A year and a half ago, the Chinese version of "Business Week" published a article called "Linux is rising". The magazine has a deep-reaching cover: Penguin holding a flies as a linux sign, is a sign butterfly of Microsoft Win XP. One and a half years later, when Linux has become a growing market in HP, IBM and other giants, things have changed: "Penguin" itself became a fly score of "Butterfly". On September 9, the Linux Shanghai Expo hosted by French World Events Agency and Shanghai Waigao Software Industry Development Co., Ltd. opened at the Shanghai Exhibition Hall. No matter which point of view, this is not a lively fair: at least 500 people can accommodate a hundred listeners, but in contrast, the guest seat is more cool, four seats are sitting on the zero star. A few guests are mostly invited to speaking. Therefore, when HP is responsible for the development of the SAMBA department of open source platform applications, Jeremy Allison, Jeremy Allison, he has to turn his eyes over an empty front row, and started his 10 meters away. Speech. However, the deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Information Commission should have a speech to save some of the face of the conference - half a month before half a month, and there is no governor. Two slightly sly exhibitions have formed a distinct contrast to the media on Linux far in the same year, but which one is the true face of Linux? The dessert of the giants wrote the first Linux system in 1991, the first Linux system, in nearly 10 years, this "penguin" is just about the things concerned. . It turned until 1999 that changes. This year, Samuel J. Palmisano, as the chairman of the IBM server group, decided to use Linux as the future development direction of IBM, the second year, IBM put $ 1 billion on Linux, IBM has become Linux. One of the most powerful promoters. In the next few years, HP, Dell has launched Linux related business. "Penguin" began to wear "gold jacket." According to IDC's statistics and forecasts, the Linux system accounted for 12% in the global server market, and in 2008, this ratio will expand to 29% - this means nearly $ 10 billion in market. The eyes of the IT giants have previously exceeded the range of servers. Just this year, IBM made a plan to promote Linux in developing countries such as Yia, the company, and the core content of the program is to sell Linux-based systems for business employees; HP also announced that pre-installed Linux in Asia-Pacific in Japan and China. Household computers of the operating system. Although the giants determine the wonderful prospects of Linux, at least in the eyes, Linux is not a "cash cow". Although HP released data showed that in 2003, the company has obtained $ 2.5 billion in income, but in an annual income of $ 73.1 billion, it only accounts for only 3.4%. If Windows is dinner than dinner, Linux can only count as desserts. Perhaps this figure determines Eiffison's attitude towards an interview with a reporter. The service of this service is amazing, the expression is exaggerated, but he didn't forget to carefully select the words in the flying gesture: Face a problem that Microsoft's problem involved in the reporter, he is cautious, not willing to Say the word Microsoft. For all questions, he can almost attribute to a sentence; "Let customers choose." Alison explained, "I interviewed in Europe, I told some of my own point of view, and then I will use HP to use HP How to publish it.
