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2 days agoThese dictionaries are a godsend for figuring out what a given kanji means, and how to pronounce it.
There are around 40 000 kanji characters. Most have various meanings depending on context. And depending on the context, a character is spoken in entirety different ways.
Some EU countries (and the City of Munich) habe tried to shift from MS to Linux. It didn’t pan out, but maybe this is the decade where it could be done?
Imagine getting EU funding to run basically the EU IT department - best Linux, best management, supporting open Office suites, and establishing an EU cloud operation. One can dream, right?
I guess it didn’t work well last time partly because of re-training needs, interoperability issues, etc.