My title at work is "Globalization Program Manager". Really it means I work to make our software 'ready for the global market' by i18n enabling, l10n localizing and translating it, and r13n creating regionalization (region/country-specific) features. But we also offshore most of our work to lowcost centers in Dublin, Ireland and Bangalore, India. So in every sense, it's what I do. Sigh. This is trite but applicable. What can I say?
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Finally, a definition of globalization I can understand:
Question: What is the truest definition of Globalization?
Answer: Princess Diana's death.
Question: How come?
Answer: An English princesswith an Egyptian boyfriendcrashes in a French tunnel,driving a German carwith a Dutch engine,driven by a Belgianwho was drunk on Scottish whisky, (check the bottle before you changethe spelling),followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,on Japanese motorcycles;treated by an American doctor,using Brazilian medicines.This is sent to you by a great Dane,using Bill Gates's technology,and you're probably reading this on your computer,that uses Taiwanese chipand a Korean monitor,assembled by Bangladeshi workersin a Singapore plant,transported by Indian lorry-drivers,hijacked by Indonesians,unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen,and trucked to you by Mexican illegals.....That, my friends, is Globalization!
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I like this. humorous reality.
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