Thanks for Andy's long technical passages.That's helpful.
The failure of opening the Chinese market by vBulletin demonstrated that they ignore China market and they didn't show due working service and respects to Chinese customers who bought the license.Chinese admins bought the same license as U.K. guys had but they got different after-sale service.Does vBulletin team issue the Chinese languages package timely?Does vBulletin team answer questions from Chinese customers promptly and efficiently?That's the fact.
I admit that Discuz and Phpwind are the dominant platforms in China right now.That's because many foreign forum packages(vBulletin/IPB etc.) were designed for none-CJK countries and they did intend to cater to the requirements from CJK users.How can you image a product not designed for China users can sell well in China markets?Many Chinese admins still like to pay for the license due to its stability and safety compared with Discuz,even though they can't support CJK searching well.
I'm sure Xen can have a bright prospect in China if Xen can give more considerations to CJK users.At least CJK would be its aimed markets and they didn't intend to design Xen for non-CJK countries only.
Whatever,I will pay for Xen since it's really an creative forum platform to me.