The Open Software Foundation recently announced the initiation of a new localization development program for the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Release 1.1. The program, which coincides with the internationalized DCE 1.1 source code, will translate DCE 1.1 message catalogs and selected documentation into five languages.

"The goal of this program is to provide consistent, high quality, and timely translated materials to DCE 1.1 source code licensees at a fraction of the aggregate development cost," said Peter Shaw, Director of Business Development at OSF. "By coordinating the localization activity for DCE, OSF can ensure that localization costs are shared by all interested licensees, thereby providing licensees with products at a fraction of the cost of in-house development, and significantly accelerating the availability of products translated into local languages to address the global marketplace," continued Shaw. "This may also allow some smaller companies to offer localized products that they might otherwise have been unable to offer."