Darren J Moffat <Darren.Moffat at sun.com> wrote:
> Ienup Sung wrote:
> > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
> > This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
> > 1. Introduction
> > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> > EOF of @euro locales
> > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> > Author: Jan Hnatek
> > 1.3 Date of This Document:
> > 04 June, 2009
> > 4. Technical Description
> >
> > OVERVIEW
> >
> > Solaris contains @euro locale variants for 24 locales and they were
> > created for the transition period before the corresponding EU countries
> > changed their official currency to euro.
> >
> > All countries, with one exception of Czech Republic, now use euro as their
> > official currency. Currently, the contents of the locales for these 23
> > countries are identical to their @euro variants.
>
> That isn't correct, the UK is not a Euro currency country and in fact
> the @euro variant is likely needed in the UK more than other countries
> because some people trade in both Sterling and Euro.
Let me be more correct:
- There are 28 countries in the EU
- There are 19 different sets of Euro coins (2 sets for Italy
as Italy and Vatikan don't share the same coins).
Well known Euro ignorants are:
- GB (they believe they need to drive on the right side when they
change ;-)
- Czech republic
- Danmark
....
Others like to get the Euro.
BTW: Greece did give up the oldest currency (Drachme) for the Euro.
J?rg
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