The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

Windows for the Rest of the World:
Customizing Windows for Emerging Markets

Group: International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
(A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date: November 18, 2004, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker: Cathy Wissink & Michael Kaplan (Microsoft Corporation)
Topic: Windows for the Rest of the World: Customizing Windows for
Emerging Markets
Location: Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
Infinite Loop.
Admission: $4, free for IMUG members
Contact: Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
roger [dot] sherman [at] sri [dot] com

In prior versions of Windows, internationalization support was focused
on a complete and closed set of features. This has changed over the
last two years, and is continuing to change in response to demands
for a more flexible architecture. In addition, the need to localize
into many new languages more quickly and at a cheaper cost has
resulted in a more responsive collaboration and build process. This
talk will focus on the new technologies developed by the Windows
International team to meet the demands of the rapidly changing
international market. Technologies discussed include:

- Language Interface Packs (LIPs)
- Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC)
- out-of-band language enabling shipping with Windows XP Service
Pack 2
- other new technologies being developed for the .NET Framework and
Windows "Longhorn"

Cathy Wissink is a Lead Program Manager in the Windows Globalization
Infrastructure and Font Technology Team, managing a small group
focusing on typography, internationalization standards and linguistic
data. Her current focus is the Windows Language Roadmap—the
comprehensive development plan for new language enabling on Windows.
She is the Microsoft primary representative to the Unicode Technical
Committee, and is also the chair of INCITS/L2: the US technical
committee for character sets and internationalization. In her free
time, she likes to travel and (unintentionally) slaughter foreign
languages, cook, bike and go wine tasting (though ideally not all at
the same time).

Michael Kaplan is a Senior Developer at Microsoft, working on both
Windows and the .Net framework, centering on Unicode and
international support. He haswritten dozens of articles on
international development issues and is the author of the book
Internationalization with Visual Basic from Sams Publishing.
He has also spoken at conferences around the world. Prior to joining
Microsoft, he did consulting as the chief software architect of
Trigeminal Software, Inc., working on many interesting projects such
as the principal developer for the Microsoft Layer for Unicode on
Windows 95/98/ME Systems.

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