[smc-discuss] ചില്ലക്ഷരങ്ങളുടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയം

[Jayadevan Raja]

No one seems to be responding to this thread lately. Shouldn't we make a
formal move to start a free alternative for Unicode? I mean, shouldn't we
make a formal proposal to the Free Software Foundation to start a new
project for making a free alternative for Unicode?

As Asians/Indians/Malayalis, we need not suggest Anglo-Saxon names. An Asian
name like "ഒരുകോഡ്" (Orucode) serves as a message.

2011/1/23 Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil at gmail.com>

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> > It's high time to free the standards from corporate
> > interests and dictatorship. We really need a community controlled
> > standard in which people from all walks can participate and
> > contribute.
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> No offence meant, but I am amused by these and other similar comments.
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> Almost 10 years back, when the community decided to implement the
> sequence published by Microsoft in their OpenType Specifications (rather
> than what Microsoft themselves implemented), I had expressed some
> reservations.
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> Now, happy to note that we are moving this direction.
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Thanking You,
Jayadevan V
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