Yuan Meng: The Rise of the global Ubuntu Service Industry

What is a service? To put it simply, Party A provides a service to Party B to meet certain requirements of Party B. According to the official definition of ISO of the international organization, services are a kind of product form of human beings, and services are generally paid. How is the global Ubuntu service industry? In fact, the real value of Ubuntu is that it has spawned a new industry-the Ubuntu service industry, not just a free software product. China not only needs Ubuntu software technology, but also the Ubuntu service industry. Slave

What is a service? To put it simply, Party A provides a service to Party B to meet certain requirements of Party B. According to the official definition of ISO of the international organization, services are a kind of product form of human beings, and services are generally paid. How is the global Ubuntu service industry?

In fact, the real value of Ubuntu is that it has spawned a new industry-the Ubuntu service industry, not just a free software product. China not only needs Ubuntu software technology, but also the Ubuntu service industry. In principle, the Ubuntu-based solution provided by Party A to Party B is a Ubuntu service. For example, ubuntu-based technical training, business consulting, and system integration are all part of the Ubuntu service industry.

Currently, Canonical is the world's largest Ubuntu service provider (USP ). After years of accumulation and efforts, Canonical has established a huge service system around the world. There are three types of members: business partners, technical partners and training partners. However, a new generation of partners are emerging today: cloud computing partners and Market Operation partners. Specifically:

1. Business Partners: consulting, retail and system integration;

2. Technical Partners: hardware suppliers, software developers, and OEMs;

3. training partners: technical training and business training.

Today, Canonical partners (USP) are available almost all over the world, with a large number (with thousands of partners), except in China. Dell and System 76 are world-renowned vendors for Ubuntu computer manufacturing. USP around the world provides Ubuntu services in their own regions to obtain their own operating income. According to business performance, company scale and technical level, various USP are divided into three levels: Gold partner, silver partner and General Member partner. The business treatment of partners at all levels is different, the degree of Canonical technical support is also different. It is worth noting that the new generation of Canonical cloud computing partners, such as Eucalyptus, Amazon Web Services, and RightScale, are among the best in the field of Linux cloud computing. We can say that the global Ubuntu service industry is booming rapidly. This development trend deserves our close attention.

Based on the current situation in China, the Ubuntu service industry can start with technical training. At present, more than 10 Chinese Ubuntu books have been published, and there is a certain technical foundation. The premise of training must have certain social needs. Ubuntu system administrators will be a potential social requirement. Generally speaking, the cost of Ubuntu technical training is relatively low. Trainees do not have to rent a dedicated fixed training venue because they bring their own boot USB disks. Therefore, they can hire senior Linux instructors and provide appropriate technical guidance.

Note: Ubuntu is the most typical GNU/Linux operating system in the modern era. I suggest the Beijing zhesi community and Shenzhen ubento community (joint or separate) to take a look at Ubuntu training services. The training program should be reasonably formulated, appropriate training content should be selected, the teaching quality should be ensured, and training funds should be carefully calculated to achieve targeted and social effects. We should realize that Ubuntu training should not only be a technical training for Linux, but also be aware of the spread of the GNU spirit. In China, the Ubuntu service industry is a real (profitable) business, rather than a dream.