-={ lundi, mars 30 2015, 10:29:55 -0700 }=-

Hey Kees!

 KvE> all three are the same

Yes but not to a standardized application in a digital enviroment such as a BBS
which is what started this latest incarnation of this particular subject
matter.

 KvE> they manage very well with CP866

That appears to be true from the little exposure I have had with Russian
echomail and/or netmail.

 KvE> I am not aware of any participants in fidonet who need the Greek
 KvE> character set, nor the glyphs used by the Hebrew.

I have seen both in use outside of Fidonet but little to none of either in a
typical BBS enviroment.  That potentially would be another area that a UTF-8
based BBS could beat out an OS/2 Maximus BBS.  ;-)

 KvE> We are stuck with the only common denominator "ASCII".

I am not stuck despite the fact that 99.99% of day to day computer user
activities use ASCII IO.  I have choices and am not afraid to go out on a limb
every now and then.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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