CTO Zhang Qingyuan: Kingsoft WPS open source is a good thing

Sina technology news October 25 News, Kingsoft office software vice president and CTO Zhang Qingyuan on the evening of the 22nd in an interview with Sina Technology said Kingsoft office software revenue has reached 0.1 billion yuan this year. In the next Kingsoft Wps office version, online storage and editing functions will be enhanced.

Zhang Qingyuan received an interview with Sina technology after finishing his speech at the 09 zhesi Free Software summit. Zhang Qingyuan said Kingsoft Software has been exposed to open-source since last year.CommunityAnd found that open-source software has played a huge role in the software industry.

Zhang Qingyuan said that, in Kingsoft, Lei Jun, CEO long ago, proposed to open source Wps office. However, at that time, there were too many concerns, so it was not actually implemented. In the past one or two years, it may not be a bad thing to open source Wps office, because this will attract more people to the development and improvement of WPS Office. Currently, some Wps office plug-ins come from the open-source community.

For the next version of WPS Office that everyone is most concerned about, Zhang Qingyuan said that the software has entered the stage of pest removal, but the specific software name and version number have not yet been determined. The new software version focuses on enhancing its online storage and editing functions. To check with overseas online office software giants such as Google Doc and zoho.

Figure: Zhang Qingyuan, CTO of Kingsoft office software

Zhang Qingyuan said that the current Wps office version only has simple network storage functions, and each user has 1 GB free space, which is paid by Kingsoft. However, Kingsoft still plans to provide more free storage space for users in the next version and make it safer. Zhang Qingyuan gave an example: he dared to upload his payroll to the bucket without worrying about leaks.

Regarding Kingsoft office software's profitability, Zhang Qingyuan told Sina technology that Kingsoft office software's revenue has reached 0.1 billion yuan this year. Wps office revenue mainly depends on enterprise procurement in China, while it is in the retail market overseas, with overseas revenue close to half of that in China. "The Japanese version of WPS Office ranks second in the Japanese text processing software market, especially in Internet cafes, and will have a larger growth next year ."

Kingsoft's online games have achieved great success in the Vietnamese market. Why did Wps office delay in entering overseas markets outside Japan? Zhang Qingyuan explained, microsoft's offices apply for different patents in different countries. To avoid unnecessary intellectual property disputes, WPS Office will hire local legal staff to carefully analyze and study related patents before entering a market, to write a feasibility report.

Speaking of the competition with Microsoft, Zhang Qingyuan said that WPS Office currently shares about 13%-16% of the domestic office market, and almost others are monopolized by Microsoft. Now Kingsoft hopes to make the software ready step by step, and hopes to make the city account for 33%. In this way, we can have a higher say. To achieve this goal, we have already reached more than 200 WPS developers at the Zhuhai headquarters in Jinshan, nearly doubled from last year.