Philippe Verdy scripsit: > Did I develop and promote such encoding? I will not because I don't > need it. > > It's up to African communities or governments or local instituions > and educational organizations to decide if they wish such encoding, > if this development is justified by a reasonable reduction of costs > with an increased compatibility with low-cost softwares and systems, > and simplified processes to get appropriate fonts and input methods > supporting a well-defined and reduced subset, needed for the languages > they wish to normalize and stabilize with an accepted orthography that > can be taught.
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. -- John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan http://www.reutershealth.com Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes, Set anz totz pleinz ad ested in Espagnes.
