Microsoft breaking down language barriers
Seattle Times | at | by Mike
There is less than one computer for every 100 people in East Africa, where the population worries more about getting water and electricity than an Internet connection. But that's where Microsoft is working on special versions of Windows XP and standard Office applications in Kiswahili, or Swahili, the language spoken by more than 50 million people in Kenya, Tanzania and other countries in the region.
Kiswahili is among 40 languages Microsoft is taking on as part of a new approach to localizing its products for overseas markets.