"N. C a r r o l l" wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Murray Altheim <altheim@eng.sun.com>
> To: <ohs-dev@bootstrap.org>
>
> [snip]
>
> > I don't really buy into this view of documents, although I recognize
> > that some do. One of our engineers did a fairly comprehensive study
> > of document "components" with an eye on reducing translation costs.
> > Sun localizes its document pool across quite a number of languages,
> > which is very expensive, so the idea was to try to save some money
> > hiring translators.
> >
> > What he found was that the cutting and pasting of such components
> > was frought with difficulty ... [snip]
>
> Any of his conclusions online?
No, this was an internal study done to look into ways of making our
own translation processes more efficient. I don't think it was ever
published outside the company, only presented to management. He's not
in the office today but I'll ask him next time I see him.
Murray
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Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey <mailto:altheim@eng.sun.com>
XML Technology Center
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