Age of Dreams

() Someone in later generations gave Linus a count. If he insisted on charging for Linux, then the industry chain would be worth at least 50 billion U.S. dollars. If Linus got it, it would definitely be no less than 10 billion. He became a young American A generation of rich people is simply a piece of cake.

It's a pity that even in 2013, he only relied on his own efforts to live with the salary of a middle-level programmer with an annual salary of one million. He never thought about how to earn more money.

Even before coming here, Xiao Qi thought of a lot of ways, but now that he is really here, Xiao Qi still feels that he is not very sure.

In the past, Xiao Qi felt that "doing everything in one's way" was a very stupid way of dealing with things, but now it was his turn, he realized that many things really had to be done with hard work. As for the result, even he, a reborn person, It is impossible to predict.

After tossing and turning all night, the boy woke up the next morning, took a hot bath, went downstairs to eat a hearty breakfast, and walked out of the hotel refreshed.

No matter what the negotiation will be, he must negotiate with Linus in the best state. It would be rude if he went to find someone in a sluggish state.

The campus environment in the United States has always been talked about.

Whether it is elementary school, middle school, high school or university, hardware and software facilities are spared no expense. Which congressman dares to say that the school wants to save land and cost, and will be sprayed to death by parents and human rights organizations when they go out.

So in the end, everyone changed their ways to build a beautiful and good school, so they also pleased many parents and voters, and thus became the seat of parliamentarians.

Next to the apartment where Linus lives is a very ordinary university, neither an Ivy League nor a national state university, but a very ordinary university that cultivates business talents, but the same is full of flowers everywhere Walking on the green avenues of the campus, you can see students lying on the grass reading books everywhere, and you can see students singing and laughing with guitars...

Xiao Qi is very familiar with this kind of university, because he spent a quarter of his life in this kind of environment in his previous life.

Walking on the American university campus again today, Xiao Qi felt very familiar, as if he saw the old man and his classmates again.

But after all, he was already a person with a strong mind, so he returned to his normal state and began to look for people who would appear here in the information.

As a result, Xiao Qi was disappointed. He went to several places that Linus said he often visited, but he couldn't find anyone. His idea of ​​doing business in a relaxed atmosphere outside fell through.

In desperation, Xiao Qi could only knock on the door of Linus' apartment according to the address on the information.

When the door opened, a tall and slightly fat Caucasian man in his thirties looked at Xiao Qi curiously, "You are..."

"Mr. Torvalds, hello." Looking at the same person as in the photo, Xiao Qi stretched out his hand, shook hands with him and said, "My name is Xiao Qi, and I came from Huaguo to find you."

"Oh, Huaguo?"

Linus was very surprised. He was born in Finland and his father was a member of the Communist Party. He liked Huaguo, which is also a socialist country, and he was not as ignorant as ordinary people in Western countries. Some admire, if not because he likes to stay at home quietly, Linus would have traveled to Huaguo to see him.

Seeing a young man from Hua country come looking for him, Linus felt a little baffled, but he still warmly greeted Xiao Qi into the room, and made a cup of black tea for Xiao Qi in front of his nanny.

His third daughter was just born, and the cradle was placed in the living room, causing Linus to sit on the chair and slowly rock the cradle, coaxing his daughter to play.

After taking a sip of black tea, Xiao Qi said to him seriously: "It's like this, Mr. Torvalds, I want to buy your Linux system kernel and build a cao operating system by myself."

"Buy?" Linus laughed dumbly, "Aren't you Chinese people used to using pirated software? Oh, I'm sorry, I was too straightforward."

Xiao Qi knew that Linus had a good impression of Huaguo, but such a person knew everything about Huaguo's piracy, which showed that Huaguo, which did not pay attention to the protection of intellectual property rights, was really unpopular with everyone. see you.

Even though Linus's linux is open source, he also doesn't like those who steal the fruits of other people's labor.

Seeing what Linus said casually, Xiao Qi couldn't help frowning.

In fact, after 2010, the legal environment in Huaguo has developed rapidly. The country has severely cracked down on all kinds of piracy, and the protection of intellectual property rights has become stronger and stronger. Even the pirated Windows system in Huaguo before Classmate Bill, who hated him deeply, also praised Hua Guozheng Fu's behavior, claiming that if this continues, at most ten years, Hua Guo will be able to completely correct the previous mistakes and return to the right track.

But it’s not enough now. The legal software environment in Huaguo is still half red and half white. It will have a good opportunity to gradually improve after the appreciation of the renminbi and people’s living income has greatly improved.

Now people have any complaints and dissatisfaction, and there is nothing they can do about it.

"Ordinary people in Huaguo, before their quality and income reach a certain standard, there is no way to widely use the genuine version." Xiao Qi smiled, "Isn't it the same for Americans? Although many people use it." itunes to pay to download genuine music, but there are also many people who choose to download free singles on the Internet?"

Xiao Qi didn't lie. Among Americans, there are quite a few people who are greedy for cheap, and not all of them are of high quality.

Why spend money on things you don’t use for free?

There are more than two or three people with such thoughts.

As a result, the record companies jointly put pressure on them. In the end, cia, fbi, etc. had to use network monitoring to arrest those who downloaded free software and songs on the Internet—and they used their strength to catch terrorists, directly It is too exaggerated to break into the door.

Linus was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect the young man's words to be so sharp, but Xiao Qi's counterattack was also telling the truth, which made him unable to defend himself.

"Well, but I hope that everyone should cultivate the use of genuine software. Although I am opposed to software fees, how to use the fruits of my labor is someone else's business. I can only represent myself." Linus laughed Get up, "As for my linux, since you know it, don't you know that I let everyone use it freely without charging any fees? You don't need to ask me for advice at all, and you can boldly improve and innovate !"

"I don't know anything about the operating system myself, so I can't improve and innovate." Xiao Qi shook his head and said surprisingly: "In addition, what I want is a closed system, so you must authorize it. .”