Ubuntu and the Power of Language
Oct 15, 2008, 16:33 (1 Talkback[s])
[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy for this link. ]
"Windows XP SP2, according to Microsoft, supports 43
languages.[1] I'm unable to find reliable figures for Mac OS X or
Vista, but I'd be surprised if they're much better.
"Ubuntu 8.04, in contrast, is available in more than 150
translations.[2] Granted, this number hardly represents all of the
written languages on the planet, and the translations of many of
those which are supported remain quite incomplete."
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