[tlug] Open-source Japan

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Noah Watkins writes:

 > I was recently reading the slides, 'Open-source in China', from  
 > O'Reilly's OSCON 2008. And it got me to thinking about what the state  
 > of open-source in Japan is.

Two data points, not worth drawing a line and calling it a trend:

Sadly, it's not to be found at my university.  In general, I don't
find a lot of the hacker mentality among Japanese academics, whether
directed at computers or at their own fields.

I also find the comparison between the number and quality of open
source fonts for Chinese and Korean vs. Japanese distressing.