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Date:      Thu, 14 May 1998 06:43:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        splite@purdue.edu (Steven Plite)
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft its own country?
Message-ID:  <199805132043.GAA21689@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199805131753.MAA25600@cynix.ecn.purdue.edu> from Steven Plite at "May 13, 98 12:53:14 pm"

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Steven Plite wrote:
> Had a good laugh from the Microsoft home page:
> 
> > Do You Live in a Country Outside the U.S.? 
> > Are you looking for local content? Our worldwide sites
> > feature content from 52 countries in 41 languages. Come
> > see what's there for you! 
> 
> Is it possible Microsoft is starting to feel a bit isolated here in the US?
> And why would anyone go to a Microsoft site for non-English content when
> they can't write decent English to begin with?

If you download from a site close to you, they reconfigure the content
so that you get local pay-for-service buttons in the menus. At least that's
what happens here is Oz.

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137

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