Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Open-source can not be anti-monopoly


Software Association, the open-source software, gave rise to many different opinions. The biggest problem is the controversy with the Chinese software market, combining the anti-monopoly, and whether the focus is on open-source anti-monopoly, it can support the domestic software business. Regarding the open-source software is commercial software is basically without meaning, as long as there sold as a commodity business sense, has nothing to do with it does not really open source. "No direct government support or interfere with any form of software business model," no doubt is unreasonable, any government of any industry to have a certain degree of intervention, this world there is no Utopia.

The real question is, now seems to be a point of view, the power of open source as a kind of salvation, relying on this power can be anti-software monopoly, veering from the software industry can save China. Personal opinion, this view led to the Government's policy if the tendency to impose a simple open source software companies, the result has not been very good results, the results rejected the domestic software industry, the Government should support the correct conclusion that the harm is very great.

So there is hope that the anti-open source software is monopolization? Answer does not seem very sure.

We look back at history we can see that monopoly, or loose a little the market is a fundamental factor is the high share of innovation, and any administrative means to a simple high share of mandatory break is basically futile.

SAP's monopoly that they first mainframe era of big software completely customizable environment to standardize management of software industrialization. Even now a large enterprise market is saturated, new technologies have emerged, the new market environment has become the case, at present still no management software companies to create new models to be pushed SAP throne, just fine in the changed sub-market to find small living space.

Oracle's monopoly from the first relational database industrialization. PostgresSQL, MySQL relational database is still the same hardware running on general-purpose computing model, developed over the years, though made some market share, but enough to shake the so-called monopoly of it?

Microsoft's desktop software market today, the source of monopoly where? Is 80 years to develop its innovative third-party independent of the operating system business model. This model is contact the hardware manufacturers, software vendors and consumers an equal opportunity of win-win model. This balance is difficult to break, the EU mandatory version of Windows without media browser market response is not a good example. Linux could replace it? In this mode, basically impossible. So Microsoft can not beat it? Not many companies are now using Microsoft's new market squeeze the market, Google, Apple need not repeat them.

There is also cite examples of Chinese textiles. China's manufacturing industry can not be considered to create a new model is so new, that is, cheap labor and social transition, the use of other natural resources, significantly reduce the product cost. Even if such a model is not very clear, the U.S. government can limit by simple but have lost this "monopoly" it? Anti can not afford to. The high cost of local manufacturers have not innovative responses, then still only a small segment of survival in space.

Of course, the open-source software, not, indeed should be precisely the free software to create a new model, it is possible antitrust, said the following.

In fact, the market has never been any anti-trust, there are only emerging market to replace the old market. It is worth noting that these innovations are rarely more than an alternative, and more are incremental. Old market is not completely replaced, but the new market attracted more attention. Therefore, these innovations more easily accepted.

Back that free software have certainly created a new model that is free and free re-creation. The result could lead to existing commercial software market could be a completely new copy is not software sales, only sales of new software services market to replace. This revolution is the alternative, moved many people's cheese, so the resistance is extremely large.

Look at open source and national industry issues.

The concept is not the same open-source free software, especially if its a simple and broadly linked to revitalize national industry, then. If you want to rely on free software, the revitalization of the national industry to be completely transition to free copies, up sales and service model. If you rely solely on open source, to be honest, the current open source code where there is no innovation, revitalization out of the question. Shuffled around and the great spirit of open source is not that there is no open source innovation is indeed the Achilles heel. Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, GIMP, etc., etc., all is not unique (Apache special, which is ahead of other similar products there is another imitation of him, so market share is also the highest). Is not to belittle and deny, but many open source developers are now busy with repeat achieve many things, but no effort thinking innovation. Is a typical Linux-based Desktop. Even the field of pure technology, the past few years has said the name, Java, Web Service, AJAX, etc., these are not from the open source community.

In short, we Again, no savior in this world, there is no opportunity to fall from the sky. Still not open source. To break the monopoly, free software service model can be used, such as current strength Founder with the Chinese to open up a new e-publishing market, such as the telecommunications industry to follow step by step break, these are way out. Just need step by step, without exception, made great efforts and input. Right visual point is, Jinshan rewrite WPS, never using Java rewrite hopefully survive, although the contact with the world as long as less likely to tear down the MS Office. Open Office expect packaged to sell certain death.






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