Investigation reveals how Linux in China makes money?

Slave1996YearLinuxThe operating system has entered China and has now passed10Years of development,LinuxThe popularity in China has improved significantly.CCW Research) Data is displayed in2005In ChinaLinuxSales of operating system products have reached1.12RMB million, and it drives the development of relevant industries. Judging from the current development trend,LinuxThe operating system is expected to become a successor in the futureWindowsLater, the second largest operating system.

The two operating system manufacturers' profit models are very different. ForWindowsOperating Systems: on the one hand, there are a lot of proficient professionals with high product maturity. On the other hand, there are a large number of system application software developers and system integrators who only need to do a good job of the product and provide interface parameters, other application software developers can develop independently on the basis. ForLinuxOperating system, limited understanding of his professional staff, products are constantly updated, many versions, and products of different manufacturers, there are also differences, supportLinuxThe number of operating system application software developers and system integrators is small.LinuxOperating system manufacturers should not only do a good job of products, but also actively cooperate with hardware manufacturers and application software developers. AnalyticdbCCW Research) Long-term follow-up research found thatLinuxIn addition to direct sales of the product itself, the sales revenue of operating system vendors mainly comes fromLinuxOptimize and adapt the operating system to be resold. Currently, different application environments can be divided into the following two categories:

Optimized and adapted as a general-purpose Server

As a common type server, for example:WEBServer, email server, database server,High Availability cluster system, Server Load balancer cluster system, etc., according to the specific requirements of the service,LinuxOperating SystemManufacturers do some pre-configuration and optimization work, and test the compatibility with the hardware system to ensure itsLinuxThe operating system can play its role more effectively.

Optimize and adapt to business systems in different industries

There are many industrial application systems for different businesses in different industries. CurrentlyLinuxIt is applicable to almost all industries in China and is applicable to some industries and even core business systems. Because the hardware and software environments required by systems vary widely across different industries and business systems, and many proprietary devices are only used within the system, they are not widely used, the operating system adaptation environments required by different application software are also quite different.LinuxThe operating system vendor tests and modifies these specific requirements until the entire system can be used normally and stably.

In addition, as users change their hardware and application softwareLinuxOperating system vendors provide related technical support services.LinuxAn important part of operating system manufacturers' income.

After all, the sales profit caused by some optimization and adaptation work is very limited. Therefore, providing end users with a full set of industry solutions is one of the directions pursued by various operating system vendors.LinuxOperating system manufacturers bring lucrative profits. However, it provides a complete set of industry solutions, which are generally small in China.LinuxOperating system vendors are difficult. According to the current situationLinuxThere are not many solutions provided by operating system manufacturers, which only accounts for a small portion of the overall revenue.LinuxOne of the key development directions of operating system vendors.