Ubuntu founder: Ubuntu Mobile enters the Chinese market next year

Ubuntu founder: Ubuntu mobile phone enters China market next year 23 hours ago | Times Read | SOURCE csdn| 0 Reviews | The author collates the Ubuntu operating system open source mobile operating system Smartphone iosandroid Summary: 21st, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth appeared in the building of the Ministry of Software and integrated Circuit Promotion Center (CSIP) to complete canonical company, Mark received interviews with local media after the signing of a joint open source software consortium with CSIP, the National Defense University of Technology (NUDT) and the three sides. Ubuntu smartphones and Tablet PCs will enter the Chinese market next year, he said in an interview.

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth

After the release of the Ubuntu mobile operating system in January this year, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth began to fly around to discuss cooperation with telecom operators worldwide. March 21, he came to China and began paving the road for Ubuntu mobile operating system to enter the Chinese market.

On the morning of 21st, Mark Shuttleworth led the Ubuntu China Chief representative Yulijiang to the building of the Ministry of Software and integrated Circuit Promotion Center (CSIP) to complete the canonical company, the National Defense Technology University (NUDT) Mark received interviews with some domestic media after signing up for a joint open source software lab with CSIP.

A legendary person who is passionate about open source

Mark was born in a small town in South Africa and graduated from the University of Cape Town, majoring in finance and information science, and he created the security consulting firm Thawte Consulting. In 1999, Mark sold Thawte Consulting to the company of VeriSign at a price of 575 million dollars.

At his own expense, Mark set up canonical limited to promote free software and open source software and to provide business services. Then he created the Ubuntu Open source community.

For now, Mark's favorite thing to do is to advertise and speak to open source Ubuntu everywhere. This has also made him a huge influence in the open Source software field. CSDN Editor-in-Chief Liu, the largest programmer community website in the country, has a high opinion of Mark. He told Sina technology that there are a lot of people in China who are rich like mark, but there are so few people in his realm.

Ubuntu has the ability to disrupt mobile operating system markets

Mobile terminals are a much bigger market than the PC market, but over the past few years, Apple iOS, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Phone seem to have formed a stable pillars, leaving Ubuntu, Swordfish Sailfish, Firefox Firefox OS, The chances of a second-tier mobile operating system, such as Samsung Tizen, are not great.

However, this has not shaken Mark's confidence in moving into the mobile market. In his view, Ubuntu integrates the experience of mobile phones, tablets, PCS and TV into a complete environment, providing a safe, high-quality platform for users:

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of the new operating system is beneficial to the market for the following reasons:


first of all, the application of different platforms is different, and a variety of native applications can provide users with a wealth of games and media experience;


Second, the user experience is different, we focus on creating an extraordinary user experience, different from iOS, Android and other platforms of the user interface, users will certainly be excited about this. We offer an Easy-to-use solution for Android developers, business applications, game developers, and many different developer groups.


Finally, the business model is different, and our business model is open to local services, local content providers, and local application developers.


This is the three aspects of our different new generation operating systems. Although Google and Apple are very successful companies, but we will create a different user experience, the mobile phone, tablet, PC, TV experience into a complete environment, to provide users with a safe, high-quality platform.


We believe that Ubuntu has the ability to compete with the next generation of operating systems, as well as with sophisticated operating systems.

At the same time, he thinks Ubuntu is superior to rivals in terms of solution cost and security performance, and more importantly, can make money.

"Although Google and Apple are very successful companies ... We believe that Ubuntu has the ability to compete with the next generation of operating systems, as well as with sophisticated operating systems. "Mark said. But he admits it's hard to predict how many users Ubuntu will be in the future.

Ubuntu smartphone, Tablet PC to enter China market next year

To win the competition, Ubuntu must be supported by more partners. Therefore, after the release of the Ubuntu mobile operating system, Mark visited telecom operators, manufacturers, chip manufacturers and so on. Mark revealed that negotiations with Chinese handset makers were the highlight of his trip to China.

"We are in the midst of negotiations with the hardware vendors or with the mobile operators, and we are only temporarily inconvenienced by the reasons for our commercial secrecy," he said. Mark stressed the importance of working with local hardware manufacturers in China.

He revealed that Ubuntu phones will be released in China in the first quarter of 2014 and that the Ubuntu tablet will be released in the second quarter of the same year. For other details, he was reluctant to disclose more information.

Mark said that in the future when the introduction of Ubuntu mobile phones in China, there will be more local applications and elements to appear, but will rely on canonical and Csip and other institutions set up open source software Joint Laboratory, the role of the laboratory is to provide a stage to stimulate the enthusiasm of Chinese developers to participate.

Chu Shanqin, director of the Ministry of Software and integrated Circuit Promotion center, revealed that the joint laboratory begins with the development of localized features such as information security reinforcement, optimization of Chinese and multiple text support, development of commonly used applications and tools, and optimization of support for domestic CPUs such as godson. (Wen/Wei Bing Zebian/Zhang Yong)

The original reference: Sina Science and technology