We had better learn a lesson - and quickly. That lesson, however, is not to invent another Esperanto, but to realize that our bitstreams will be in different languages, which need some standard headers. Making the Net multilingual-ready is even more important than setting the metastandards for our modems and TVs. International bodies must recognize that a higher level of communications standard is needed to make sure that all languages are equally accommodated and self-descriptive. The 5 billion people not using the Net today have a lot to say.
Kids know that.