China-style cloud computing technology is it difficult to overtake?

Like energy-saving and new-energy auto industry planning after years of asking for advice finally did not formally issued, after the two sessions, Dongyan, secretary general of China's Auto industry association, expressed in a tactful way the negation of the "overtaking" mentality in China's energy-saving and electric-vehicle industry-"in fact, an industry is a whole, it is impossible to say that you do not elsewhere, In this place, the old can't, the new line, the low level, the advanced line. It's not true. " During the two sessions, the Ministry of Industry on a number of strategic emerging industry planning will be issued after the announcement will appear to be a historical joke.

On the afternoon of March 28, the Ministry of Science and Technology website publicly released the National Science and Technology Program (863, support plan) 2013 Alternative Project Solicitation Guide notice. Although called "collection", but more than the previous "High-tech industrialization and environmental construction Twelve-Five special planning" around the cultivation of strategic emerging industry deployment of 19 scientific and technological focus of the specific implementation. "China Cloud" science and technology focus is still not clear overall technical plan and construction standards, there is no state-level cloud computing platform of the specific content, but in the 863 planning area has deployed two direction of a total of 10 cutting-edge technology topics.

"Cloud server?" So far, there have been no plans for IBM, HP and Oracle to launch cloud server products, and it seems that China's 863 plans are cutting-edge. "Professor Shimen, vice president of the Shenzhen Cloud Computing Association, said after looking at the direction and content of the 863 plan for the 2013 project on the selection of information technology."

"Now cloud computing has messed up the minds of a lot of local governments, and the cloud has become a basket of things that can be put into it at random." National appropriation of funds 80 million for the development of billions of concurrent cloud server system, is simply pretexts, to obtain national financial resources. Professor Shimen said with some indignation. "Cloud computing is not really a new frontier technology, and many internet companies are using cloud computing technology." In short, cloud computing is mainly through software-level technology to improve the utilization of hardware CPU, so that customers reduce hardware costs, while saving electricity. For cloud computing, even a blade server is a waste of flak. You know, Google's servers are very cheap board made, powerful computing power is implemented by the software, and the ' free ' open source software. ”

"If China is going to develop cloud computing, it has to go back to the open source software movement." Beyond Microsoft, more than 90% of the world's cloud computing, represented by Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Wiki and Facebook, runs on open source software. Just like this cloud server system development 863 project, abroad has long been known as OpenStack Open source software organization, OpenStack Software can make software run like a cloud in the server cluster floating around, the calculation task distributed to each CPU, idle CPU can be in hibernation, Thus saving electricity. Professor Shimen is dissatisfied with the 863-style technology development route that ignores the value of software and confuses concepts.

"Shenzhen Cloud Computing Industry Association NI President said:" In China's e-government construction should actively adopt the cloud computing, Internet of Things, open source software, such as a new generation of information technology, so that can greatly save it spending, to Chinese companies with more market opportunities, so that e-government system more relevant to autonomous control and achieve reliable, Low cost information requirements, and drive the development of China's software and information services industry. ' Now, governments around the world spend a lot of money building a cloud industry park, and it's more practical to promote the use of Open-source software in E-government. ' Otherwise, like this 863 project, the central government will spend more than 200 million, and finally, the education cloud system to carry out demonstration applications. 863 of experts will not let this kind of scientific and technological achievements in the field of E-government demonstration applications. Professor Shimen does not seem to think that the science and technology priorities listed in the 863 plan can be implemented smoothly.

Shimen, a former deputy Secretary-General for China's open source software, said China is lagging far behind developed countries in promoting Open-source software. "It should be admitted that, in the PC age and the internet age, our generation has lagged far behind the US in software technology, and the gap is growing and there is no point in closed-doors research." Only through the promotion of Open-source software, hope that the next generation can achieve innovation. Open source software has intellectual property rights, the public code does not mean no know how, only really master the technology of the talent know how, so open source software service is a business model, otherwise emphasize the localization of open source software or autonomous controllable, are meaningless castles. ”

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)