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Your point?

• jacquesm 17y ago
  Domain names stopped being 'just the latin script' years ago.
  • cabalamat 17y ago
    Which still doesn't make it a good idea.
    • jacquesm 17y ago
      On the contrary, it is an excellent idea! For instance many companies and individuals simply can't have their names expressed in the Latin alphabet. Mine is one of them, but since the difference is minor I couldn't care less, but if you are from any one of a multitude of countries who have a script different from the western 26 character set then you're completely out of luck. The internet is global, the DNS is a major component of it and it is absolutely a good idea that they try to be inclusive. That this will lead to some adaptation issues is a nuisance, but since global networking is here to stay and we're currently in the infancy of that now is the time to make these changes.
      • cabalamat 17y ago
        > For instance many companies and individuals simply can't have their names expressed in the Latin alphabet. If someone wants a UK passport, they have to express their name in the Latin alphabet. Given that there are British people with linguistic backgrounds from all over the world, including many different writing systems, and they all manage to do this, I disagree with your statement that it can't be done. It clearly can be done, and in fact is done on a regular basis.