Re: [tlug] [OT] Linux breeding out Microsoft (Was: Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISOstandard)

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

burlingk@example.com wrote:
>  The
> author fealt that Japanese males tended to be too
> shy, and that made it easier for foreigners to end
> up married to Japanese women.

Nice theory, but the figures don't back it up:

   Three demographic features of foreign brides in Japan today are
   highlighted. First, of the total number of newly married couples,
   the proportion that has one foreign spouse has increased dramatically
   over the years (1965: .44%; 1990: 3.55%; 2005: 5.81%).

   Second, of the annual interracial marriages, foreign brides now
   constitute the majority, rather than foreign grooms (1965: 25.7%;
   1990: 38.0%; 2004: 78.2%).

   Third, these foreign brides come primarily from three regions in
   Asia, namely, China, the Philippines, and North and South Korea (in
   2005, 35.2%, 30.9%, and 18.3%, respectively).

(http://www.kyorin-u.ac.jp/univ/graduate/international/gaigo/academia/26ys.pdf)