On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 15:10 -0400, Charles Gregory wrote: > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Terry Carmen wrote: > >> approval to a plan to permit Web addresses in characters other than the > >> Latin alphabet, including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and Korean. > > I'd be *really* surprised if these became popular. The last thing any > > business wants to do is create a domain name that some of it's customers > > can't read or type. > > Uh, good logic, but not an obstacle. It's the *reason* for this. > > Right now many customers in (for example) China cannot read the latin > alphabet. While I'm sure that most internet users can 'type what they > see' - currently being the only way to get to *any* domains - business > relies on *memorable* website names, and that can really only happen if > the majority of customers understand the language of the domain name. > > And for the emerging 'market' of internet users who are now getting > systems that are completely Chinese characters, this step is the removal > of the last barrier to their smooth experience of the web, at least within > their own country..... > > :) > > - Charles It brings us to a whole new era in Cybersqatting. I'm lining up the Chinese versions of McDonalds, Pepsi, Coke........
Im going to be *so* rich.....
