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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>Jonathan Leffler<SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><BR clear=all>You've mis-characterized the
problem. UTF-8 doesn't have the quirk -- MS operating systems have the
quirk. See: <A
href="http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM">http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM</A><BR><BR><SPAN
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size=2>[Julian] well - the way I read that FAQ BOMs
are explicitly mentioned and allowed, which is why we couldn't beat
our supplier up over it and had to code around it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=553355008-02072008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>But I think everyone who has so far commented is
in agreement that if we use UTF-8 we should "Ban the BOM"
(sorry).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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