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A to-do list.
The last several months have been packed with planning our next set of features in the international space -- talking to customers about what they need and what they want, looking at the teams we have and seeing where our skills are up to the challenges Read More...

Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 2:21 PM by KieranS | 2 Comments

Information central.
Just in time for the Vista street date, the Vista International Support Portal is live at www.microsoft.com/globaldev/vista/vistahome.mspx ! It contains lots of information about the locales, language packs, LIPs, fonts, and keyboards that we ship, and Read More...

Posted Monday, February 05, 2007 10:24 AM by KieranS | 1 Comments

What comes around goes around.
Yes, it's been a while. Since I've last blogged, we've shipped Vista and I've gone on a long vacation to Hawaii. Personally I find both of these things very exciting. It's understandable if you care more about the first than the second. :) But I'm back Read More...

Posted Friday, November 17, 2006 11:20 AM by KieranS | 0 Comments

Not all custom locales are created equal.
If you're going to use the Locale Builder tool to create a custom locale, you have a couple of options: You can create a brand new locale for a language-region combination that is not currently supported by Microsoft, or you can replace a locale that Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:12 AM by KieranS | 2 Comments

Lights, camera, action!
For everything you ever wanted to know about Windows globalization and localization, or at least for one or two things, you might like to check out this Channel 9 interview. It features Michael Kaplan , whose blog you may know; Jeff Allen, our director Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:44 PM by KieranS | 3 Comments

Languages, regions, locales, oh my!
Michael Kaplan has blogged quite a bit about our release of the Microsoft Locale Builder Beta , the final version of which is planned for use on Vista when it ships. We're pretty excited about the Locale Builder here for a whole bunch of reasons. Like Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 1:12 PM by KieranS | 10 Comments

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