The dream of Red Flag in Central division was shattered

Recently, the red Flag posted a liquidation notice, said that due to serious business difficulties, the board of directors on December 13, the resolution of the day of dissolution of the company, the company and all employees of the labor contract also terminated immediately, to this proceed set up a liquidation committee liquidation.

　　back in 2004 the red flag of the division announced the main business to achieve profitability, but in April 2013, red Flag core management staff told employees that the company encountered financial difficulties, wages can not be fully accounted for. Moreover, due to the long-term arrears of property rentals, red flag in December was Zijin mansion property MPF hydropower.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by software, was founded in 2000, the domestic famous Linux operating system software development Enterprise why would suddenly fall? NetEase Science and technology of this report, by the red Flag employees in Linuxeden Open source community, "where is the red Flag Road in where?"

Contradictions Focus: Chinese Academy of Sciences software special funds are not in place

In the 2010 nuclear Shishou Major transformation bid, Red Flag undertook the "Universal desktop operating system research and development and industrialization" main topic, and with the German (another software subsidiary) jointly undertook 4 sub subjects. In accordance with the provisions of the nuclear Shishou, the government allocated special project funds at the same time, enterprises and local governments need to match similar funds.

But the open letter accused the Chinese Academy of Sciences software 2010 years later, failed to meet the commitment to pay the National nuclear Shishou Project special supporting funds, resulting in red flag capital chain break. To this end, some employees have to advance their own business costs, but also on December 30, 2013, in the Ministry of Industry in front of the compound to pull up banner, publicly accused of the Chinese Academy of Science and Software ignored the staff lives, request the CAS software "returned" Red flag "nuclear Shishou" special funds.

In the perspective of the red Flag staff, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has promised to help the red flag to make up the self-financing, but the last failure to fulfill the commitment is the reason for the company's financial problems.

January 2014, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the software issued the "Red flag on the situation of" statement, said that the 2009 software has been jointly with the red Flag, the central branch of Germany, the establishment of the "Nuclear Shishou" project overall department. But in 2010, Red Flag withdrew from the General department. The software considers that the prerequisite for the red flag of the division is no longer there, so there is no need for its supporting funds.

The Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences believes that the software promised at that time is not a commercial guarantee, "completed" is used to complete the nuclear Shishou project, even if the red flag does not exit the overall software department, the overall department of software should be unified deployment, "this commitment is not to the red flag of the value-added commitment, nor to the red flag in the arrears of the basis, Moreover, after the prerequisite condition changes, the software already does not need to undertake for the red flag to complete the supporting fund the responsibility and the duty. ”

At the same time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that the red flag of the annual market income of not more than 10 million yuan, and 2010 and 2011 income mainly from the nuclear Shishou project, in the second half of 2012, the nuclear Shishou project funds ran out of capital chain fracture problem. The software considers red flag at present the problem is the operating cause.

With the capital chain completely broken, the company employees have resigned, February 10, Red Flag shareholders agreed to dissolve the company into liquidation procedures, the company's operations come to an ending.

Even if there is no conflict, the red flag in the division should not be paid 40 million yuan?

For the fall of the red flag, the entire software practitioner's public opinion divides into two kinds, one is the red flag employee or has the deep cooperation relations partner, they besides regrets, most thinks the red flag product actually is higher than the domestic many other products, moreover the brand, the business and the market, should not be today's appearance.

Another view is the general view of other practitioners in the industry chain, that is, Red Flag Linux is the protection of enterprises, market competitiveness is not strong, the core problem or product problems.

Put aside the funding of nuclear Shishou. As the software is a major shareholder, its published red flag for many years about 10 million of the market revenue data is relatively credible, and according to this data, red flag more than 10 years of development can not be separated from a variety of subsidies and special funds.

In the provisions of the nuclear Shishou, the government, local and enterprise funds matching is 1:1:1, in a 40 million of special funds, red flag to take out 40 million to do related projects, and according to the past market income, this self-financing is likely to be unable to bear the weight.

From the establishment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, independent research and development of computer, independent chip godson, operating system, such as red flag, and then to the dawn of the server and other enterprises, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in a series of enterprises in the computer revolution at the bottom of the independent technology competitiveness, but in the PC era The market for Linux will only be worse.