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peterkelly ◴[07 Oct 19 17:06 UTC] No.21183239[source]▶

This reminds me of the story about how the first release of Windows 95 was banned in India because 8 pixels of the map shown in the timezone selection control panel were colored in such a way that suggested parts of Kashmir were part of Pakistan.

https://www.cnet.com/news/how-eight-pixels-cost-microsoft-mi...

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20030822-00/?p=42...

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1. CodesInChaos ◴[07 Oct 19 21:28 UTC] No.21186158[source]▶

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And they fixed the issue by making the highlight color the same as the normal color (so each pixel is still associated with a timezone/country) internally.

This later led to Poland going Atlantis, when MS removed its timezone instead of moving it to another timezone.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20061027-00/?p=29...

https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/pos...

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