From: "Robert Comer" 

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

They must be missing more than just the cost -- there's a conceptual
difference to from what they say.

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

There is no doubt in my they will. India has some pretty smart people in
the IT end of things...

- Bob Comer


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3ddc2f8b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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