Windows7 low price is not Microsoft's grace for China

November 21st news, according to foreign media reports, Google showed the Chrome OS PC operating system on Thursday, its features are fast, safe, and the size is only 1/60 of Windows. Google said that Chrome-based netbooks will be available during the Christmas shopping season next year.

The Chrome OS PC operating system is finally here, I think the most fearful thing at the moment will be Microsoft, even though Microsoft pretends to disapprove.

For a long time, I have been confused about the low price of Microsoft Windows 7, especially his ultra-low price of more than 300 yuan in China. I even think: Is this a kind of grace, compensation, and even remorse for Microsoft users in China? What surprised me even more is that in many forums, there has already been an "experience". With the Microsoft win7 upgrade plan, you can "legally" apply for a genuine Windows 7 CD of 86.5 yuan. Is this Microsoft's omission or deliberate? ? Up to now, the release of Chrome OS PC, I finally understand: Windows7 low price is not a gift to China, but he has to save himself!

The Chrome OS PC operating system is free, although there have been no free operating systems for Microsoft, but don't forget that Google controls most of the user desktops. We don't talk about the seemingly distant technology of cloud computing. Just look at the user's mentality. No matter what Microsoft says is not acknowledging, there are fewer and fewer individual users in the world who want to save money. Google understands this kind of mentality. In fact, Microsoft also understands, but it is difficult for Microsoft to adapt to it. On the road of profitability, a high-speed train is difficult to stop suddenly. It needs to slow down. This is the dilemma that Microsoft is currently facing. Therefore, in order to cope with the psychological changes of users, in order to cope with Google's aggressiveness, Microsoft has to maintain its market share by means of low prices and indifference to piracy. This mentality of Microsoft represents the embarrassment of most traditional software vendors.

In this way, Microsoft's perverted behavior in China is also very easy to understand. Windows7 low price is not a gift to China.

However, although it is not Enshi, Microsoft's measures are very effective in China, and many people are happy to take advantage of this. I think that this has the effect of "free" and low prices, and there are also factors that Chinese users have a weak sense of open source, although there has been a Wang open source in China.

Many of us have difficulty understanding why we can justifiably ask Microsoft to open something without having to use piracy like a thief. In some areas, free should not be our ultimate goal. To a certain extent, China is currently an open source desert, lacking pioneers. Although we have a large number of outstanding technical talents, we lack the enlightenment of open source. In addition to the occupation of the market, Microsoft's intention is probably at this point: use its own low price and "indifferent" to open source to suppress the open source awareness of most people in China.

Actually, we still have some open source stuff. We have a red flag operating system in China, and the history is long. We know very little about it; one of our domestic technology forums has released a Ylmf Linux Y1.5 (Ubuntu 9.10) distribution, but users are limited to some technology enthusiasts. Technically, these systems certainly have their shortcomings; from the perspective of supporting software, our software companies seem to pay insufficient attention to open source. These factors may be the reason why open source cannot be widely promoted in China. But from another perspective, the government's support for open source software seems to be a little smaller. Compared with the situation when Linux was first introduced to China at the beginning of this century, the atmosphere is much worse today. The "Policy to Encourage the Development of the Software Industry and the Integrated Circuit Industry" issued in June 2000 is obviously not enough.

Compared with Microsoft's gold, the profit of open source software is not big. I think that if the government supports and even rewards open source software in terms of policies and funds, and promotes it in school education and product promotion, the influence of open source awareness among netizens should be greater, and such government support. It will certainly have a huge deterrent to Microsoft's monopoly and guarantee the government's information security. Many unexpected effects in the future are very likely.

Although it is farther away, I just want to explain one point: Windows7 low price is not Microsoft's kindness to China, we still have a little more heart!