Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread James Kass via Unicode
On 2019-11-19 11:00 PM, Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode wrote: Why so concerned with these minutiæ? Were you in fact misled?  (Doesn't sound like it.)  Do you know someone who was, or whom you fear would be?  What incorrect conclusions might they draw from that misunderstanding, and how serious

Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Asmus Freytag via Unicode
On 11/19/2019 3:00 PM, Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode wrote: It says "foundation", not "sum total, all there is."  I don't think this is much overreach.  MAYBE it counts as "enthusiastic", but not misleading. Why so

Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode
It says "foundation", not "sum total, all there is."  I don't think this is much overreach.  MAYBE it counts as "enthusiastic", but not misleading. Why so concerned with these minutiæ? Were you in fact misled?  (Doesn't sound like it.)  Do you know someone who was, or whom you fear would be? 

RE: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Jonathan Rosenne via Unicode
As a user of bidirectional text when I think of our world before Unicode and the situation today I cannot but wholeheartedly agree. Without Unicode, few international vendors, major and in particular minor ones, would have considered implementing Hebrew in their products. Now we have

Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Asmus Freytag via Unicode
On 11/19/2019 12:04 PM, Michael Everson via Unicode wrote: Of course it’s not “misleading”. Human language is best conveyed by text. One could insert the language in [ ] to make the claim sound less like an overreach. It doesn't even impede the

Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread James Kass via Unicode
On 2019-11-19 6:59 PM, Costello, Roger L. via Unicode wrote: Today I received an email from the Unicode organization. The email said this: (italics and yellow highlighting are mine) The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all modern software and communications around the world, including

Re: Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Michael Everson via Unicode
Of course it’s not “misleading”. Human language is best conveyed by text. Michael Everson > On 19 Nov 2019, at 18:59, Costello, Roger L. via Unicode > wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Today I received an email from the Unicode organization. The email said this: > (italics and yellow highlighting

Is the Unicode Standard "The foundation for all modern software and communications around the world"?

2019-11-19 Thread Costello, Roger L. via Unicode
Hi Folks, Today I received an email from the Unicode organization. The email said this: (italics and yellow highlighting are mine) The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all modern software and communications around the world, including all modern operating systems, browsers, laptops, and