| Red Hat boasts first OpenI18N-compliant Linux, supports complex languages |
Apr. 21, 2004
Red Hat recently announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3 is certified by the Free Standards Group to conform with the Linux Standard Base (LSB) Internationalized Runtime Environment. The company says they are the first vendor to commit publicly to the OpenI18N endorsed input method framework called IIIMF, allowing the input of complex text languages, such as Chinese, Japanese and Hindi. Users will be able to switch between these languages.
OpenI18N is a neutral body that takes care of internationalization issues in open source software. Group efforts center on bringing standardization to Linux across languages, eliminating fragmentation as different countries establishing unique standards.
"LSB Internationalization Runtime Environment Certification provides a paradigm of 'write once, run anywhere in the world', allowing developers to write software that can more easily adapt to any language and culture," said Scott McNeil, executive director of the Free Standards Group.
The LSB is a workgroup under the Free Standards Group and a community effort to standardize the elements of Linux-based operating systems so that independent software vendors (ISVs) can support Linux-based operating systems globally.
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