidance. "Hardcopy versions of the Unicode Standard have been among the most crucial and most-heavily used reference books in my personal library for year," said Donald E. Knuth, Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University. "Unicode allows me to celebrate the fact that computer science is a vast worldwide collaboration." For more acclaim from industry notables, see http://www.unicode.org/press/quotations.html. Unicode Version 5.0 has become the basis for Microsoft's Vista generation of operating systems, and is included in upgrade plans for Google, Yahoo!, and ICU, to name but a few. This comprehensive and official Unicode reference manual is the one book all developers using Unicode must have. See the Unicode Consortium's website at http://www.unicode.org/book/aboutbook.html for all the details. The latest features of Unicode Version 5.0 will be showcased at the 30th Internationalization and Unicode Conference (http://www.unicodeconference.org/) from November 17-19, 2006 in Washington, D.C. About The Unicode Consortium The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop, extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard and related globalization standards. The membership of the consortium represents a broad spectrum of corporations and organizations in the computer and information processing industry. Members are: Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, Basis Technology, Denic e.G., Google, Government of India, Government of Pakistan, HP, IBM, Justsystems, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, UC Berkeley, Yahoo! and over a hundred Associate, Liaison, and Individual members. For more information, please contact the Unicode Consortium (http://www.unicode.org/contacts.html.) From rick@unicode.org Wed Sep 27 14:33:30 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list hebrew); Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:53:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from izanami (c-67-188-204-169.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.188.204.169]) by unicode.org (8.13.4/8.12.11) with SMTP id k8RKXTT1006860; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:33:29 -0600 Message-Id: <200609272033.k8RKXTT1006860@unicode.org> To: rick@unicode.org Subject: [hebrew] Fwd: Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Nov 15-17, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:33:29 -0700 From: Rick McGowan mime-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v95.2) content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 received: by Apple.Mailer (2.95.2) X-archive-position: 3000 X-Approved-By: cowan@ccil.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: hebrew-bounce@unicode.org Errors-to: hebrew-bounce@unicode.org X-original-sender: rick@unicode.org Precedence: bulk X-list: hebrew >From: "Mark Davis" Date: 2006-09-27 12:00:11 -0700 To: unicode@unicode.org Subject: Internationalization & Unicode Conference, Nov 15-17, 2006 in Washington, D.C. I'd like to make you all aware of the upcoming Internationalization & Unicode Conference (IUC 30), which will be the only one held in the US until the fourth quarter of 2007. The program offers excellent tutorials covering Unicode and internationalization in depth, and new, detailed presentations on adapting software to meet the requirements of different markets around the world. I'd urge anyone working with Unicode to attend. Building on the success of IUC 29, the program features case studies from Google, eBay and others covering concrete aspects of implementations, not just the theories involved. In one of my presentations, for example, I'll talk about many of the facets of dealing with very large scale use of Unicode here at Google, as well as some surprising and useful statistics about the use of Unicode on the web. It's also time to learn about the features of Unicode 5.0 -- see http://www.unicode.org/press/pr-5.0preorders.html for more information on this major new release. The conference offers strong coverage of internationalization issues with sessions in four tracks:  Web Internationalization,  Techniques/Case Studies,  Applications, and  Languages/Scripts. We've got a great keynote presentation by Nicolas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child. We are also going to have an exclusive book signing of the all-new Unicode 5.0 book. As usual, people will have the great networking opportunities they've come to expect from this conference. We're excited about the program and know that attendees are going to get a lot of value out of their participation. If you have not yet taken a look, I'd encourage you to visit http://www.unicodeconference.org/conference-at-a-glance.htm. We are hoping for a strong turnout from the members of the Unicode Consortium and others connected with Unicode. To register for the conference, visit http://www.unicodeconference.org/registration.htm. Register before October 2, 2006 to receive the early-bird discount in addition to your Unicode membership discount. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Kevin Loughry, loughry@omg.org or +1-781-444 0404. I look forward to seeing you at IUC 30. Regards, Mark Davis President and co-founder, Unicode Consortium