Xref: utzoo news.software.b:5320 news.misc:5130 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!samsung!uunet!intercon!news From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.misc Subject: Re: Time for 8 bit news, isn't it?????. Message-ID: <26B9A060.6CCC@intercon.com> Date: 3 Aug 90 16:03:43 GMT References: <900802011259.00001B1F@MARVIN.CTSS.CO.UK> Sender: usenet@intercon.com (USENET The Magnificent) Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Herndon, VA Lines: 17 In article <900802011259.00001B1F@MARVIN.CTSS.CO.UK>, VERKADE@CTSS.CO.UK (Herman Verkade) writes: > The 7 bit restriction is only a problem for > specific newsgroups: newsgroups in languages other than english and newsgroups > containing binary data, such as bitmaps, .gif files, etc. It's also a problem for any newsgroup that has non-english-speakers posting to it. For example, on alt.sca, the name of one common poster comes out as "]ke"-- he's Swedish, and the "]" should really be an A with a ring over it... Even in groups whose traffic is conducted only in English, there is a growing proportion of people whose names cannot be spelled with 7-bit ASCII. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation