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Microsoft to make office suites in 14 Indian languages
By siliconindia
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Friday, 06 February 2004, 20:30 IST
MUMBAI: Microsoft India Pvt Ltd would make available its office suites, including Office 2003 and Windows 2003, in all 14 Indian official languages in next three years, while plans are in the offing to provide an improved thrust on the company's e-commerce initiatives in the country.
"We are providing local language interface much ahead of the curve (maturity point) and the enablement in the remaining five languages is under the company's localisation drive," Microsoft India managing director Rajiv Kaul told reporters here on Thursday.
The software major had earlier provided local language interface for its office suites in nine Indian languages, including Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Telugu among others.
On its improved thrust on e-commerce initiatives, he said that Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Customer (B2C) sectors are expected to mature shortly, with a turning point somewhere between 18 to 24 months.
With major initiatives by various state governments on the e-commerce front, the e-governance segment in the country is also poised to post a random growth, he added.
This is a "short-period" and the company is gearing itself to help and educate customers on the benefits of e-commerce and e-governance, he said.
Meanwhile, Microsoft India has appointed Ravi Venkatesan as its chairman and managing director, effective February 18.
In the newly-created post, Venkatesan would be responsible for the company's marketing, sales, operational and business in India and report to Microsoft president Asia- Pacific Sanjay Mirchandani.