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March 22, 2004
Minority Languages and Open Source
Posted by Ernest Miller
The BBC reports that Microsoft is adding support for the Welsh language to MS Windows (Microsoft works on native tongues). It is great that Microsoft is supporting language diversity. However, this diversity is being supported at Microsoft's sufferance. Should MS decide not to support a particular language, too bad, MS won't let you have access to Windows source to make the necessary changes yourself. There is no such problem with open source. If native speakers truly want to guarantee the continued existence of their minority languages, they would do well to embrace open source and commission a translated version of Linux.
Speaking of which, when will we have a Klingon Linux of Elvish Linux?
via Marginal Revolution
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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