Linux: When do you race against yourself?

Linux: When do you race against yourself-Linux general technology-Linux technology and application information, the following is a detailed description. I recently read two articles written by an industry expert: "No more private software" and "Vista anxiety". I am not optimistic about the future of Linux.

The first is that these two articles lack sufficient persuasiveness, and even make a self-contradictory mistake to some extent. For example, in Vista anxiety, the so-called Vista Anxiety refers to anxiety about migrating to the Vista platform (action, not just the "fear" of Vista itself ". To be honest, for "old users" of Windows XP, Vista is almost "another operating system". In fact, it is not that easy for them to accept (use) Vista, some of Vista's features are "uncertain", beyond the acceptance level and understanding ability of ordinary people (including XP users. What do readers think of when they see this? The first thing I think of is that Vista does not fear users. Of course, this is a natural thing. Whether it is XP or Vista, don't forget that there is a Windows in front, even if it is "another operating system", it is also Windows. If it is changed to Linux, XP users are really scared. If you are really scared, do you still expect them to migrate or use Linux? Secondly, since XP users are "uncertain" about some features of Windows Vista, I am afraid Linux is even more difficult for them, and it exceeds their acceptance level. Therefore, I believe that, according to the normal logic, the above text in Vista anxiety tells users that it is more difficult to migrate or use Linux than to migrate or use Vista.

Looking at the text in Vista anxiety: KACE published a new survey on November 19, and found that 90% of old Windows users suffer from Vista anxiety ", 44% even gave rise to the idea of escaping from the Windows platform. More than half of them never expected to deploy Vista (see the text "Vista worries cause business to consider Macs and Linux" in Steven J. Vaughan Nicolas "). KACE is a network management tool supplier. Its main products run on FreeBSD platform and have little to do with Windows platform (market ". Here I doubt the authority of this KACE investigation. Because KACE is not a specialized market research organization, and its products are running on FreeBSD platform, it is natural to speak for itself. In addition, this report is quite out of context. The so-called anxiety and thinking words are very vague and there will be a big gap with the final fact.

The end of the article Vista anxiety: 44% of respondents wanted to try (migrate to) the Linux and Macs platforms. The Linux opportunity has finally arrived. The secret recipe to cure Vista's anxiety is to boldly move forward to a new journey (not a Windows platform ). I can see from this that 44% of respondents first want to try, which is different from the concept of final action. Secondly, even if it is done, it is the Linux and Macs platforms, according to a survey in this industry article, most users migrated from Windows to Macs. The author has made a special analysis on this and does not need to go into details here. Even if the user finally enters a new milestone (not a Windows platform) as the industry expert says, it is true that it is not a Windows platform, but this is totally different from going to the Linux platform.

If the article Vista anxiety tells Windows XP users that migrating to Linux is more worried and harder than migrating to Vista, so the next article "no longer on private software" is Linux's self-indulgence and comfort. For example, Gartner's report is cited in "no more private software": in the next 5 ~ In the past 10 years, the "profitability" of private software (ecosystem) will be significantly reduced, and the "say" (or "initiative") of (private) software buyers will be greatly improved. The private software industry will enter the "meager profit" period. Why? Gartner believes that the two main "development tendencies" have led to this "general trend ". They are: 1. SaaS; 2. Open Source Software (emerging ). I didn't see any inevitable relationship between these and Linux, but when it comes to the so-called meager profit, the so-called private software (commercial software) is also making money. What about Linux? The second is the so-called Eee PC and OLPC children's computer and other projects mentioned in it. Microsoft is both prepared and added, and there has been an OLPC procurement, in the future, the user will prepare to replace the Windows operating system instead of Linux. This is definitely not good news for Linux.

In fact, the two articles are not convincing, and even the contradiction is still the second. From these two articles, I feel that Linux's supporters are still not holding their fate in their own hands, and they are blindly attacking their opponents, it is very passive, passive, or even weak, to count on the competitor's mistakes and win the market with an improper external force. Because it needs to attack the strong to attract others' attention; it needs to win others' sympathy by attacking the strong. However, in commercial society, economic rules and business rules are heartless, and the survival of the fittest is inevitable. When Linux is still complaining, Vista has already sold 88 million sets around the world (which is not ideal, but more users will migrate and use Vista in the future, but in the next 6-18 months, XP still has an absolute advantage). While Linux is still cheering for the European Union's sanctions against Microsoft, microsoft's latest financial report has soared its shares. While Linux is self-satisfied with its so-called freedom and free, Microsoft is creating opportunities and values for the industry and society as a whole ...... This is because Microsoft is always challenging itself, so it will continue to experience the storm and see the rainbow. As Li zongsheng sang in the "race against ourselves" Song: We all race against ourselves and strive for an extraordinary victory for a better future; we are all people racing against ourselves. For a better tomorrow, we are desperately striving to have no end in front and never stop. This is especially true for enterprises and industries. Microsoft is a "man" who is racing against itself, so today's software industry leader is the place. What about Linux? When can you decide your own destiny, rather than pin your hopes on the deviations, mistakes, and energy of others, using more so-called smart talents for your own innovation, meeting the real needs of the market and users, Linux is likely to embark on the path of hope if it is a "person" who is racing against itself.