(unknown charset) [DNS] (unknown charset) Re: [DNS] Announcing .NU Domains using (unknown charset) Ö, Ä, Å, Ü, Ñ

From: (unknown charset) Kendall Lister <kendall§charon.net.au> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:21:40 +1100 (EST) · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:03 UTC

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Nick Andrew wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:36:53PM +1100, Craig Clark wrote:
> > Examples which we are currently testing include: 
> > http://SödraKärr.se.nu, http://FöreningsSparbanken.se.nu/, 
> > http://domän.se.nu and http://tillbehör.se.nu/
> 
> Yeah, that'll be just great. Now you'll need a degree in
> internationalization to parse a domain name and they will become
> impossible to type. Ok, I admit I can type ä with alt-d into xterm but
> I bet a lot of people cannot.

I bet a lot of Europeans can, with their nationalised operating systems
and keyboards. Anyway, I imagine that this service is not particularly
aimed at us English speakers...

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