Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 12:47:28 -0400 From: "Jason Francis" <jasonf@citynet.net> To: <freebsd-i18n@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD Unicode support Message-ID: <002101c0f8df$870e9850$0200000a@Neptune>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0F8BD.FF3C6770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable One of the arguments made by microsoft for switching the Hotmail = frontend to Windows 2000 was the need for foreign language support.=20 "Hotmail had the requirement to launch in new markets, and did not want = to continue to invest in keeping the FreeBSD locale tables up to date = and other maintenance activities. China and Japan are two important = growing markets for MSN, so multibyte character sets had to be = supported. FreeBSD lacked the necessary Unicode support." I want to know if there is any real merit to these claims, or if it's = just more marketing drivel from Microsoft. I often use central european characters, but I have never needed to do = so under my FreeBSD systems. I have noticed, however, that an ls on my = mp3 shares reveals that characters such as = e,s,c,r,z,=FD,=E1,=ED,=E9,=A7, and u appear as question marks. This = lack of support is preventing me from moving soley to a FreeBSD = environment. Is work being done to bring Unicode support to FreeBSD that will allow = it to have better support for globalization and foreign languages? ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0F8BD.FF3C6770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2462.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One of the arguments made by microsoft = for=20 switching the Hotmail frontend to Windows 2000 was the need for foreign = language=20 support. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Hotmail had the requirement to launch = in new=20 markets, and did not want to continue to invest in keeping the FreeBSD = locale=20 tables up to date and other maintenance activities. China and Japan are = two=20 important growing markets for MSN, so multibyte character sets had to be = supported. FreeBSD lacked the necessary Unicode support."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I want to know if there is any real = merit to these=20 claims, or if it's just more marketing drivel from = Microsoft.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I often use central european = characters, but I have=20 never needed to do so under my FreeBSD systems. I have noticed, = however,=20 that an ls on my mp3 shares reveals that characters such as = ě,=9A,č,ř,=9E,=FD,=E1,=ED,=E9,=A7,=20 and ů appear as question marks. This lack of support is = preventing me from=20 moving soley to a FreeBSD environment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Is work being done to bring Unicode = support to=20 FreeBSD that will allow it to have better support for globalization and = foreign=20 languages?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0F8BD.FF3C6770-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-i18n" in the body of the message
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