Re: Gnome 2.0 Localization for Solaris

[Damien Donlon <Damien Donlon Sun COM>]

Damien Donlon wrote:
> 
> Sander Vesik wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
> >
> > > Let's not jump into conclusion too quickly; but a word or 2
> > > from Sun about why Danish is not supported is quite necessary
> > > at this point.
> > >
> >
> > My crystal ball shows sun marketing people going through the MRP
> > (marketing requirements process) writing down the names of languages for
> > which *they* think localisation funding should be provided - on account of
> > them wanting to market it in those locales - and for some reason not
> > including Danish.
> >
> > Now, my crystal ball could be faulty, but I doubt it is too far from
> > reality...
> 
> Hi Sander,
> You might very well be right but I'll find out what I can and get back
> to you with what I find out. In the meantime - please resist the
> temptation to shoot the messenger! ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> Damien

Hi All,
OK - first let me clarify what we are talking about here - Sun currently
have no plan to fund additional translations for Danish language for Gnome
2.0. It isn't that Sun doesn't support Danish e.g Solaris has always supported
Danish, other Sun products have support for Danish. But for Gnome 2.0
there is no plan to add Danish translations to 2.0. 

I have talked to some people about language criteria etc. and basically it 
does come down to a combination of marketing, sales analysis and funding. So 
Sander's crystal ball is essentially accurate here. The other point worth mentioning 
is that there is nothing to say that we won't do Danish translations for a future
Gnome release. Speaking personally - I hope it happens and that we can help 
to add full support for other languages like Hebrew and Arabic and Gaelic!

Regards,
Damien



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