New Internationalized domain names are coming

John Chambers jc-8FIgwK2HfyJMuWfdjsoA/w at public.gmane.org
Thu Oct 15 14:09:03 EDT 2009


Bill Horne wrote:
| 2. What software will I have to change, if any?
|
| Sorry to be Chicken Little, but not having the Latin alphabet in
| domain names is like doing away with at-signs in email addresses. I
| know it's possible, but it's a tektonic shift in the electronic
| firmament, and I'm feeling dizzy all of a sudden.

Wow! If we're no longer allowed to use Latin letters in domain names,
maybe  I  should  get  serious  about  learning to type in Chinese or
Japanese ...

(Sorry, but that IS the most obvious reading of what you wrote. There
might have been a slightly better way to phrase it. Interpreting "not
having the Latin alphabet" as meaning  that  it  will  no  longer  be
allowed is a quite natural reading of the phrasing.  ;-)


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