From: "Paul Ranson" 

MS have a flexible universal solution for Indic languages. It's a complex
issue we touched on recently. The MS approach is to put support in the OS
for other developers to use as they wish. I don't see them porting
Uniscribe to Linux (more probably to 'X') and allowing all and sundry to
exploit it.

The Indians have what they need right now on Windows, it may be that they
cannot afford it; that's a different equation.

It will be extremely interesting to see whether the 'community' can do some
real software engineering in this area.

Paul

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3ddc119b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I have never made any sort of statement that could be used to justify
that
> > last remark.
>
> It sure has sounded like it to me.
>
> > It will be interesting to see what happens, but I doubt MS will provide
> > Indic functionality for Linux, and certainly not the sort that could be
> > reused by other apps. It's not in their nature...
>
> I think the Indi people will get what they need -- to big a market to
> ignore.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3ddc0ebc{at}w3.nls.net...
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> > news:3ddbf569$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Actually, with what the India people said yesterday, I'm not so sure
> > > Microsoft doesn't *have* to put out a version for Linux, and they've
got
> > to
> > > make it cheaper and without this activation crap. (and contrary to
what
> > Paul
> > > says, it wont have to be GPL'd )
> >
> > I have never made any sort of statement that could be used to justify
that
> > last remark.
> >
> > It will be interesting to see what happens, but I doubt MS will provide
> > Indic functionality for Linux, and certainly not the sort that could be
> > reused by other apps. It's not in their nature...
> >
> > Paul
> >
>
>

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