D6 in the International Year of Languages
I just more or less randomly stumbled upon this assembly summary from the UN's General Assembly, declaring 2008 International Year of Languages. They explain how multilingualism in the United Nations [serve] to enrich the work of the Organization.
And continued with a statement that linguistic diversity [is] the foundation of cultural diversity.
And without working towards preserving this diversity, the harmonious integration of a growing number of countries in the practical work of the Organization would hardly be possible.
The declaration itself (A/61/L.56) also mentions specific problems with regards to how the UN website works, notably problems with non-Latin and BiDi texts. Now, why do I post all of this? Well, D6 is going to be released Any Time Now(tm) and is going to be the first Drupal release with BiDi support, content translation and some other i18n improvements. It's still not all the way there, but it's definitely a huge step compared to D5 and earlier (as well as the UN's website, it would seem ;))!
Hohum. Well. The point I wanted to get across really is as simple as: The first (pseudo-)multilingual Drupal is going to be released in the UN International Year of Languages! Is that not cool, eh?