RE: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of Internet"- IDN Key topic

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,
For the record, I am another one of those idiots who think that a domain
name is not internationalized if only one part of it is.
Cheers,
Roberto


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Gardner
> Sent: 25 September 2007 19:46
> To: ga the DNSO
> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of 
> Internet"- IDN Key topic
> 
> 
> 
> Yes I know that.
> 
> Show me what part of the press release mentions anything 
> about TLD's rather than IDN in general?
> 
> The way it's worded, to everyone who's known about IDN's for 
> years, it makes Dr. Twomey look like an idiot.
> 
> Intentional?
> 
> They should correct it and post an update, that technically 
> incorrect quote is appearing all over the place.
> 
> 
> On Sep 25, 2007, at 8:09 AM, Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> 
> > Andy,
> >
> > IDN names at the second-level have been around for quite awhile but 
> > not at the top-level.  The focus now is introducing them at 
> the top- 
> > level so that it is possible to have an IDN.IDN name instead of an 
> > IDN.ASCII name.
> >
> > Chuck Gomes
> >
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> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Gardner
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:14 AM
> >> To: ga the DNSO
> >> Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN, TWNIC Host "Toward the New Era of
> >> Internet"- IDN Key topic
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 24, 2007, at 5:12 PM, GNSO.SECRETARIAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>> "IDNs are going to change the face of the Internet when
> >> they arrive -
> >>> it will give people the chance to register domain names 
> with their 
> >>> names in their languages," Dr Twomey added. "ICANN is about
> >> to launch
> >>> a technical evaluation of the impact IDNs will have, and if
> >> all goes
> >>> well internationalized domain names could be available 
> sometime in 
> >>> 2008."
> >>
> >> When they arrive?
> >>
> >> Haven't IDN's been available since 2001?
> >>
> >> Who at ICANN is responsible for fact checking these press releases?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>