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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: greencube on 21 August 2004, 06:51

Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: greencube on 21 August 2004, 06:51
Hello, it's been a few months since my last post.  (http://tongue.gif)

Anywhoo, I came across this interesting article:

Microsoft's Race Relations (http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39123304,00.htm)

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Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: WMD on 21 August 2004, 08:08
quote:
A Spanish language version of Windows XP, destined for Latin American markets, gave users an option to select their gender from not specified, male or "bitch", due to an unfortunate error in translation.

Great pwnage.  :D

PS: DoubleClick.net sucks, but I have it set to ask first for cookies.  :cool:
Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: greencube on 21 August 2004, 17:40
I wonder what the mentality was when they made that game where you convert churches into Islam mosques...   (http://graemlins/displeased.gif)

PS: I too have my browser set to ask for cookies, firefox is a good browser.   :D
Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: M51DPS on 21 August 2004, 22:35
I'm so glad microsoft tests their products.

There's an option is Safari to only accept cookies from sites you navigate to, seems to keep advertisers out.
Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: Refalm on 21 August 2004, 23:26
quote:
greencube: I wonder what the mentality was when they made that game where you convert churches into Islam mosques...   (http://graemlins/displeased.gif)  


Hey, don't be so hard on Age of Empires. It's made by the people of Ensemble Studios, which was later taken over (aka assimilated) by Microsoft  (http://smile.gif)

I hate the Saudi Arabian government for this. Attacking Microsoft is always a plus, but not if it means banning a video game just because some big authorian thing doesn't like it.
If Rockstar Games and Running With Scissors had fallen for that kind of pressure, we wouldn't have GTA: Vice City and POSTAL 2.

[ August 21, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm / BOB ]

Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: zolo on 21 August 2004, 23:29
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This lets you set cookies you want to keep and delete everything else.

zoo
Title: Microsoft's Race Relations
Post by: Talium on 22 August 2004, 03:07
Very stupid mistakes ...
I realy understand why the game was baned ... people could feel offended
Well but a game where you convert churches into Islam mosques doesn't surprise me, there is a game in whitch the nazi Germans did not start the Second World War apparently they were attacked ...(for what I know this game was not baned in  any country but changes were made so it wouldn't offend people from some countries ) so as you see MS is not the only company that makes very very  stupid mistakes ...