How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions

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How 8 Pixels Cost Microsoft Millions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 23, 2004 @05:43AM from the debug-twice-distribute-once dept.

NubKnacker writes "Economic Times, one of India's biggest business daily's is carrying a story about how a small colouring mistake forced Microsoft to recall 200,000 copies of Windows 95. This wouldn't be the first time that has happened to Microsoft. From the article, "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." Ouch!"

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EH by sehryan · 2004-08-23 05:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

Didn't we just do a similar article less than a week ago?

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/19/1 42 203&tid=109&tid=185

Yup, looks like we did. I know /. is supposed to have a hardon for everything anti-Microsoft, but this is getting lame.

And no, I am not new here.

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Chevy NoVa. by wiredog · 2004-08-23 05:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

"Doesn't Move" in Spanish. May be apocryphal.

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Re:Not the first time... by kingswell · 2004-08-23 05:52 · Score: 0, Redundant

And of course the Chevy Nova in any spanish-speaking country.. it "doesn't go"

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Nooo, another one? How hard is it to check? by hike2 · 2004-08-23 05:52 · Score: 0, Redundant

Slashdot wouldn't be the same without the dupes

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pajero by Kynde · 2004-08-23 06:39 · Score: 1, Redundant

Luckily Mitsubishi was smart enough to not sell Mitsubishi Pajero under that name in spanish speaking countries.

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Re:Not the first time... by mateoc15 · 2004-08-23 07:19 · Score: 0, Redundant

The Chevy Nova, although I know of no exact problematic story, translates as two Spanish words (no va) to "it doesn't go". Not such a great name for a car, eh?