If Microsoft only made English versions of Windows would the world switch over to English?

[Shawn]

Considering they have such a large influence. Discuss.

 

[JDrake]

MAC would be like "OMG IM MAC AND I SPEAK ASIAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES ME BETTER"

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: JDrake
MAC would be like "OMG IM MAC AND I SPEAK ASIAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES ME BETTER"

"Asian" is a language?

 

[Akhen]

I think third party groups of the public would make their own translation packs to install.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: JDrake
MAC would be like "OMG IM MAC AND I SPEAK ASIAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES ME BETTER"

"Asian" is a language?

...and i'm assuming he meant Mac

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Akhen
I think third party groups of the public would make their own translation packs to install.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

The Chinese would just rip the source code and make multi-language versions for everyone else.

Oh wait...

 

[dbk]

No, people would switch to another OS that offered other languages.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: JDrake
MAC would be like "OMG IM MAC AND I SPEAK ASIAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES ME BETTER"

"Asian" is a language?

Asian as in Korean, japanese, chinese, etc, etc

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Akhen
I think third party groups of the public would make their own translation packs to install.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
The Chinese would just rip the source code and make multi-language versions for everyone else.

Oh wait...

And sell the CDs for a buck.:laugh:

 

[ruffilb]

A lot of the educated (i.e. computer literate) world can either speak english, or is so used to the interface that it wouldn't be a problem.

 

[drinkmorejava]

most of the world that can legitly afford it already speaks english anyway

 

[LtPage1]

Yes, because only like 20 or 25 people on Earth don't use Windows regularly.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JDrake
MAC would be like "OMG IM MAC AND I SPEAK ASIAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT MAKES ME BETTER"

You better watch your back bitch, Nintendo and Apple are going to team up and send some ninjas to ****** you up

 

[magomago]

no, they would just memorize what each command does, and work off of that. Scarily enough my friends who people who don't know a single peice of english, but if someone appears on a screen or some command is needed they know what to type...they can even recognize phrases without actually being able to read the words just because the shapes are familiar

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: Akhen
I think third party groups of the public would make their own translation packs to install.

 

[sandorski]

Hello Linux! Microsoft wouldn't really dominate if that's what they did.

 

[JinLien]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Hello Linux! Microsoft wouldn't really dominate if that's what they did.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Windows is not the end all be all of operating systems. If they stopped including language packs then some other OS would pick right up.