Article Title: what website does domestic open-source programs rely on ?. 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, the head of dedecms's IT Plato confirmed that IT had left. the previous marriage between phpcms and cool 6 broke up, which cast a shadow to the open-source software industry in China. what is the survival of open-source software, even if open-source companies such as dedecms operate successfully and are finally forced to change their market strategies due to revenue and expenditure, how should other open-source brands that are struggling to continue, why can't open-source software develop in China? If it can develop, what do open source development teams in China rely on?
First, let's analyze several channels that open-source programs can benefit from.
I. commercial copyright fee. Everyone knows that in China, everyone wants to use free things, operating systems, anti-virus software, and application software... when using these programs, a large number of people first think of tools such as "cracking" and "registration machine" that allow them to use others' achievements for free, even if the products are open-source, many people still want to remove the copyright logo of the program. So from the current situation, it is very difficult to charge copyright fees. if you are willing to pay the copyright, they are all large companies, unless your products match the appetite of these companies, why do they choose to use your product.
II. Custom development fee. This is a big part of revenue from the development of many open-source teams. However, there is another problem, and the product is not well-known. How many people can know you and decide to use your products for customization? I think many open source development teams are playing the role of a common network company in the development process, in order to maintain your life, you have received a lot of low-price lists, and those customers do not even require you to use any program development. In the end, you just need to give them a finished website based on their needs. In addition, the maintenance and modification work after the product is delivered is cumbersome, so that such a service is regarded as a "pure physical activity" in the industry ".
3. training fee. If the product is easy to use and others want to learn and use your program, they need to pay a certain amount of training fee. The development team only needs to perform secondary product development training in the future. However, all these problems finally come to the conclusion that your products are well-known and not well-known. your products are easy to use and won't be learned by anyone.
Recently, when we interviewed Xiao Fei, founder of BIWEB Business Intelligence website building system, he told us that if open-source programs want to establish a foothold, they must persistently build a brand, second, we must constantly collect user needs and constantly improve our products. If a company wants to grow and grow, it must have a brand strategy. few companies will use products that are not well-known. most customers are concerned about whether the after-sales service can keep up with such issues, the brand of ID 1 has a significant relationship with the customer's trust in the company. By constantly collecting customer requirements, developers can understand what customers currently need? Find the balance between product design and customer experience based on different knowledge levels. Xiao Fei told us that according to the investigation, many users of open-source website construction programs do not have much programming knowledge. if they want to use many open-source programs on the market to develop their own websites, developers are very hard to reflect. at this time, they need to develop a full-site program for various specific features to facilitate customers' use. according to Mr. Xiao, BIWEB will launch the full-site bi Web commercial portal after the National Day, including news, recruitment, video, encyclopedia, pictures, and other mainstream features. after the National Day holiday, we will be able to experience such a rich range of portal programs.