> why don't we use any software that comes out of east Asia? I assume by "east Asia", you mean the People's Republic of China, and not, say, Japan or Korea. A

> why don't we use any software that comes out of east Asia? I assume by "east Asia", you mean the People's Republic of China, and not, say, Japan or Korea. And do you mean software that comes out of Chinese companies? Certainly I use software developed in China, but usually by individual developers rather than a company. But think about smart phone software - certainly there is plenty that comes out of China, Korea and Japan.