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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions

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The software giant has seen its products banned in some of the biggest markets on earth--and it's all because of eight wrongly colored pixels, a dodgy choice of music and a bad English-to-Spanish dictionary

very interesting.....

FG

Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :

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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.

Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :

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The software giant managed to further offend the Saudis by creating another game in which Muslim warriors turned churches into mosques. That game was also withdrawn.

How about when they turn mosques into military bases? [Frown]