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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Wasteful internationalization
Date: 3 Feb 2007 05:51:07 -0600
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In article <dZQwh.31058$E02.12529@newsb.telia.net>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Persson <spam-away@nowhere.nil> writes:
> Larry Kilgallen wrote:

>> It seems to me that people in newsgroups should stick to ASCII.
> 
> So, you want the entire world to use the American Standard Code?

No, only those who wish to communicate in an English language newsgroup.

> Look, nobody is forcing you to use a MIME-aware newsreader. It may be that
> there is none that runs on VMS. In that case you have a choice: Use VMS and
> not see all characters right, or see the characters but not on VMS. Decide
> what's more important to you.

VMS is a given to me, newsgroups are secondary.