How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions

Here's proof that Americans sometimes forget that there is a whole world outside the USA. I'm a bit guilty of it sometimes myself, to be fair. But one of the great advantages of Linux (and Open Source in general) is that, due to the global nature of the development process, things like this are much less likely to occur. Additionally, by interacting with developers in other countries, you start to be exposed to and appreciate other cultures. Taking LQ as an example, we have mods from no less then 8 countries that span the globe. Out of these, I have been to exactly 2 of them. But by interacting with the mods I have learned many cultural differences, slang, ideas, etc. It really is a great thing.
–jeremy