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Date:         Fri, 27 Oct 2000 23:01:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Movement "Afoot" to Re-order English Alphabet
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Hi Volks:


I thought that I had heard it all.


Apparently Microsoft is leading some international consortium to set the
standards for the re-ordering of the English alphabet!


Apparently, computers can work much better, if the most commonly used
letters are first in line - and the least commonly used ones are pushed
farther back - it's got something to do with code efficiency and increasing
the speed of the internet.


I personally don't want them to do this - what do you think?




Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Leader of the Pack"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"It's Friday" Member of "Vanagons Anonymous"
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