GLOBALLY DOMINANT SOFTWARE MANUFACTURERS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS
CNET has this great article of some of Microsoft’s cultural blunders as it has stretched its arms across the world. (link)
It’s not all that uncommon- most global companies make similar mistakes. I’ve seen some pretty hilarious ones. This exerpt from the CNET article tho takes the cake.
Microsoft has also managed to upset women and entire countries. A Spanish-language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between “not specified,” “male” or “bitch,” because of an unfortunate error in translation.
August 19th, 2004 at 2:51 pm
Well done Billy G!