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Re: foreign upstarts dare to use their own languages [was: Re: black hat .cn networks]

From: Peter van Dijk <peter () dataloss nl>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:15:13 +0200


On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 12:52:11AM +0200, Arnold Nipper wrote:


On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:37:48PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:

 Think about the acronyms we use in network-speak every day - how many
of them stand for phrases in a language other than English?


CCITT, and of course the favorite ISO, International Organization for
Standardization.


The most prominent one is RIPE ...


Reseaux IP Europeenne, only without the typos. French indeed.

Greetz, Peter.