Re: Encoding the Holy Koran into Unicode

[Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at myrealbox dot com>]

> At 10:45 am +0100 8/4/03, Munzir Taha wrote:
> >2. Why not considering porting your program to linux as a commercial
> > project. If it's programmed with Java which is cross-platform it should
> > work out of the box or may need some tweaking, right?
> >Otherwise we could consider doing it ourselves with your supervision in a
> > way that won't cause harm to you from a commercial point of view. We have
> > to discuss it also.
>
> Diwan has created a Java version of its Unicode Quran - you can see this on
> http://mushaf.diwan.com. This will run on any platform that support Java
> 1.4.
> The essential aim of Diwan is that browsing should be free while version
> that can print would be charged for. We can discuss putting this on your
> releases of Linux.
Ok! Let's discuss it now! I am speaking about the version that can print. Can 
you port it to linux and charge _reasonably_ for it? I am not at all against 
paying money for software if it worth it (Sorry Richard Stallman) at least 
until the open source community comes with an alternative.

Please, forgive me for any delay I am really busy these days.

-- 
Munzir Taha,
Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer,
Certified Internet Webmaster, (CIW),
Microsoft Office User Specialist, (MOUS),
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia