Re: [tlug] "Open source: Made in Japan?" blog

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Hi Josh,

This came up as a double post from me.  Looking at my sent mail it 
appears that I only posted once at 4/2 01:29 pm.  The second post was 
dated 4/2 12:58 pm.  Any ideas whats up.

Cheers,

Edward

Edward Middleton wrote:
> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> > Curt Sampson wrote:
> > > I think that the language and culture barrier has just been keeping
> > > westerners from noticing the amount of OSS work being done here.
> > >   
> >
> > I totally agree on the language/cultural barriers. I find very few in 
> > the west interested in development taking place in Japan, but I also 
> > find very little interest here in exploring anything outside of Japan.
>
> I don't know,  my experience has been that Japanese developers have 
> more problems engaging with projects outside Japan but they have a 
> strong interest in learning from outside development.  I think this is 
> mostly a result of an emphasis in the Japanese education system on 
> reading rather then communicating in English.  I know a lot of 
> Japanese who can read and understand fairly technical English text but 
> would not be confident to discuss or explain them in written or spoken 
> English.  I also find a lot of Japanese can't skim English text and 
> pull out the salient facts.
>
> Edward