[indiana-discuss] BeleniX, Indiana, KDE and GNOME

[Rene Ugarte]

Hi Dave,

Regarding localizations, I found an article detailing the world's top 
ten most influential languages. How about we start with some of these to 
allow for maximum exposure?

Here they are in order (max 40 points):

1. English 37
2. French 23
3. Spanish 20
4. Russian 16
5. Arabic 14
6. Chinese 13
7. German 12
8. Japanese 10
9. Portuguese 10
10. Hindi/Urdu 9

And here is the weighted list of factors that went into the scoring, if 
you care:

1. Number of primary speakers: max. 4 points
2. Number of secondary speakers: max. 6 points
5. Economic power of countries using the language: max. 8 points
4. Number of major areas of human acitivity in which the language is 
important: max. 8 points
3. Number and population of countries using the language: max. 7 points
6. Socio-literary prestige of the language: max. 4 points (plus an 
additional point for being an official UN language)

And if you really care, here's the article I found for reference:

http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm

Hope this helps,
Rene

Dave Miner wrote:
> Yes, we certainly want to support localizations.  Which ones and so on 
> is certainly a good topic for discussion.

-- 
Mr. Rene Ugarte
Solution Architect
Professional Services, Software Delivery Practice

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
619-246-0763
rene.ugarte at sun.com