In case you have missed it, a new encoding standard has been set for Internet communication. And, while the rest of the world uses UTF-8, they decided for RFC 20(???!!):
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-announce/current/msg13718.html
Did you look at the RFC date? It was 1969… it is an old posting/RFC that just got reposted.
RFC20 is not overtaking UTF-8
Phew is that so? I received it as news today. But when one looks on this page: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc20, it says it was elevated to standard but with a legacy remark. Hm, confuses me. And I surely hope it will stay UTF8.
After reading a bit more: Ok, this seems to be the late recognition of ASCII having been an internet standard or something. So never mind
https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/BvyaJgiZEms