Where is localization applicable?
Computing involves a lot more than just the operating system. So where should the developers working on localizing the GUI start? Nagarjuna believes that applications used by everyone — browsers, Web sites, email clients, office applications, and file managers — should be considered first while localizing. Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay, one of the founders of the Ankur Project, which supports the Bangla language on X, points out that localization can promote educational content in local languages. The Indian Ministry of IT has been doing some work on localization under the Technology Development for Indian Languages banner. Localized education content on cheap localized Linux machines could promote the spread of IT in schools across the country in no time. Nirav Mehta, founder of the Utkarsh project — for supporting Gujarati — takes the bar a bit further and higher. He wants to localize in all mass-market areas. For his native language, this could mean some software to learn Gujarati for
