Earle
Mon May 12 07:35:53 PDT 2008
"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
news:qhhg24ltohaop0ss7lrao9di0ut2r77vq8@4ax.com...
> "Terry R." <F1ComNOSPAM@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>Unless it's an error, it doesn't state that here:
>>
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2bac0e03-c331-48fc-8b7e-b66b8007512d1033.mspx
>
> That page talks about switching Vista's display language and says that
> it applies to *all* versions of Vista. It shows no date other than the
> year (2008). I wonder if that has to do with the second paragraph in
> my post, about MS recently releasing language packs for all versions.
>
> Thanks for the pointer, anyway. Something else to figure out!
>
Many of the more obscure features mentioned on Microsoft.Com are little more
than vaporware, the result of good intentions at the program manager stage.
Remember that although user interface data is and has been for some time
kept in distinct files from program code, changing it can and does introduce
or reveal bugs. All localized versions have to be tested, or they won't
work right. Those of us who are multilingual should be grateful for the
existence of Office Language Packs, which are readily available and better
than nothing. If you try to follow the link above towards actually
installing a MUI or even an LIP, it really leads nowhere except perhaps to
the purchase of Vista Ultimate.
Those who are perhaps worse off are English speakers who find themselves
purchasing a version localized in another language, because they live there.
I should be able to walk into Office Depot or Walmart in the United States
and purchase a Spanish language version of Vista right off the shelves. In
the Northeast you should be able to buy a French one. You should be able to
buy an English version in Spain, Mexico or Germany. Students should be sold
Vista Ultimate instead of Business in the college bookstore. It's an
international, multilingual world out there.
Cheers,
Earle