Windows still has not made much impact in Japan both for technical and political reasons. It is the personal computer manufacturers such as NEC, Fujitsu and Toshiba, and not Microsoft, that are responsible for adaptation and localisation of Windows for their personal computers, creating a conflict of interest within each company regarding micro operating system strategy; technically the job is made more difficult since each manufacturer supports different display and printer architectures – for example the standard screen size on an NEC 9800 is 640 by 400, and not 480. There is no software compatibility across the various systems, thus discouraging Japanese software vendors from converting their applications for the Windows environment; the major Japanese word processing manufacturer, Just Systems Inc, has said that it will not do a Windows version of its Ichitaro product, preferring its own windowing environment. In sum, given the lack of success to date of Windows on Intel in Japan, is there any reason to think that SunSoft will have an easier time in bringing a Japanese version of Solaris-on-Intel to market?
