Linux is currently comparing the advantages of Microsoft products, and does not completely from its own technology advantages, more the legendary experience of Linux authors and the political meaning of the product have achieved the glory of Linux today.
"Detonation pop" means that social mainstream will suddenly turn to the fanaticism to support certain unrealistic myths. This myth will have a reasonable existence, and its past behavior will also be provided to reasonable explanation. The personal computer industry is in such a "detonation" stage, once it ended, maybe the legendary experience of Li Nas Torvalds will become the new protagonist of such myths. Towsworth was a poorest college student in Finland, which has developed a Linux computer operating system and a free public release method called "open source code". With the combination of Robin Han products and publishing methods, he confronts the large companies involved in Personal Computer, such as Microsoft, Intel and IBM.
In fact, Towsworth develops Linux or a college student, he released free release, and mobilized thousands of people replicated, use and expand his work. In the end, he became an exciting idol in this industry. Due to this, small systems can develop to this. In addition, Linux is only another expression of the UNIX concept in the 1970s. Open source movement is just a rapid implementation of the existing theoretical tradition by means of the Internet. Moreover, the Linux operating system itself is neither a new invention, nor is an independent product. It is a Linux kernel developed by Totoz and its companions by fundamentally innovating early open source Unix, and established a GNU application based on free software, similar to a graphical user interface similar to Microsoft Windows software and some Third-party software consists of.
Although Towsworth has never boasted himself, "detonating pop" phenomena is not produced according to technical reality. Thus, it is the legendary experience of Touroz, rather than him as a system developer, so that Linux has the color image required to receive extensive public support. It is important that Linux is widely supported by the Microsoft Window software instead of other versions of UNIX. Linux is in contrast to Microsoft's latest products, both leading in performance, stability or technological easy to use. However, in front of the BSD family UNIX product and Sun Microsystem Solaris products, Linux is far from being advanced. For example, Apple uses BSD named "Darwin" products as the basis of Mac OS X products. At the same time, SUN microsystem Solaris products are more applicable to data centers and desktop computers due to its unique network environment.
Although BSD and Apple's products have stronger performance than Linux, this does not mean that technology advantages can drive social revolution. Linux has achieved the legend of Towsworth due to its technical value, through the political change of the mass media, through the comparison with Microsoft products. It should be noted that Linux is running on the same hardware as Microsoft products. However, comparison between the computer running the Linux system and the Microsoft system is mainly for software, rarely does not even involve hardware. Wal-Mart is installed with Linux system and related applications, and is equipped with a 15-inch LCD monitor for $ 796. To form a contrast, the product price of Dell is configured and equipped with basic Microsoft operating systems is $ 799. Then install a set of Microsoft Office software costs for an additional $ 399, while adding a set of code development systems to pay $ 529.
In business, operating costs are much more important than capital costs. Because of its magical emitting ring, Linux is sold to managers, and it is expected that it can reduce operating costs, which has become commercially preferred. The most fundamentally, after using Linux instead of the original Microsoft server system, the user will find that the integration of operation stability, support work, and information systems is increased than in the past. Now, Linux dominated the network service market of Intel Type Computer. Microsoft's previously dominant documents, print services and identity management services are also from Linux. More importantly, some companies headed by Sun Microsystems are developing open source desktop software, intending to make Linux a competitor of Microsoft Window Desktop Services Software Used by Family and Business Users. Many people find that open source code products are rich and there is no copyright issue involved in Microsoft products. However, an open source package such as an OpenOffice.org kit does not have a function of comparable to Microsoft Office Professional. However, it will not lose files, there is no additional download and installation, there is no upgrade pressure, and there is no excessive restrictions when exchange files between other systems. As a result, a large number of organizations were tested on the Linux desktop and got the results similar to using Linux server software: the cost of spending, but the stability of the entire system, support and information integrity are improved. However, if Linux products are stopped, other products will cause the linux cost. In fact, the "Red Hat" has raised Linux's support cost, but this is still low than Microsoft's service contract costs. But things don't always be only beneficial to one party. At present, Linux will become a "detonation popular" event that is dominated by desktop, which will be the design of new "unit processor" CPUs in IBM, Sony and Toshiba. According to reports, this new processor will be 10 times faster than Intel products. In addition, IBM's new PC (Power.org "established for China and related markets," POWER.ORG "," POWER.ORG ", is highly impressed, which has selected Linux instead of the operating system used by BSD as its desktop and server product.
Because of its comparison with Microsoft Windows Software instead of other versions of UNIX, Linux believes that the public is considered to represent new technology products, while Microsoft is going to fall. This kind of cognition will reverse the mainstream awareness that Microsoft and Intel are in high-tech front end, and will push Linux to the preach of "detonating popular" in society.
