On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 12:36:53PM +1100, Craig Clark wrote:
> NU domain now has a new, exclusive service available - Support for your local
> language character set in any .NU Domain name you have already registered. 
>[...]
> 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.

Double-byte domain names, anyone?

Nick.
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