Since 1991, Linux has been developed and stable in all aspects since the performance and other aspects have been continuously developed and stable. Linux is a completely open class UNIX operating system with open technology. I think the user is now a lot. I remember that when I was in the Said Hotel, it was approximately 8 million Linux users around the world. I estimate that after 1 year of development, there should be 10 million Linux users.
From the development, in addition to Windows, Linux has become the second operating system should have no doubt. From the manufacturer, like foreign Red Hat and SUSE, China's Zhongke Red Flag, China Soft, Xinhua Linux operating system company, etc., as well as a office system company like Chinese 2000, and many applications.
From a government perspective, from the Ministry of Information Industry, including the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote Linux development, the government's attitude towards development Linux. Our government's attitude towards Linux does not explain to Microsoft, which is highly low, but is common development. Linux is still not very powerful, but only a small place. For example, from the operating system, there are now Windows, Linux, and UNIX, including Java technology, which is launched by Sun, is mutual control relationship, and any market will not be monopoly.
In terms of Linux applications, the Chinese government is still better, especially in Beijing, such as "sail starting", the effect is still more obvious. Especially in government procurement, Linux applications are getting wider and wider, like China Soft now has to come to Shanghai, with several joints to set up a winning bidder company, currently the main government market, especially the Shanghai e-government market. Applications in other aspects, applications such as enterprise information, electronic commercialization, will be more and more wide. In particular, the "Digital Western" in the Ministry of Science and Technology has a great effort to push Linux application. In addition, the national "Rural Party Duty Distance Education" is actually a government procurement, and we also advocate Linux, of course, according to performance.
For the promotion of the government, the Ministry of Information Industry has already opened two conferences, one is July 15, 1999, has opened a large seminar "Linux and China Software Industry" in Beijing; the other is December 11, 2002. On the 12th, the "Linux Software and Applied Seminar" opened in Beijing, at the time, the Ministry of Information Industry and the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Office, especially with the Ministry of Science and Technology to push Linux applications.
I think that Linux is an opportunity for China's software development. In the past, it is relatively backward in the operating system, especially when doing "Ninth Five-Year Plan" and "10th" planning, the development of autonomous, safe operating system as us The information industry is committed. Of course, there is also a universal CPU. This is the two bottlenecks that restrict our industrial development. The software is the brain, the CPU is like a human heart, only their healthy development, the human body can be healthy. From the development of the information industry, these two core things must be mastered by themselves. Our industries can be healthy and safe. Therefore, in "Ninth" and "10th Five-Year Plan", it has always been a key to development. Now we have achieved great progress, such as CPU, Boat, Longqin, North Big Zone, developing products like this have been introduced; operating system like a soft COSIX, like now Linux, our industry will slow Go to the track slowly. It can be said that our industry has slowly have core competitiveness.
Without independent intellectual property, there is no CPU of independent intellectual property rights. The security of our information industry cannot guarantee, and even the safety, political and national security of the whole national economy will have hidden dangers. Therefore, there is an operating system with your own intellectual property, especially developing like a Linux operating system, which has promoted us from all aspects. From the perspective of industrial development, we must also have its own operating system. Therefore, Linux is in such a context to produce such an application background and the government's promotion. Not only in China, it is also foreign abroad, and any country will not allow any company to monopolize the entire market, including the United States such a big country, and it is not allowed to monopolize. Many things are developing to a certain time, will also introduce different competitors.
