How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
As large as they may be, Microsoft doesn’t seem to be as astute to the differences and nuances of different cultures and for that matter, the difference between the sexes.
But, unlike small companies, it costs Microsoft millions to deal with embarrassing situations involving a world map that colored the disputed territory of Kashmir in Northern India to be non-Indian, and unique translations of the word female for Latin-American bound version of Windows operating system.
Read more of this hilarity here.
Cheers
About this entry
You’re currently reading “How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions,” an entry on Archive@AshwinBihari.COM
- Published:
- Aug 19 2004 / 3:22 pm
- Category:
- From the Web, Technology

0 rating from 0 votes
Comments are closed
Comments are currently closed on this entry.