Most dev projects start by somebody wanting to scratch their own itch. Just look at any programming language ever created, version control systems, databases, home automation, logging frameworks, etc. etc. All things that people first did for themselves.
It's therefore no surprise that people in the US are far more likely to do things that other people in the US will regard as innovation. It's the same group of people, with the same desires and interests, that is doing both the evaluation and creation of these things. Try asking around in China what people there consider to be innovative, I'd be very surprised if many people there regard Twitter in this category. I believe that what you're seeing is selection bias, and people creating products for local demand. This will happen in spite of patents, not because of them. But that's just a belief. Unless we have a like-for-like comparison, controlling for everything except the presence of an overzealous patent system, then it's impossible to make any form of objective statement. On 19 June 2012 15:48, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not to mention your view is pretty insulting to China. Do you really >> believe there is no innovation over there? >> > > Of course not, it's just that if you survey the software companies > regarded as being the most innovative over the past decades, you will > probably find that a crushing majority originated in the US and very few in > China. > > This shouldn't come as a surprise: since there is no patent pressure, the > incentive to innovate is minimal: just copy whatever you want, add your own > touch and call it a day. > > -- > Cédric > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
