Thursday, August 26, 2004

Marketing Errors

This beats even the famous (and apocryphal) story of why the "Nova" didn't sell in Spanish-speaking countries:
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.
(Hat tip: GeekPress.)

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