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In January 2009 a meeting was scheduled between SAKHR software and Untis to discuss the future development of the Untis timetable program within the Arabic market. The meeting was in the capital city of Muscat, in the Sultanate of Oman.
After extensive e-mail and telephone contact, a befitting report was in place for our first meeting. However, much like a blind date, the question of "will they show up?" was always lingering in the back of our mind.
In Oman, the Sultan is a venerated man, known for planning last minute public holidays. The day before we arrived, the Omani football team won the Gulf Cup football tournament after a 6-5 shootout win against Saudi Arabia. Winning the Gulf Cup turned Muscat into the place to be for the coming few days, as the final match was also held there. This was a good sign of great things to come in Oman with SAKHR Software. As expected, the Sultan confirmed the next day would be a public holiday, but SAKHR software kept their word and met with us as the agreed time and location.
After some discussion it was agreed that SAKHR would be a suitable partner with Untis and that a translation was required. SAKHR software's translation department did an excellent job on the software translation, while the Untis team took care of the special mirroring of the software. Together we have now come up with a product which is unsurpassed, and is being presented globally to all Arabic speaking countries. Work by SAKHR software has already developed some promising leads and we look forward to working together with them further.
Some fun facts about Oman and the Arabic language: The football team is affectingly known as "the reds" or "the daggers". Arabic is the 6th official language of the United Nations. The Al Fallah caves in Oman are the world's second largest cave system. Arabic has 3 vowels, and 2 diphthongs. The traditionally curved dagger which is on the Omani flag is known as "khanja". Thank you in Arabic is "Shukran". Oman gained independence from the Portuguese in 1651.
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