From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 13 13:41:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12803 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 13 May 1998 13:41:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12777 for ; Wed, 13 May 1998 13:41:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id GAA21689; Thu, 14 May 1998 06:43:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199805132043.GAA21689@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Microsoft its own country? In-Reply-To: <199805131753.MAA25600@cynix.ecn.purdue.edu> from Steven Plite at "May 13, 98 12:53:14 pm" To: splite@purdue.edu (Steven Plite) Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:43:56 +1000 (EST) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message