Re: [tlug] Nomiki in June 13th timeframe?

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@??>]

On Fri, 29 May 2026 at 10:50, Craig Oda <craig@??> wrote:
> Do you have a digital copy? Maybe the publisher is okay with that? The
> book is so old, I doubt there's a chance for them to monetize it.

I'd love a digital copy too.

> When times are messy, there's often opportunity.  My friend Cliff
> started a company called Turbolinux (renamed from Pacific HiTec)
> around that time. Initially, it tied together some pieces from
> Japanese, then CJK, then eventually moved into general
> desktop/servers.  I'm actually seeing him tomorrow for lunch.

I think I met Cliff once when he visited Oz (if I'm thinking of the
right guy.)  Say "hullo" for me, anyway.
I was a Turbolinux user at one stage.

> I'm going to read through Jim Breen's paper later today.  The guy is
> the most influential person for Japanese support in computer systems
> in my opinion.  A true legend with a huge impact on the world.
> Interestingly, language and computational linguistics are picking up
> steam due to the opportunities and limitations of LLMs.

I wonder who he's referring to..

Jim

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