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Re: "Jeff's comment:
     I was looking for a specific number (i.e. percent).
     I guess I got it: 0%."

I don't think that's correct.  It is more costly for me, in the United
States, to write internationalized software than locale-specific
software.  It is more costly for me to provide multi-byte support,
account for Asian input methods, etc., than to provide only for English
speaking, ASCII writing customers.

However, it is less costly for me to inlcude internationalization from
the start than it is for me to add internationalization to a completed,
locale-specific application.  And an internationalized application has a
few billion more potential customers.  These are the points everyone was
trying to make.

I hope that everyone will share their metrics with insoft-l as time goes
on.  In other words, exactly how long did it take you to internationalize
your application?  Today, I can't give you a percentage, but it's greater
than zero.

Gary
Gocek.Henr801C@Xerox.COM