DISQUS

Colin Charles Agenda: Localisation and its merits

  • alphaque · 5 years ago
    "I never knew BM was widely used in many other parts of SEAsia. It isn’t, he lies."

    no, he doesn't. you're forgetting 250 million Indonesians who speak BahasaIndonesia. Lexically, Bahasa Indonesia is derived from Bahasa Melayu.
  • randalsage · 5 years ago
    Bahasa indonesia is bahasa indonesia. There are huge variationsin language use. Personally on paper it looks good that microsoft is actually caring about a country which is famed for piracy. But the reality is users won't care about starter edition. We can get windows xp pro for USD1.20 from a pirate or USD 0.30 from a home user who has a decent internet connection.

    Being proficient on a BM os would also hamper the individual that picks it up based on that. How are they gonna use any software that isn't built for BM?
    What about different work environments with the other version of windows? Seems like english is the way to go. And that's what the IT industry has been ranting on for the past few months.

    I think education is the most important, because people don't know what open source and linux are about. I bet if BSA does raids on consumers, bet most non-gamers would convert over to linux.
  • Colin Charles · 5 years ago
    Dinesh, wouldn't it be safe to say that BM has been derived from Bahasa Indonesia? So while lexically it may be similar, shouldn't the court be in Bahasa Indonesia, rather than the local Malay language?

    BM itself, from the usual bunch of translators, agree that its only widely used in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. I doubt the widely bit in Singapore (really, anyone who goes there knows not), and I can't say much for Brunei.

    Bahasa Indonesia is widely used, and widely taught around the rest of the world. I can't say the same about BM. But yes, lexically, its similar, but its a different beast in many other ways.
  • Colin Charles · 5 years ago
    Also, what's with Gartner also calling it a miss? http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3394991?

    Impressive, for once they're seemingly saying something that makes sense. Piracy, here it comes!