The Big Hole in Chinese Productivity Apps

China Vortex has an interesting article on some of the reasons online productivity applications (think your basic Office apps, plus CRMs and ERPS) are falling behind in China - blame the damn gamers, or rather the lack of foresight from development funding.

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