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True. Also, in Japan, you cannot argue with your manager. There is a very strict hierarchy. Another posible reason, very few people in Japan speak English (at
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
True. Also, in Japan, you cannot argue with your manager. There is a very strict hierarchy.
Another posible reason, very few people in Japan speak English (at least that was the case when I worked there in the 90s). That might have affected international penetration of their software. Perhaps this is why we don't see much software from Germany either.
- achenet 4y agoGermans speak very good English on average, probably some of the best English speakers in the world outside of anglophone countries.
- entropicdrifter 4y agoYeah, pretty much the worst example country to choose from Europe
- fxtentacle 4y agoOh you see A LOT of software from Germany. But we learned our lesson and resell it through US entities for less liability and higher profit margins ;) (US CTO living in Germany)
- cutemonster 4y agoLess liability? When selling through US? How does that work (I would have guessed the opposite, thinking about patent trolls who ... live in the US?)
- fxtentacle 4y agoThe US company is liable because they're the ones selling to end users.
- cutemonster 4y agoSo that's how it works, thanks. And good to know. You've setup companies in other countries as well, to mitigate risk, or only in the US? If I may ask
- peapicker 4y agoGermany is huge in Digital Audio Workstation software. Ableton Live, Bitwig, Steinberg (Cubase and creator of VST plugin format), Native Instruments, Celemony (Melodyne=autotune), and the former EMagic, whom Apple bought to make Logic Pro. Also plugin makers U-He, Synapse Audio, zPlane. Probably more that I’ve missed.