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by Canada
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None of those qualify as significant. I'm asking for examples like: Linux, Java, OpenSSL, PHP, Apache, MySQL.. widely used codecs or implementations of them, compilers or scripting languages, network stacks.. frameworks.. like Ruby on Rails, Laravel, React.. graphics libraries or tools like Photoshop, GIMP, autocad, unity, unreal engine.. Can you think of an example that is widely popular and not trivial? Is there some software related thing that originated from China that is just so fundamentally important that the rest of the world could not resist copying it or building on it? |
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I'm willing to bet you have never heard of Aamir Khan -- but considering how much of the world is a fan of him (largely in China and India) he is considered by Forbes & Newsweek to be the biggest movie star in the world (attribution: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robcain/2017/10/05/heres-why-aa... )
I think the same can go with software. Just because it's not popular in the West (and it's not discussed widely on Hacker News or trade mags/sites) doesn't mean it's not very popular worldwide.
My only point (originally) was that Nationalism and confirmation bias can cloud objective judgement about something. Is your point that that Chinese software is at best 'trivial'? (If not, please clarify)