En 2007, interview with confidence Wang Kaiyuan case letter
Bill Gates on April 20 visit to Beijing University a dramatic scene, when Gates was when a group of award winners, a man armed with “Free Software, Open Source” of signs, shouting loudly in English against the Microsoft monopoly red podium. The man is none other than LPI Representative in China, Wang Kaiyuan.
“I just heard was surprised when this thing!” Letter technology open source ERP Beijing en general manager Liu Youtao told reporters, “In the U.S., generally similar to the giant corporation like Microsoft held a meeting, there will be protesters issued a different sound, while in China, this is the first time. “
Reporter: Do you think this incident will have on the country's open-source process, what effect?
Liu Youtao: a sense that through this form will allow the public a broader understanding of open source, I think this is Wang Kaiyuan fundamental starting point of the operation. Wang Kaiyuan is an active promoter of open source software, a year ago I knew this person, the founder of OSDN open source community also has some influence in the country. His original name Wang Yang, and later renamed the Wang Kaiyuan, showing his personality and paranoid. So it happened on his body are not surprised. En letter before the company's number of technical seminars have also invited him to participate, he is said early this year joined the LPI, has not yet had time to contact, took place on this matter.
Although the public can get through this focused attention on the open source, but Wang Kaiyuan Liu Youtao does not support the behavior, “such behavior is a bit extreme, after all, are also subject to the venue of discipline.”
2006 is the year of rapid development of open source, foreign Redhat, Novell and China's Red Flag, grace letters manufacturers have introduced new products and related activities, then open source the situation in 2007 do?
“Ni Guangnan once said: open source is irreversible, is the trend.” Liuyou Tao said, some recent, such as international companies like IBM are also with them, open source products not only reduce costs, lowered the threshold, while the software industry ecosystem for employment, value-added services to provide more opportunities.
“Well the letter on the open-source full of confidence.” From the case of its own, Liu Youtao spoke of a letter in 2006 en ERP mainly in the push to use, this year there will be some business models out, such as joining, now had some success case.
That people thinking about open source for free, which is currently pose the greatest threat to Microsoft. But for open-source software vendors, how to use the free product profitability can be a very big problem. Red Hat subscription in actively promoting the system, then the ex trust?
“People would think that open source contributions, huh, huh,” Liu Youtao told reporters that since March last year, their software has been downloaded 15 million, on the open-source software, this is not a small figure. “Some people estimate the set of software can be sold for 100 thousand, this calculation is really a lot of money wealth.” “To profit so that the user experience it first to your values, from the sidelines to become involved. There are already five companies join, we have a little income. “figures for income, Liu Youtao joke worth mentioning, but he is convinced that the value of the product to use to attract customers willing to spend money.
“Do not let the user feel he is forced to spend money, such as ERP software, sometimes you are worried about free users, because once a problem, they also hope to rely on vendors for technical support quickly.”
“Open source is to dream, to cause, to break the monopoly, the ultimate goal is to achieve win-win.” Seminar in a Kai Yuan, Tong Liu Youtao had sent a sigh, “as the government called every day to reduce the wealth gap Otherwise, society would become unstable as the software industry as the one hand, some software companies survive the difficulties, but on the other hand there is some software companies are profiteering. in pursuit of win-win, must first have a fair mechanism, open source is a good solution. “
“Open source is no longer entertain, open source is no longer a highbrow education, open source 2007 is the year of flowering education and training.” Joined at the beginning of LPI Wang Kaiyuan official press release, we see more good prospects. However, compared with the optimistic estimate, open source resistance does not weakness than expected. Microsoft, the monopoly of large companies, or no one catch the final analysis, technical barriers, open source in the enterprise applications market, the results of how individuals get spread is the key to future success.
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LPI (Linux Professional Institute) is an NGO nature of international organizations, is the world's largest Linux third-party professional certification. Wang Kaiyuan in early 2007 joined LPI, before he joined the CSDN involved in the creation OSDN open source community, and with Beijing University, China's open-source software alliance, the first time, “International Software Freedom Day” into China.
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