8. Acknowledgments

• Jan Benedict Glaw (jbglaw AT lug-owl.de), for advocating Bangla in spite of being non-Bangali.

• Shishir Bhai (shishir_faruk AT yahoo.com) + Dolon (mrk_ju AT yahoo.com) &Co, for the inspiration.

• Mojahed Bhai (mojahed AT agni.com), for being the Guinea pig ;-)

• Sergey Babkin (babkin AT bellatlantic.net), the ultimate Type1 guy.

• People at the Ankur (formerly Bengalinux) group, for working towards the future.

• Tabatha Persad (tabatha AT merlinmonroe.com), for the review and valuable changes.

• To the Almighty, for this text wouldn't have been possible without his (???) will.