Indeed a historic action that was long due. I only hope that there will be free and fast translators available to all new added languages .. google or others so for instance the latin user help docs do not have to be rewriten in the added languages.
Rob On 05/09/2010 09:08 PM, Muwonge Ronald wrote: > On May 5, 2010, the first implementations, all in the Arabic alphabet > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet>, were activated.^[7] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-ICANN-2010-05-05-6> > Egypt was assigned the مصر. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1.> country code, Saudi > Arabia السعودية. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9.>, > and the United Arab Emirates امارات. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA.>, > (all reading right to left as is customary in Arabic).^[7] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-ICANN-2010-05-05-6> > ^[6] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-historic_day-5> > ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Beckstrom> > described the launch as "historic" and "a seismic shift that will > forever change the online landscape."^[8] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-internet_gets_international-7> > "This is the beginning of a transition that will make the Internet > more accessible and user friendly to millions around the globe, > regardless of where they live or what language they speak," he > added.^[8] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-internet_gets_international-7> > Senior director for internationalised domain names Tina Dam said it > was "the most significant day" since the launch of the Internet.^[6] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-historic_day-5> > According to ICANN, Arabic was chosen for the initial roll out because > it is one of the most widely used non-Latin languages on the > Internet.^[8] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code#cite_note-internet_gets_international-7> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_country_code > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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