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| Creating successful software for worldwide use requires attention to locale details ranging from date and time to numeric formatting. |
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| "There is an increasing focus on worldwide software usage, driven in part by the rapid rise of the Internet and distributed networks. Software now needs to be global in nature; it has to satisfy the language, culture, and character data encoding needs of a wide variety of users. Paradoxically, while meeting this need, the software must appear as if has been custom designed to conform to the individual needs of each user. Locales provide a mechanism for delivering the cultural preferences of the user."
-- Baldev S. Soor
Senior Software Developer
Globalization Center of Competency
IBM Software Group |
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