May be all these known to many Kannadigas.–>,they should come open to talk to Kannadigas about their take on KSD. Unfortunately not many Kannadigas have tried to set the things right in this front, which has a direct implication on the survival of Kannada. In all there was a healthy competition among the many Kannada software developers which the government or some other organization could choose from for software services and implementation those willing to localize the computerization. Others had brought out some of the very good softwares for DTP work and Development kits for application development for the handheld devices. Many had developed a rich set of fonts required for high quality printing. There were around 30 software research groups (companies) which worked on our Kannada language implementation on computers. May be all these known to many Kannadigas. This is a mindless way of our own government killing the business of Kannada enthusiasts. These two entities have created such a mistrust that nobody is coming forward to write any useful software for Kannada, why should they, when all the standards are stupidly made and our mindless government itself has declared that Nudi is the sole package to be used in all Government offices. Somedays back one Kannada friend in this forum asked for a trial software, but it was not given most probably for the feat that more fonts may be stolen. Now due to the mistrust created by these two entities, the doom of great misbelief looms large over the Kannada software development arena. The entry of Baraha and Nudi softwares have killed the business of all these firms. We get to know that many enthusiast Kannadigas began to work on the implementation of Kannada on digital gadgets (computers, handhelds, etc).There were around 30 software research groups (companies) which worked on our Kannada language implementation on computers. Going through the documents at E-Kavi's online archive ( ). Kannada language is rich in culture and legacy. KSD issues - prevailing mistrust among Kannadigas
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