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[Robert Brenstein]

>  > One aspect that needs to be mentioned, and which skews all the
>>  arguments, is that while Japan is a 2nd largest single-language
>>  market, this language requires quite a bit of effort to support
>>  natively, so not that many programs from small developers (like many
>>  of Valentina developers are) are localized for Japanese. And that is
>>  aside from Mac-Windows issues. And if we talk markets, Chinese seems
>>  to be the rising star with potential to surpass Japan in future.
>>
>>  But the bottom line is that the markets for products from valentina
>>  developers are likely to be somewhat different than markets for
>>  valentina self.
>
>In terms of this list, you are probably right, Robert. But that's no
>different than saying the majority of REALbasic users on the REALbasic list
>run by REAL probably wont target the Japanese market. Yet historically, the
>Japanese market has been supremely good for REALbasic (which is fully
>localized into Japanese) sales.
>
>I don't see much changing in China for a few years in terms of software,
>except I expect China to surpass India as the provider of outsourcing to the
>US. Piracy is absurd in China. Its better if you can pair your product with
>a hardware sale of some kind -- it's a little harder to duplicate -- but in
>some cases, not impossible. ROM copying (got any old Nintendo games you
>love?) is an ancient form of art there ;-) But when the Chinese market is at
>a point where it can pay for software, we will be ready.
>
>Don't mistake the fact that if evidence of a market isnt dripping into your
>email box on a daily basis, that it doesn't exist or isnt worth pursuing. A
>great many western vendors don't pursue it because they don't have any clue
>how to do so, or are unwilling to take the risk to accommodate code changes
>necessary to be competitive there.
>
>Best regards,
>
>
>Lynn Fredricks
>President
>Proactive International, LLC

No argument from me. You basically extended what I said (or meant) :) 
Getting into non-western markets ain't trivial for most developers. 
This should not stop Paradigma of course.

Robert