#56 i18n

[David Harrington <dbh@enterasys.com>]

Fred Baker made it very clear as IESG chair that all documents submitted
for standards advancement should be done in English to ensure a large
enough body of reviewers exists to provide industry-wide review. 

I fear making mib descriptions i18n capable would encourage development
of mibs written in languages that most developers could not read, and
that would hurt interoperability.

I understand that it is frustrating for those who do not speak English
as their primary language to be forced to use English. However, the
purpose of standards is to improve interoperability.

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