a thought on microsoft...

[Sarah Supahan]

Whoa, still a lot of educating to do out there, apparently. (see below)


On Nov 12, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Keola Donaghy wrote:

> Indigenous Languages and Technology <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> writes:
>> Apple is also working with native speakers, in Arizona and in Hawaii
>> that
>> I know of, to create interfaces in specific languages.
>
> Apple has worked with us to make sure their fonts have the proper
> characters for Hawaiian, have included a Hawaiian keyboard, sorting
> routines and date formatting to OS X. There is also a Hawaiian locale
> that
> will allow us to create localized resources, and if it is selected,
> will
> display a Hawaiian user interface for those applications that have a
> Hawaiian resource. We haven't shipped any yet but are working on it.
>
> I've emailed a number of people within Microsoft over the years
> regarding
> strenthening Hawaiian support, with nothing to show for it. Those that
> have been supportive have had no actual authority to help. Among some
> of
> the more snide replies I've received from MS have included "Why would
> you
> want it in Hawaiian, don't you all speak English anyway?"  :-/
>
> Keola
>
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> University of Hawai'i at Hilo
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