On 1/22/02 1:38 PM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would regard both of these issues to be red herrings. Installation size > can rather easily be handled by an option in the installation asking which > languages to install. As for scheduling, unless there is something fairly > unusual going on in development which you cannot address, the translation of > the software should be able to proceed in parallel with the alpha and beta > testing (and probably should, given that this will usually reveal a number > of additional bugs in UI components). In principle, adding a language should > not delay a schedule at all. Eric, Except with Japanese, for example, I believe they must be dealing with something more than just "translation." Would not Japanese require a variety of very different UI issues than, e.g., Indo-European languages? As for the installation, perhaps what Dan was referring to was the size of the files, that might well prohibit them from all being on one CD? I really don't know, but I trust his experience. Cb cbrady @ tulane.edu -- "The budget should be balanced. Public debt should be reduced. The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt." --Marcus Tullius Cicero -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
