2004-08-20 Microsoft pays dear for insults through ignorance [guardian.co.uk]
Insensitive computer programmers with little knowledge of geography have cost the giant Microsoft company hundreds of millions of dollars

2004-08-20 11:10 andreas
The Spanish version of Windows used the word Hembra - meaning "woman" in Spain - for choosing gender. But in some Central American republics, notably Nicaragua, the word is an insult meaning "bitch". The programme was changed.