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> Hell, when Microsoft was still shipping software on CDs you may have noticed a little fine print mentioning the Caribbean island on which the disc was technic
by Aloisius 2y ago
> Hell, when Microsoft was still shipping software on CDs you may have noticed a little fine print mentioning the Caribbean island on which the disc was technically manufactured.
I don't recall this at all. What software was it?
Going through my box of ancient software, they all either say made in the US either on the CD/DVD or on the packaging, except for a copy of Office 97 and Office 2007 which says made in Puerto Rico (which is the US).
They certainly had CDs pressed in other countries for foreign markets. I imagine some foreign made laptops might have come with CD/DVDs pressed in those countries.
- _heimdall 2y agoOffice was the example I had in mind. The discs sold in the US were printed outside the US, they weren't only for foreign markets. I don't recall if Windows discs were printed outside the US, though I do believe binaries were compiled and signed outside the US.
- Aloisius 2y agoAre you certain the island in the Caribbean you were thinking of wasn't Puerto Rico? I can't imagine what other island you'd make them on. All six versions of Office I have seemed to be made in the US. They're all retail copies however.
- _heimdall 2y agoPuerto Rico sounds right, and if you still have a physical office disc with that on it that totally makes sense.