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  2. JDK-6761440

Bad typo on german Java Update dialog

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      FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
      java version "1.6.0_05"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_05-b13)
      Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode, sharing)
      ATTENTION: the bug report conferes to Java Update 6u7!

      ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
      Windows XP, SP3, build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      Dear Sun Java Team,
      I found (in my opinion) bad typo on the Java-Update Dialog for Java 6 Update 7 (german version, on Windows XP): The second sentence is: "Um eine KOSTENLOSE Kopie von OpenOffice, dem globalen Standard in konstenloser Microsoft Office kompatibeler Produktivitätssoftware, zu erhalten, reicht auf" This sentence has syntactic and grammatic errors, and it is incomplete. At least, it should read: "Um eine KOSTENLOSE Kopie von OpenOffice, dem globalen Standard in konstenloser Microsoft Office-kompatibler Produktivitätssoftware, zu erhalten, reicht ein Klick auf [Link to some URL]"

      You see the difference:
       - "kompatibeler" is an error
       - "Microsoft Office kompat..." needs hyphens. The blank between "Office" and "kompat..." is a common error in German called "Deppenleerzeichen"
       - "... reicht auf" is not a complete sentence, and there is no object.

      Don't get me wrong - I don't want to be rude. I'm just a software developer who likes the Java platform very much, and as an entepreneur who plans to launch a Java-based product, I am alarmed by such an amount of errors in a simple but very prominent dialog. (What will *my* german customers think? This is an invitation for any troll to poke fun on Sun and the Java Platform!!!)

      And, please, since I am native german, forgive my bad English.

      STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
      Install Java 1.6.0_05 and have the Java Update Dialog for Java 6u7 pop up.


      REPRODUCIBILITY :
      This bug can be reproduced always.

            mfang Michael Fang (Inactive)
            ndcosta Nelson Dcosta (Inactive)
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