rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (11/05/85)
> I'd like to see a 'standard western keyboard' that had all the > characters for English, German, French, Swedish, etc., plus > Greek for math/engr and for APL, a few of the common math symbols, > and of course copyright and trademark symbols for all the net lawyers. > :-) A few simple graphics characters would be nice. This is > possible on a keyboard of reasonable size... Technical feasability is not the obstacle. Consider the arguments against the qwerty key layout--so why do we still have it? If you wanted a single international keyboard you would have to fight not only tradition but nationalistic prejudices on all sides. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.