Microsoft Offends

The Economic Times of India is running this story of Microsoft slip-ups that have cost the company millions. In Windows 95, Microsoft separated India from the disputed territory of Kashmir, by colouring it on a map differently from the rest of India. The Indian government banned Win95, forcing a recall. In the Spanish version of WinXP for Latin America, Microsoft asked customers to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch," due to an error in translation. Tom Edwards of Microsoft, explained, "Some of our employees, however bright they may be, have only a hazy idea about the rest of the world." Hmm ... must be the Americans.