Commercialization is not terrible. Linux is also a profit model.

Article title: commercialization is not terrible. Linux is also a profit model. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

A few days ago, Oracle, a strong promoter of Linux, announced the establishment of the Linux business department and appointed Liu Tiandong as the director of Greater China to further promote the company's Linux business development in China.

Liu Tiandong's new officer said that Linux is one of Oracle's three major strategies and is also the business focus of FY 2005. Oracle will vigorously promote standardized enterprise-level Linux applications, including specialized Linux technical centers in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Singapore, which will invest heavily in the Linux platform.

He hopes that Linux will be affected in Asia like in the United States. Therefore, Oracle will strengthen cooperation with all Linux vendors, including Zhongke Hongqi. "We support the entire Linux industry ."

As Linux becomes increasingly commercialized, Liu Tiandong believes that an industry is hard to survive without commercialization. "Moreover, the commercialization of Linux is still quite different from that of commercial software, such as EPR. However, commercialization does not mean that only products can be commercialized, but services can also be commercialized. Currently, Linux mainly adopts the commercialization path of services ." He said that Chinese users will not always ignore the fact that services are actually a valuable product. "As the cost of hardware, network, server, and storage is getting lower and lower, services must be considered in key applications ."

Oracle launched the "indestructible Linux program", which is actually a reflection of this spirit. "Oracle's support for Linux is the core of its Linux strategy ". He said that Oracle will provide code-level support for the entire software industry, including the Linux operating system, which means that if the customer is in an indestructible Linux distribution product (including Red Hat Enterprise-level Linux, oracle products run on Novell/SuSE and red-flag Linux. Oracle will provide one-stop support whether it is an Oracle database problem or a vendor's Linux problem.

Many domestic experts, including some manufacturers, think that Linux is just an innovative model. so far, it is not a profit model. The most important profit model is like Windows. However, Liu Tiandong believes that as long as the idea of paying for services is accepted by enterprises, it is the beginning of a profit model. In China, although users do not have a deep idea of paying for services, this idea will be firmly established with the continuous development and internationalization of China.

He proved his point with China's outstanding performance at the current Olympic Games. "just like China's gold medal number at the Olympics is already in the first group, china's changes in service concepts will also lead the world. I believe that in the Linux business model, China will develop very fast. Since a large number of enterprises are willing to put their resources on Linux and put them on key application, there is no sense that they are unwilling to put resources on services. I think it is a business model, so we have a lot of investment in China, including R & D centers and technology centers. we see that the market is mature, and business models exist ."