Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off 253
Barence writes "An error in Outlook's public holidays calendar has incorrectly given Britons the day off work. Today was originally meant to be a Bank Holiday in Britain, but the holiday was postponed for a week to coincide with the Queen's diamond jubilee next week. However, Microsoft Outlook and Windows Live services are still reporting today as Britain's Spring Bank Holiday, potentially tricking Britons into believing they have the day off work."
UK isn't England (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't pay any attention anyway.
Microsoft insists in referring to England as the UK when in fact they mean England.
Scotland has different holidays to England, but these aren't available to Scottish users according to MS.
Last year Windows UK had a UK tour, which only toured English cities. Nothing in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
A peeved UK citizen in Scotland.
Re:This is what happens with kings/queens (Score:5, Interesting)
Microsoft has people working in the UK and the USA...
Maybe, but the Microsoft people working in the UK are largely employed to market products and lie to governments and standards bodies.
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2012/05/how-microsoft-fought-true-open-standards-v/index.htm [computerworlduk.com]
http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/The_cost_of_ODF_and_OOXML.html [skolelinux.org]
Note that you have until June 4 2012 to counter some of this Microsoft propaganda.
Within the Government Digital Service we are already demonstrating how collaboration between departments, along with a clear focus on the user, delivers better public services for less. Open Standards are crucial for sharing information across government boundaries and to deliver a common platform and systems that more easily interconnect. Open standards are vital for progressing this work and I encourage you to share your views in this consultation.
Francis Maude MP- Minister for the Cabinet Office
http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ [cabinetoffice.gov.uk]