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Recently Microsoft launched a new suite of software products in Tanzania. These included Windows 7 which is the latest version of its desktop operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2. These products would allow users to work with their native languages.
Mark Matunga, Microsoft’s Education and Citizenship Programme Manager said that Microsoft had built language interface packs to help translate English language used in the software into local languages of the area where the software was used, and the ability to use local languages will be implemented in the coming 18 to 24 months. This time frame would allow the company to complete the required translation and localization work. The translations are being done in cooperation with the University of Dar es Salaam, National Swahili Council (Bakita), and Swahili linguists from Uganda and Kenya.
According to Louis Otieno who is Microsoft’s East and Southern Africa General Manager, Windows 7 is the culmination of many years of feedback provided by Microsoft customers and partners around the world which made it the most deeply researched and well-planned version of windows. He added that the toughest challenge faced by businesses based in Tanzania was the ability to exploit technological investments to the fullest potential, so that they could get maximum performance without spending a lot of money.
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