ISTM that it’s always English speakers who are concerned about people who speak languages not written in Latin characters. Thanks you for your concern, but I don’t think that forking technical discussions and coming up with drafts that most of the community will not be able to read is solving any problem. Yoav > On 2 Oct 2018, at 3:11, Lloyd Wood <lloyd.wood=40yahoo.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Actually, I'm more interested in diversity of sconomic backgrounds, in > particular, countries that aren't in the G20, and that speak languages > not written in latin characters, because people's use of and > experience of the Internet are quite different." > > > This is why I wrote > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wood-discussion-beyond-english/ > > > Lloyd Wood lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx http://about.me/lloydwood > > > > ________________________________ >> From: John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: ietf@xxxxxxxx >> Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 8:28 >> Subject: Re: Diversity considerations >> >> >> >> In article <b03e8de5-0fe1-bd27-7120-ffa129419bb6@xxxxxxxxxx> you write: >> >>> We want to promote all kinds of diversity here: race, gender, >>> sexual orientation, AND ethnicity. >> >> Actually, I'm more interested in diversity of sconomic backgrounds, in >> particular, countries that aren't in the G20, and that speak languages >> not written in latin characters, because people's use of and >> experience of the Internet are quite different. >> >> For example, in India there are tiny little data packages that give >> you a megabyte of data on your phone for a few days. I expect people >> who use those packages use their phones differently from people with >> gigabytes per month. >> >> R's, >> John >> >
