Observing the Conventions Aconsiderable variety of typographic and local-usage differences have to do with the way people in different parts of the world use and express numbers, dates, quantities, symbols, and punctuation. Crossing the Cultural Boundary Designing software for a different culture calls for an awareness of its subtleties and unwritten assumptions.
Japan is a case in point.
Here's a look at the way the offshore software industry is growing. Growth Stages for Foreign Software Industries 1. Foreign programmers develop software with teams located at the customer's local site. Software Process Maturity Scale Software in Russia Back in 1989, when the Perestroika policies of Mikhail Gorbachev began lifting the iron curtain, several people in the information industry seemed to think that Russia had dilapidated facilities, outdated eq uipment, and technical knowledge and skills that bordered on the Neanderthal.