Seize the opportunity to grasp the direction of: Yuan Meng 2001-07-10 13:08:30 Six months ago, Microsoft has introduced a restructuring plan .NET, the industry triggered a chain reaction of a series of deep, story do a lot, some people I lost the direction for a while. At present, we need to review the things that have happened or happened, from the middle school, see the essence of things, find the right ideas, seize the opportunity, especially the industry trends in high-end applications, In order to correctly grasp the direction of advancement. On June 22 last year, US Microsoft officially launched the .NET plan, and launched a vast open publicity offensive. It is reported that Microsoft's advertising costs for .NET plan have been more than 200 million US dollars. Microsoft .NET plans, it is true that it is true, which is inevitably attract close attention to IBM, Intel, HP these giant industrial companies. Microsoft .NET plans are trying to build a new type of platform monopoly on the Internet. Microsoft .NET plans, "dreams" with Sun's Java apps is almost the same. Everyone knows that IBM is a firm support of the Java program. In fact, to think with .Net, only the strength is actually competed, here, R. Stallman's free philosophy of course "don't work"; natural form "open source movement" can not keep up. Everyone understands that it can really confront the .NET base platform Win2000 operating system can only be an enterprise-class Linux (version 2.4 version). However, the release of Linux 2.4, and drags again, it seems that there is no periodic. People began to have questions and dissatisfaction with some aspects of "Open Source Mode" of open source software, such as: claiming to open source movements is the "perfect" of code works (not very encountering business Demand), and this "perfect" is gradually realized via the natural evolution process, so it is impossible to determine a "schedule" in advance. However, people living in reality can't wait! In the face of Microsoft .NET program vigorously advancement, the company version Linux released still has no regular serious trend, industrial giants IBM, HP, Intel and NEC, determined to join, directly intervene, promote and accelerate linux Enterprise-level applications in order to achieve their own business purposes. In August last year, IBM, HP, Intel and NEC four giants announced the establishment of huge scale, advanced software development laboratories (Open Source Development Lab, referred to as OSDL, see related introduction information). In fact, according to recent According to the report, people suddenly wake up, the open source laboratory is directly targeting .NET program, but before, from the surface, this seems to provide comprehensive selfless support and assistance to Linux. January 24 this year ( It is exactly the Spring Festival of China. Open Source Software Laboratory OSDL officially announced that the OSDL's mission (Mission) is officially expressed as: providing calculation resources for open source software developers so that the telecommunications IDC is transferred to Linux and on the open source software based on it. The library works to operate, so that Linux has become the most important (LEADING "UNIX operating system in e-commerce development and application. "Publicity claims to improve Linux" and make it more crazy.
Everyone knows that Linux is the core component of the open source GNU program, and the GNU is a continuous writing word of each word head in the phrase "GNU IS Not Unix", which emphasizes the meaning of "GNU is not commercial Unix". OSDL claims that the core part of the GNU can evolve into a commercial mainstream "UNIX", which is progress, or reverse? On the OSDL leadership team, the OSDL charter stipulates that in total of 12 seats, IBM, HP and CA have 2 permanent seats, Intel accounts for a permanent seat, and there are 7 permanent seats. The rest of all all sponsors are only You can share 3 seats, completely representing the "remaraining" seat of the open source Linux community, and the specific candidates must be discussed by the permanent seat representative! As a result, it is not difficult to see that these IT giants have a real attitude towards Linux communities. From OSDL recently announced leaders selected, of course, the key to IBM, HP, Intel and NEC and CA, and they firmly grasp the leadership of the laboratory. In fact, famous open source leaders such as T. Linus, r .stallman and e. Raymond is not stained. After research discussion, the Linux community representative of "grant" entered the OSDL leadership team is the President of VA Linux Larry Angustin, because he hosses the largest website development of global open source software development, and he has a kind of vision. Did you predict: By 2004, the total sales of the world's open source products can reach $ 75 billion. Another Linux community representative is Tim O'Reilly. Microsoft faces IBM, HP, Intel, and NEC four giants open to Linux, and natural is naturally unhappy. Microsoft president Ballmer is always very small, Linux, publicly does not pay attention to this "little girl", but January 1 this year, he issued an important speech, claiming: "Enter 2001, Linux is the most headache problem It is also the biggest problem of the company. Linux is our number one threat. "On the Linux issue, Microsoft has recently been chaotic, one is 25% of the 25% stake in the acquisition of Corel (Linux), spent 13.5 billion US dollars, Corel transplant it on the Linux platform within three years; the second is that, the Senior Vice President of Microsoft, "TO Fall by the Wayside", claimed: "Linux is too expensive "" The total cost is too high ", and even said:" Linux is purely a fanatic (Fad) made by the media, and the destination will die next to the road. "Microsoft's .NET program manager D .Miller rushed out for a set of digital arguments that were not officially announced using IDC: "Microsoft's server products have grown than any other server operating system, and Linux has grown in half a year." What he means: "Linux is dead". People will feel weird. Why can't Microsoft's CEO S.ballmer, Mr. S.ballmer? It seems that Microsoft is really afraid of the world's first-class horizontal "world-class" strong operating system called Linux "on OSDL.
