>>>Nick,
>>>
>>>In (almost) another era here in North America, MCP meant "Male Chauvinist Pig", a term of not-so-much endearment coined, I believe, by the ultra-feminists to connote "the enemy" (anyone of the non-female persuasion).
>>>
>>>Being an MCP then was decidedly NOT a good thing.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Jim N
>>
>>Does Microsoft know about that? :)))
>
>
>If they know, do they care??

You know, sometimes one should care... :) I remember the case when the Russian Lada cars were renamed to Lada, on domestic market they were called Zhiguli and it sounded completely unacceptable for the French market. The same happened to Mitsubishi Pajero in Portugal...
:-)