--- In [email protected], beeplove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > couple of questin firsts: > 1. Did BCC claimed that national keyboard is unicode compliant?
Correction, Yes, BCC is claiming it as unicode compliant. > 2. I am not unicode expert. Did BCC introduced any alphabet that > stepped over current unicode bangla alphabhet? > > > Amader joga khichuree marka bangla font ar keyboard er somoy a, > unicode e ekmatro solution. To achieve that, what we can do, > > 1. Force BCC to deal with Unicode consortium to make sure, newer > unicode chart will have bangla font that were introduced in national > keyboard. > 2. If BCC already stepped over any unicode bangla font, talk to bcc > (ankur should do it, as they are prominant in bangla realted matter) > make them understand what an unresolvable matter they have introduced. > > > Thanks, > Mohammad > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Omi Azad <omi@> wrote: > > > > Do not use Bangladesh Computer Council's Bengali fonts & Bangladesh > > National Keyboard driver, which they assumes as Unicode compliant. > > > > I cannot accept BCC's release as 100% Unicode complaint. People will get > > in trouble if they use this crap stuff. > > > > Let me explain all the problems to and you can decide what to do :) > > 1: They used some fake letters (MON GORA মন à¦à§à¦¾) and there > is no base of > > them in Unicode or ISO. They are Khio, Khanda-Ta and Bo-Fola. Have a > > look at http://www.bcc.net.bd/keyboard/layout/3_layer.jpg and > > http://www.bcc.net.bd/keyboard/layout/4_layer.jpg > > > > There is no place for Khio and Bo-Fola in Unicode code page. Have a look > > at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0980.pdf > > > > Also Unicode decided to place Khanda-Ta at 09CE (ref. > > http://www.unicode.org/%7Eemuller/iwg/p12/index.html ) and once Unicode > > Consortium decides anything, they never change that. > > > > 2: When I opened their font, I found "Developed by Information Engineers > > & Consultants Bangladesh (iecb) Ltd for Bangladesh Computer Council > > (BCC). © 2005 BCC. All Rights Reserved." but the glyphs (letters) are > > actually stolen from Linotype. Did BCC took license from LinoType for > > using them? I didn't found any document regarding that. Very sad that > > Government Organization is training us to pirate..... > > > > 3: When I went to convert a document with their converter, it gave me a > > error message, "C:\Program Files\IECB\Jatio Keyboard\Agency FB.diff was > > not found" May be BCC didn't pay IECB the total price of the contract > > and IECB didn't deliver the file with the Installer. > > > > 4: The installed folder is C:\Program Files\IECB\, which should be > > C:\Program Files\BCC\ (LOL) > > > > 5: I went to install the Debian Linux version and found the installer > > has nothing inside. Download the Linux (Debian Sarge)_installer from BCC > > website and extract it. You'll get a file called bn-National.mim, but do > > you know how to install/use that? :) > > > > If I tried, I'd find more problems, but I'm too disappointed to continue > > with that. > > > > Some of you must know that I'm working with Unicode and Microsoft since > > 2001 and I *never* found any of Bangladeshi Government body to contact > > with them regarding *any* issue. > > > > Do not use BCC Bangla Software. You have many other options around > you.... > > > > Regards > > > > -- > > Omi Azad > > Contributor > > Bangla Computing and Localization Projects: > > Ankur: http://www.ankurbangla.org > > Ekushey: http://www.ekushey.org > > > To unsubscribe send a blank mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bdlug/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
