China Japan will launch Linux products for the first time in 6 months, Sina Technology, August 17, 2004, 11:43 Sina Technology
China OSS Alliance is correct: China-Japan and South Korea is not pushing Linux products but developing basics
According to China Open Source Software Promotion Alliance Chairman Lu Shouqun, China and Japan and South Korea is currently jointly developing Linux products applicable to Asian countries. It is expected that the first product will be launched within half a year.
A former government officials also pointed out that Linux's emergence meets the security needs of government users, and it also brings more cheap selection for commercial users. The Chinese government will consider the over-reliance of Microsoft Windows products as potential threats and believe that such threats will directly affect China's national security. In addition, China also hopes that this opportunity to establish its own national software industry, currently only $ 3 billion per year, but the annual growth rate is maintained at 20%.
Lu Shouqun is a Software Alliance Chairman, which is recommended by the China Truntex Department. He revealed that Linux software developed in Asia's three countries will provide Sino-Japanese and Korean software companies. On this basis, each company can develop a corresponding commercial software package independently and sell them. The land of the above-mentioned software package also takes about 6 months, and is now expected to first introduce desktop, server system software, and application. In December this year, the Chinese government officials will also meet in Korea and discuss and review related development work.
However, he did not explain the foreign Linux software company, such as Oracle, Sun, etc. also can be used free of charge in China and Japan, and the above companies plus IBM, HP, Intel, SAP, BEA, NOVELL, etc., and China Open Source Software. Promote members of the alliance.
The cooperation between the three countries of Asia is mainly to solve some problems in the international industry in Linux, such as character inputs such as Asian countries. However, Lu Jianqun repeatedly emphasized that China and Japan will not develop independent Linux Asian standards. "This is a completely different concept", he pointed out that "we have been supporting Linux international standards, and there is no development of a completely different Asian standard." The land believes that the above rumors are mainly because of China's red flag Linux, which is developing Asia's Linux operating system standards. However, the red flag Linux is not part of the three countries in China and South Korea.
According to IDC's statistics and forecasts, in 2003, in addition to Japan, 10% of the 10% of the server installed the Linux system, and the Linux penetration rate in 2001 was still 7%. It is expected that by 2008, Asia will have a quarter server to install Linux. (Victor compilation)
