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Microsoft in need of a geography lesson

  • 29-10-2005 5:35pm
    #1
    probe
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    Many parts of the Microsoft.com website now show "united kingdom" on the top left of each page - (eg http://office.microsoft.com) even if one's PC "regional settings" are Ireland and one is using an Irish ISP with an Irish IP number.

    Unfortunately they are not alone. There is an increasingly not so subtle "pounding of drums" in the media, financed by anglo-saxon companies (not to mention the odd “Irish” entity), to "united kingdomize" Ireland.

    Microsoft is a guest in Ireland and do very nicely out of the place. The least one might expect is that they respect the place and refrain from this sort of intellectual terrorism.

    probe


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Eircom treat UTV and NTL as being non-irish ISP's so don't single them out.

    And microsoft have released an Irish language interface recently so they are doing stuff. The Irish keyboard going back a decade offered different features to the UK one too.

    BTW - all this politcal correctness has removed one of the very nice features in windows 95 - pick your time zone by clicking on your country.


  • #3
    Spunog UIE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭Spunog UIE


    yeah thats such bull**** you go to click change and Ireland isn't listed, those bastards.


  • #4
    Besprechen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭Besprechen


    probe wrote:
    Many parts of the Microsoft.com website now show "united kingdom" on the top left of each page - (eg http://office.microsoft.com) even if one's PC "regional settings" are Ireland and one is using an Irish ISP with an Irish IP number.


    probe

    this defaults to US-EN but can be modified via the drop down list,
    however, quel surprise! ireland isnt listed..


  • #5
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    probe wrote:
    this sort of intellectual terrorism.
    The what now? Planet earth here, the custodians want all their hyperbole back.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Besprechen wrote:
    this defaults to US-EN but can be modified via the drop down list,
    however, quel surprise! ireland isnt listed..
    Wow amazing !
    IIRC they never released a IE version of microsoft office.

    unless someone wants to move this to politics, I'll just stop this storm in a tea cup


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  • #7
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    unless someone wants to move this to politics
    I'd rather use a toothpick to remove my own testicles. Thanks for the thought though:)


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