Re: [ga] ccTLDs as they develop

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hugh/Eric and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  It seems that recently the WTO is on the out's or down slide in a
number
of areas with respect to trade.  Hence I have to wonder why Vietnam is
so very interested in gaining acceptance by the WTO....  ????

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>   This story should not be looked at as about VN really but about the
> WTO, WIPO and the UN.  A fews years ago a couple of bright folks
> argued publicly about = cow tow, cau tau, kowtow.  Some Texan I think
> against some Asian, funny but the Texan was married to an Asian and
> the Asian spoke better English than John Kerry.  In about 2001 some
> guy jumped all over me in a wg review about multilingual including the
> fact that Aussie and London English were a different language than
> Southwestern US speak.
>
> We use words to direct folks to addresses and often numbers in this
> community.  What is in a word? If it is not a "standard"  What is
> icann and the wto if not standard setting groups?  But most important
> words used actually dictate how we think.  The WTO is trying to create
> a vocabulary for VN so that they think and conduct IP in a proper way.
>
> Perhaps someone may get .sex in VN afterall.
>
> http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/news/newsi
> em.php3?datestamp=20040331115828
>
>
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Regards,

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