Windows goes multi-lingual.

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

Byline: Chandra Devi

TO help address the issues concerning the digital divide - cost, access, language and complexity - Microsoft has launched Multilingual Windows XP Starter Edition. This follows the introduction of Windows Starter Edition in local languages under a pilot programme in several developing countries in 2004.

Aimed at first-time PC users and entry-level notebook users, Windows Starter Edition is said to be the most affordable operating system designed to offer simple introduction to personal computing. The multi- lingual version is made available in Bahasa Melayu, English, Mandarin and Tamil, making …