Since IBM, HP, IBM plans to take hundreds of billions of dollars, in a global scale, and claim that I really embrace Linux in a high globe. However, recent IBM is also known: "We will not spend more than a billion dollars, don't know what to return!" HP recently officially hired Open-source No. 2 Character Bruce Peens, set up an independent Linux business of HP unit. In their opinion, the innovation spirit of the game rules (GPL) of the source code open, gradually evolving Linux into an open source "UNIX", is open, closed and lifted, and there is no harm. It is important to avoid the title of "Linux", because Linux is a registered trademark of Linus himself. It is foreseeable that in the traditional IT enterprise, open source Linux business sector, but can maintain the original enclosed source code copyright protection business model, old concept constant, big engage in "semi-open, semi-closed" business operation mode It will gradually become a popular trend. This will also have a potential impact on my country's IT industry. The IT giant directly intervenes the open source movement, which has a profound impact on the Linux community. Linux's Enterprise Edition has not been released on schedule, and drags them again, causing huge spirit and social pressure on T.Linus. On January 4 this year, this led Linus only used a sentence: "Linux 2.4.0 is out there, as a long release of the long-awaited enterprise Linux, you can see his heavy mood . He said in the Linux community: from the same number of people, tested, and won't find any new problems. In fact, Linux2.4.0 is used for enterprise-class, such as supporting the number of CPUs ≤8, TCP / IP has an access number ≤ 20,000. It is in the face of this situation, the open source software laboratory is from a step from a "2.4.0 version", and the specific manifestation is: First, let Linux support 16 64-bit processors and remains nearly near Linear performance growth; Second, let Linux support TCP / IP simultaneous concurrent connections from 20,000 to more than 64,000. In fact, Linux 2.4.0 does not currently support these two points. According to the "natural evolution" model developed by Linux group, it is difficult to do. In this way, in the face of this fact, the issue of Linux version continues to be in the hands of Linus, it is not very suitable. This is no wonder that OSDL wants to speak Linux as a mainstream UNIX, intentional to avoid Linux. Registered trademarks are more convenient to publish them directly from them. So, in the Linux community, someone stood up and said that IBM ran out to harvest (Reap) Linux's fruit. Today, Linux has entered a new stage that evolved from the individuality of natural people, evolved into rational drivers of enterprises (legal persons); be centered from individual-centered. The No. 2 characters who have just entered the open source movement of HP. True influence. "I adhered to the great achievements of R.stallman in Free Philosophy and" GNU IS Not Unix ", almost completely forgotten.
On the official website of Red Hat, talking about open source sports history, from AT & T from the 1970s, the middle of the STALLMAN free software is directly jumped to Linux in 1991. At January 31, this year, in the 2001 LinuxWorld Conference held in New York, people wear: "GNU is not linux" T-shirt, further indicating that people's dissatisfaction with empty freedom, and this conference is obvious Different from last year, the people visited people change, people care about "OK, how do I actually use these things in their own business?" This is much more than the year. This shows that the Linux industry has been mature. We believe that the establishment of international open source laboratory OSDL, marking the beginning of a giant IT company directly involved in open source movement. The main leader of open source movement R. Raymond became a director of VA Linux, and the No. 2 characters B.PERENS also entered HP. T. Linus joins Transmeta. The new historical phase of the open source movement of the company is already started. Ten million users cheering! It is foreseeable that Microsoft's .NET plans will have a long-lasting competition with the OSDL plan, and the result of this competition is the new improvement of the entire Internet industry, and will benefit all humanity. We should see that the network .NET is a big trend in the development of IT industry. The implemented route can be different, one is represented by a Microsoft enclosed source code; the other is an open source .NET route, an open source .NET route to the OSDL plan of the world-based open source software laboratory, can be described as "this .NET, non-He. Net ", but the goal is the same, consistent, will greatly improve the productivity of the Internet. In such a large background of worldwide closed and open (code), it is very meaningful to see the establishment of a creative (open code) software alliance. The alliance has the background of the national 863 high-tech program support, and it is also organized by dozens of domestic higher education and research institutions and famous IT companies. The alliance's daily operations and regularly issued their own publications, fully demonstrating the comprehensive strength of the Creative Alliance. The alliance is responsible for important industrial mission: strengthen international contact, good use of open resources, promotes intellectual aggregation, improves open source technology, and develops open source industries. We must clarify the ideas, seize the opportunity (should not ignore high-end), correctly grasp the direction, realize the low-cost, leap-forward development, defending and expanding the country's network survival space (electronic boundaries) in my country's IT industry. The road we have to go, this is just beginning. Small information - International Open Source Software Lab OSDL Introduction Open Source Software Lab (OSDL) is located in the US OREGON, Portland, China, officially announced on January 24 this year. The laboratory has a building area of 1022 square meters, which is convenient for transportation, where the hotel is located, fiber network and power supply are reliable to connect to the main network. OSDL is currently in useful, with: 1.4 sets 4-8 road IA-32 servers; 2.50 2-way IA-32 servers for load processing; 3.150 storage devices (5.1 Tala 5.1 4. High speed fiber switch; 5. Advanced equipment such as Gigabit Ethernet connection and multi-developer workstation.
