Roeland,
> Think of the communication disconnects, what code-page are you on this
> minute? Which version of DBCS are you using?
Would you say then that *no* DN system *could* handle multiple
code-tables? I readily agree that as far as its readability by *me*
goes, a Cambodian-script domain name has no advantage over its
unadorned IP number -- but that is, in its negative way, my point.
DNS was created as a human convenience; if now TMO are
insisting that convenience is a marketable property, then the way
out for the technical operation is to use characters that are of
distinctly *limited* convenience. As it happens, the globe provides
a number of such limitations and I dont think your questions rebut
the case that they just might serve the purpose, if some thought is
given to their implementation.
If the internet proves to be the salvation of any number of
endangered linguistic groups rather than the vehicle for English
uber alles, it might go some way to redeeming its 'tarnished' image
as the sorcerer's broom gone hog-wild. Even ICANN might grasp
this point, I think.
kerry
kerry
