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Re: Jihad Off (was "A Call...")



> The person who wrote that figure was Doron Shikmoni and his email
> address leads me to believe he is too a reliable source on Internet
> affairs...

He is a reliable source even without the "@isoc.org.il". We sat
together at comitees of Machon-HaTkanim. And I knew that you were
confused between me and him, but I don't write publically "It's not
me, it's Doron", but simply: "It's not me" (though I don't argue in
this specific issue with Doron).

> If you say that the standard of implicit hebrew is NOT controlled by m$,
> but rather they are the only one using it then:

Moreover, they are not the only one. There are many
implementations.

> a. I was not aware of that (one learns new things every day) and judging
>    from the replies I got not many do.
> b. I call the Jihad off ;-)

This is what I and Doron tried to tell you (you = the list, not
Gilad, as the word "bullshit" in my previous message) from the
beginning.

> c. I am very interested to know who owns it, or is it "in the public
>    domain"?

Both of the options are true: Unicode "owns" it, so it is in the
public domain (Unicode is not the only source).

P.S. I don't enjoy defending Microsoft, so next time, save it from
me...  The real facts are enough in order to attack Microsoft, we
don't have to add our own facts (BTW: Microsoft is blamed for
threatening one of the largest PC vendors (Gateway?  Compaq?) not
to supply systems with pre-installed Linux; News of today).
-- 
Eli Marmor