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To: ColtonGang who wrote (112908)	8/30/2000 4:32:34 PM
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Too late for Sun!......... "Sun helps Linux go global " By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 30, 2000, 12:35 p.m. PT Sun Microsystems has released software to the open-source community that could make it easier to make Linux software usable in a myriad of languages. Sun this week released the internationalization software included in the X Windows graphics component of Linux and Unix. The software, based on code originally from the X Group (now X.org) was released under the X license. That's the same license that covered the software initially, Sun said. • Get the "Big Picture" • Related News • Message Boards • CNET Linux Center Quote Snapshot SUNW 127.12 0.00 LNUX 51.81 +6.88 RHAT 25.44 +1.31 CALD 6.62 +1.06 Enter symbol: · Symbol Lookup Quotes delayed 20+ minutes The software is a layer that makes it easier to write software onto which any number of languages can be grafted. A program written to use the layer can be more easily shifted so Japanese as well as French people can use a program. Currently, Linux software is typically rewritten for each new language. The code from Sun will help several facets of Linux internationalization, said Dirk Hohndel, chief technology officer of German Linux seller SuSE and a major contributor to the Xfree86 project to bring X to Linux. The effort will help with complex text arrangements--some languages read right-to-left or top-to-bottom--as well as support for Unicode, a character set that allows use of many international alphabets, Hohndel said in a statement. Akio Kido, co-chairman of the Linux Internationalization Initiative, also endorsed Sun's move. The X license allows people to use the software in any way they desire with no restriction. Sun uses the internationalization software in its own version of Unix, called Solaris. Linux is a clone of Unix that has expanded from a hobby to a serious part of many computer company product lines. Linux is open-source software, meaning that anyone may modify and redistribute the underlying programming instructions of the software.