[kictanet] ICANN approves internationalized domain names

[Harry Hare]

Good point Waudo, I wonder how they were doing it up till now.

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On 31 Oct 2009, at 13:05, "waudo siganga" <emailsignet at mailcan.com>  
wrote:

> Hi Harry - I think this thing is just a compromise because for the  
> Chinese person how do they type ".com" using Latin script when (a)  
> they do not know Latin script and (b) Latin script is missing from  
> their Chinese keyboard.
> Waudo
> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04 +0300, "Harry Hare" <harry at africanedevelopment.org 
> > wrote:
>>
>> http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/333-icann-approves-internationalized-domain-names.html
>>
>> I’m not sure this is internationalization or localisation, and the 
>>  first challenge...how do you type .com in Chinese on your QWERTY  
>> keyboard?
>>
>> Harry
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