Standard keyboard?

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From: Dick Dunn
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1985 08:24

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> 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.

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