USB flash drive software, at the right time-Yuan Meng

Recently, I have mentioned the USB flash drive software many times. Some people disagree with it and have many microwords. None. The Opportunities behind the free spread of USB flash drives are unknown. In fact, U disk software came to the world, just now. U disk software can only be free software, commodity software (Agent licensing system) is not suitable, the reason is very obvious. So what is the current situation of free software in the world? In June 12, MarkShuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, expressed his opinion (or attitude) in an interview with the Linux magazine (Italian text ). His intention

Recently, I have mentioned the USB flash drive software many times. Some people disagree with it and have many microwords. None. The Opportunities behind the free spread of USB flash drives are unknown. In fact, U disk software came to the world, just now.

U disk software can only be free software, commodity software (Agent licensing system) is not suitable, the reason is very obvious. So what is the current situation of free software in the world? In June 12, MarkShuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, expressed his opinion (or attitude) in an interview with the Linux magazine (Italian text ). He means: In today's time, the international free software movement has evolved to a "point in time" (phase), and people can build a software platform at a very low cost (for example, ubuntu high-quality software platform), allowing it to spread freely, and relying solely on its service income can offset the expenditure on building the platform, or even achieve profit. Here, he demonstrated the basis for the sustainability of Ubuntu-related services (such as technical support, training, online services, and engineering integration. This means that in the present time, people can fundamentally change the business model of the (traditional) software industry. However, he also admitted that it would take some time to achieve this goal.

Why is the 8 gb usb flash drive sold by French company Mandriva worldwide so popular? In this case ~ It won't appear three years ago. The root cause is that at that time, the application level (version number) of (related) Free Software has not reached the current level. We can see the following fact: Firefox 3.0 has only been released for a few days, with a total of 20 million downloads. OpenOffice.org, an office suite that complies with the international standard ODF, has reached the applicable level, the actual number of deployments (installation) has reached a level that cannot be ignored (hundreds of millions ). It can be seen that talking about USB flash drives is not a Utopia dream, but a time point. Nowadays, it is necessary to use software in public places. In public places, pirated software is not suitable. This is what everyone knows. In these places, such as airports, schools, coffee shops, etc, are all full of commercial software (non-pirated). Is it actually possible? Not long ago, I asked a person in the terminal 3rd at Beijing Airport: Can your computer access the Internet? The answer is: no. We are all aware of the causes. I took a closer look. He is playing a computer game. Surfing the internet everywhere is the need of modern civilization.

What we call a USB flash drive can be automatically started from a USB port. In a wireless LAN environment, it can automatically browse the Internet based on the DHCP network protocol. In the computer classroom of the school, students take USB flash drives with them to learn more freely. The medical personal archive USB flash drive is carried with you, and the doctor will understand it as soon as it is inserted. A farmer's USB flash drive carries with him, and the village office does not worry about accessing the Internet (home has no computer ). On a business trip with a USB flash drive, hotel accommodation is not worried (leaks of confidential information) (otherwise, it is not elegant to go to meetings and meet customers with laptops everywhere !). In this interview, Mr. MarkShuttleworth concluded that we must publish something that can be visible to customers or better. Once the customer understands and accepts this kind of thing, it can bring them more freedom of action, and the world will become a basically different place. Our goal is achieved.

(Note: what Mr. Mark says here is "something", of course, not limited to USB flash drives. However, the USB flash drive software is also what he calls "something ".)

Author: Yuan Meng