>> Time will tell if that ever happens.

> Is 12 years enough to tell the tale?  ;-)

I guess that depends on the tale.. :)

> Anyhow setting the "Settings" from ISO to IBM has no effect no matter what
> client I use or what it's settings are.

I don't know what the difference is between ISO, IBM and US7.

It looks like a mess to me.

I'd like to drop all of that and go with utf8 since I think that is what we all have in common.

Wait a minute. What about all these retro systems. Is utf8 doable for them. Maybe not.

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