On Mar 1, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote:
There are LOTS of legacy software (not necessarily standard OS or office
software, but also private softwares used in administrations, banks, and various
private organizations, etc...) which are needed today and will need to continue
to work for many years as there's not a lot money to adapt them to Unicode
immediately, but that must be used coherently with a 8-bit charset that will
match the languistic needs.
Except that most of that legacy software won't be able to handle a new part to 8859 any more than it can handle Unicode. It has to be revised either way. (Granted, the cost of revision is overall less for a new 8859 than for Unicode.)
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