On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 at 06:46AM -0700, mabshoff wrote: > > (Someday I hope to get a Korea/Asia mirror going, but until the Windows > > port is working, it will be very hard to get anyone in Korea interested > > in Sage...) > > Would we get a whole bunch of users only or also some developers in > your opinion?
Hard to say. Many Korean websites rely on ActiveX controls, and hence design their site for IE only. Then, since you have a bunch of sites which are designed for IE only, most other Korean websites are designed for IE. This locks everyone into Windows. (For more information than any of you need to know, see [1], [2], [3].) Here at KAIST, there is widespread knowledge of Linux and many people play around with it, but since you can't really use any Korean websites that use ActiveX, Linux can only be a part-time toy. The Windows port of Sage would probably first get us a small group of users, and as some of them started talking about Sage in Korean and on Korean websites, we'd see faster growth and start picking up some developers. (And translators!) Dan PS: Random note for mabshoff and other German speakers: the word they use in Korean for "part time job" is "arbeit". [1]: http://blog.mozilla.com/gen/2007/02/27/the-cost-of-monoculture/ [2]: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=412 [3]: http://www.korealawblog.com/entry/why_you_cant_buy_anything_on_line_in_korea_mr_foreigner -- --- Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- KAIST Department of Mathematical Sciences ------- http://math.kaist.ac.kr/~drake
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