September 18th, 2006

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• 9/18/06 03:37 pm
• As global software giant Microsoft proudly previewed its Windows Vista operating system, in the small Baltic nation of Latvia, people were clutching their sides about the system's name -- which means "fowl" in Latvian.
  Worse still, it's a slang term for a frumpy woman.
  
  "Everybody in my office bursts out laughing whenever I start talking about the new operating system," said 26-year-old customer assistance manager Zanis, who works in the Latvian capital, Riga.
  
  "Sure, the Microsoft people in the U.S. cant be expected to understand all languages, but this really is funny," he said.
  
  Arvis, an I.T. manager of a chain of casinos in Riga, was also chuckling about Microsoft Frump. Or Fowl. No, make that Vista.
  
  But, in an odd sort of way, he thinks the off-target name has hit the mark in Latvia.
  
  "My people giggle about 'Vista,' but I think it is positive because there are not many computer-related things that make you laugh," he said.
  
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