Cloud era: Who dominated the operating system ups and downs?

There are times when we can see the very real side of users on the Internet:

What they need to care about is their own experience, not the boring notions; they are concerned with applications and not with the system; they are concerned with the effects that are present and do not care how they are achieved. Even they only focus on Office, QQ, Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, and not on Windows7, Android, iOS or WEB. For them, it seems that the operating system is almost "equal to nothing."

Extending to "cloud services," the "cloud" is a esoteric and inaccessible concept for most users. In fact, even the so-called "experts" also try their best. The "cloud" looks like a very image, but as soon as it unfolds, it becomes extremely boring and dull and boring, and users are avoiding it. In fact, they do not need to understand. Because they only need to be able to use the same application on different devices, opening the same document is the "cloud function" that users are concerned about.

Therefore, based on the Internet "cloud operating system" is bound to become the darling of the cloud era. Because it is such an Internet cloud operating system is the most user-perceived and accepted cloud, in order to allow users to better use the function without having to worry about implementation. This is the essence of the Internet - email, portals, search, web site navigation, e-commerce, people like the Internet like the "content cloud" on the Internet; and the cloud document The "cloud applications", and "cloud operating system." On Internet-based operating systems, the same interface, the same application, and even the same documents are used no matter where you are.

Simply put, the Internet operating system is the Internet, cloud computing and application of a new form of integration, more accurately, the Internet operating system should be the Internet ecosystem. The author believes that the IT industry in the operating system, the Internet, and the Internet has launched after the Internet, the Internet operating system will also erupt. No international network, both in China and the United States, have the ability to compete for the Internet operating system, "Heroes" must have three elements: 1. A huge user base 2. A solid technical foundation 3. Huge user billing capabilities. The user is the core, technology is to ensure that users pay for the sustainable development of the entire ecosystem, these three are indispensable.

As mentioned earlier, the Internet operating system is also an "ecosystem," in which users are consumers and developers are producers, while technology is a necessary material and nutrient equivalent to air and water. From this perspective, it is not difficult to find that there are not many players that can be delineated. Foreign may only facebook, apple and google, because they have a huge user, innovative technology and huge revenue capabilities, and it turns out, they have also been successful. Facebook's open platform, Apple's Appstore, Google's Android have become the first choice for users and developers.

The other hand, the domestic Internet operating system, this new Internet ecosystem has just begun. Compared to the United States mature model, who can accomplish this landmark start? Will "bats360" five city states (Baidu, Ali, Tencent, Sina and 360) in which one?

Is it Baidu? Baidu turned to the platform a long time, from the box calculated to the browser and then to the phone operating system, Baidu has been chasing the Internet development of the big wave, the box does not block a lot of developers, and in the browser, there is no one agency Baidu browser share of the statement, Baidu is trying. However, I'd rather be more interested in Baidu's mobile operating system, regardless of success or failure, which represents the vision of Baidu, also on behalf of China's Internet progress, are to be congratulated. If Baidu seize this rare opportunity for development, it is possible to rank among the more space to win the Internet in a longer dimension.

Taobao it? Taobao also has massive users, excellent technology and strong "user payment" capabilities, also introduced the Taobao cloud platform and Ali cloud phone, but I have another opinion. Internet ecosystem, the real consumer goods should be "service" instead of a pair of socks or a sweater is not a full bill, pay a hydropower, more importantly, Taobao users actually can not be considered a complete Taobao users, Taobao only registered ID, in the true sense of all Taobao sellers of users. Of course, relying on the payment convenience of Alipay, Alibaba still gives unlimited reverie, but in the end Ali will become a payment pipeline or payment terminal, but also wait for time to do the test.

Tencent how? It seems that all Internet topics can not evade Tencent, because regardless of users, technology or user payment capabilities, Tencent can make people imagination. Moreover, Tencent has never missed any feast, this time is no exception, Tencent has come up with the dry cargo: Q + open platform. Concerned about webQQ friends is not difficult to find in, now webQQ has transformed into Q + Web, and Q + also launched desktop version. For developers and users, regardless of Q + web or Q + desktop, you do not mind, both from the ground up, the development and application of the operating methods are no different. Tencent has become a pioneer in the Internet operating system, and it is understood that Q + does well, no matter the number of applications or user-active programs.

Say Sina. If it was three or two years ago, certainly not too many people classified SINA as an Internet company because it is more like a "digital media" company, neither user, technology nor revenue element of the Internet operating system . Now the only one who can put her in the list may be the Weibo and SAE platforms, but both of them only solve the user and the phased technical problems, there is still a long way to go compared to the harder user revenue go. If you put aside Sina's media properties, it's microblogging is only analogy to foreign twitter, if no one on twitter and facebook, apple, google shoulder to shoulder, then the definition of Sina as a new competitive form of the Internet, but also fashion A little earlier.

Similarly, all Internet topics can not bypass 360 anymore. Users, technology and profits are not a problem for 360, a newcomer to the game, and it has also launched 360 desktops to launch a new generation of Internet operating systems. However, 360 free mode compared to Tencent users pay, is a short board, how to solve the problem of payment remains to be further discussed. And, for the moment, the 360 ​​desktop is more like an upgraded version of desktop beautification tools, and how to keep developers profitable and user-friendly is a long way to go.

So Matthew's theory is still valid. The future of China's Internet cloud will still be a dominance, which is the inevitable result of user choice platform. And who this family will eventually have the final say by the user, but the king of the platform is the service of the decisive victory, I believe the Internet in 2012 will be even more exciting. No matter which is the first to get this boarding "cloud" tickets, we should cheer for him.