Microsoft offends cultures around the globe...

Loopz · Aug 19, 2004

LINKY.

Pretty funny and interesting story. I knew somewhat about the Kakuto Chojin mess, but not everything else. Perhaps they oughta hire some geography majors. :tickled:

Interesting that this article didn't even mention the whole XBox/'Project Midway' debacle either.

abasuto · Aug 19, 2004

.....The annual National Geographic Survey had thrown up the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young Americans knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean......

sad :oh_no:

Poison Sama · Aug 19, 2004

I'm surprised that the article didn't mention the MS Word/Office "Monkeys" clipart fiasco. One of the previous versions had a clipart pic labled "Monkeys". That piece of clipart depicted a group of black people.

Poonman · Aug 19, 2004

Hentai Sama said:
I'm surprised that the article didn't mention the MS Word/Office "Monkeys" clipart fiasco. One of the previous versions had a clipart pic labled "Monkeys". That piece of clipart depicted a group of black people.

HAHAHAH

That's corporate America for you.....still keeping those n1gg4rz down.....WTG!

Seriously though, I think the execs who were behind said fiasco likely belonged to that demographic of young americans who couldn't find the pacific ocean.

RAINBOW PONY · Aug 19, 2004

microsoft>the world

Poonman · Aug 19, 2004

Could you find the world on a map?

Orochi Iori Y · Aug 19, 2004

Then there was the font that shipped with Windows (or maybe it was with office) that had swastikas in it...

PleaseKillMeNow · Aug 19, 2004

Orochi Iori Y said:
Then there was the font that shipped with Windows (or maybe it was with office) that had swastikas in it...

Nothing wrong with Swastikas...

shir0 · Aug 19, 2004

I'm going to be the minority here and say "who fucking cares."

Later

shir0

Setsuna1982 · Aug 19, 2004

Tom Wopat said:
Nothing wrong with Swastikas...

Buro Destruct · Aug 19, 2004

Setsuna1982 said:

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"The Swastika" is the oldest cross and emblem in the world. It forms a combination of four "L's" standing for Luck, Light, Love and Life. It has been found in ancient Rome, excavations in Grecian cities, on Buddhist idols, on Chinese coins dated 315 B.C., and our own Southwest Indians use it as an amulet.

syringe · Aug 19, 2004

shir0 said:
I'm going to be the minority here and say "who fucking cares."

Later

shir0

exactly.

Although, the Uruguayan screw up made me laugh a good bit....How do you mistakenly "invent" a monarch? lol

Microsoft offends cultures around the globe...

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