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<div>They were having problems having to learn Latin scripts just for the priviledge of using the Internet.</div>
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<div>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:04 +0300, "Harry Hare" <harry@africanedevelopment.org> wrote:</div>
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<div>Good point Waudo, I wonder how they were doing it up till now.<br>
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On 31 Oct 2009, at 13:05, "waudo siganga" <<a href="mailto:emailsignet@mailcan.com">emailsignet@mailcan.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04 +0300, "Harry Hare" <<a href="mailto:harry@africanedevelopment.org">harry@africanedevelopment.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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I’m not sure this is internationalization or localisation, and the first challenge...how do you type .com in Chinese on your QWERTY keyboard?<br>
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