Tianji Net January 25th (Reporter Song Baoqiang) Recently, Beijing Tuins Software Company (Turbolinux) and Zhongke Red Flag have announced the first annual profit for the first year in 2004, which is also the first time China Linux enterprises. In 2004, it was regarded as a turning point in China's Linux industry. The previous China's Linux companies have been in a loss. In 2004, with the world Linux giants such as Red Hat, China's Linux business situation has also begun to achieve improvement. The general manager of TurboLinux said: "We didn't take a penny of the government, but in 2004 we achieved the first annual profit." TurboLinux lost $ 40,000 in 2002, lost 30,000 US dollars in 2003. For the specific financial situation of this earnings, Zhou Group said that the Popasters are undergoing financial audits. He also revealed that in 2004, the income is mainly from server products, and users are mainly large business customers such as banks, telecommunications, energy. The desktop is not large, mainly through OEM forms, but recent computer vendors have impacted the desktop business in order to push the low-cost computer. Beijing Zhongke Hongqi Software Technology Co., Ltd. also announced in the near future, compared with 2003, Zhongke Hongqi will achieve 50% of income growth in 2004, and achieve annual profitability. Bai Ke, Director of China, Hongqi Products, said that Sino-Science Hongqi income is expected to reach 32 million yuan ($ 4 million). However, a senior version of Linux enterprises who did not want to be named expressed doubts about the profit of Zhongke Hongqi. He said: "If we count the government funding, we can also say that it is profitable."
