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by ljegou 5672 days ago
I'm specially appalled by learning the fact that all magazine maps are officially rubber-stamped to inform the reader about the usage of the map !

More on this subject : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/foreign-magazine-map-is-st...

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This has been an issue for many software companies as well. The Windows 95 launch was delayed because of this,

"Although this was a minor oversight on the part of the product group, which used United Nations maps not officially recognized by India, the Indian government was extremely upset that the region had been omitted and demanded that the problem be fixed before Windows 95 could be distributed in India." http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/Dec00/12-06...