Posted by Frank McCoskerGeneral Manager, Global Strategic
Accounts “If you talk to a man in a language he understands,
that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that
goes to his heart”. The language of our thoughts and our
emotions is our most valuable asset. Source: Ms Irina Bokova,
Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International
Mother Language Day 2012 Today one of our partners, the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) celebrates International Mother Language Day, which
aims to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and
multilingualism. I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight
the urgency of the situation and what Microsoft is doing to
promote the use of mother tongue languages while also making
technology more accessible for speakers of those languages. With
the launch of Windows 8, we have added 13 extra languages to our
range of Language Interface Packs (LIPs), bringing the total
number of languages supported by Windows 8 and Of