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Good international support gave a marketing edge to word-processing programs such as [[Nisus Writer]] and programs using the [[WASTE text engine]], because [[Microsoft Word]] prior to version 2001 was not WorldScript aware.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

[[Mark Davis (Unicode) | Mark Davis]] had co-founded the [[Unicode Consortium]], co-authored his first major internationalization framework in the form of WorldScript at Apple, became the internationalization architect at [[Taligent]] where he designed what became all the internationalization support for the [[Java Development Kit]] 1.1, became IBM's Chief Software Globalization Architect, moved to Google to work on internationalization and Unicode,<ref name="Phoenix in Cupertino">{{cite web | title=Phoenix in Cupertino | first=Michael | last=Swaine | date=September 1, 1997 | work=Dr. Dobb's | url=http://www.drdobbs.com/phoenix-in-cupertino/184410443 | accessdateaccess-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and now helps to choose the emojis for the world's smartphones.<ref name="Who Decides">{{cite web | title=Who Decides Which Emojis Get The Thumbs Up? | date=October 25, 2015 | publisher=NPR | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/25/451642332/who-decides-which-emojis-get-the-thumbs-up | author=NPR Staff | accessdateaccess-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

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