I've heard the Microsoft hoopla, but so far can't determine what it
is all about. From what I can tell, Microsoft is using Unicode ac-
cording to the old, internationalization/localization model. It is
not using Unicode as it should be used, namely as a multilingual en-
coding standard. Take a look at Apple's WorldScript for an example
of that.
If you have the specs on hand, tell me what the 32-bit GUI does with
characters in the Arabic and Hebrew code blocks, by the way. I am
not fishing for a particular response here, but I suspect that the
system is nonconformant in that it will recognize the codes, but yet
fail to show the behavior outlined in appendix A of the standard.
Richard Goerwitz