Chapter 208

Later generations have given Linus statistics. If he insists on charging for Linux, the industrial chain will be worth at least $50 billion. He will definitely get no less than $10 billion in Linus's hands. It's easy for him to become a rich man of the younger generation in the United States.

Unfortunately, even in 2013, he only lived with his own efforts and a medium-sized programmer's salary of one million a year, and never thought about how to earn more money.

Before Rao came, Xiao Qi thought a lot of ways. Now that he really came to the front, Xiao Qi still felt that his grasp was not great.

In the past, Xiao Qi thought it was a very stupid way to do things, but now it was his turn, he found that many things really had to be done hard. As for the result, even he, who was reborn, could not predict.

After tossing and turning all night, when he got up the next morning, the boy took a hot bath, went downstairs for a rich breakfast, and walked out of the hotel in high spirits.

No matter what the negotiation will be, he should negotiate with Linus in his best state. If he is depressed and looks for someone in the past, it is impolite.

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

No matter in primary schools, junior middle schools, senior high schools or universities, hardware and software facilities are spared no cost. Which congressman dares to say that if the school wants to save land and cost, it will have to be sprayed to death by parents and human rights organizations.

So later, everyone changed their ways to build beautiful and good schools, so they also flattered many parents and voters, so as to ascend the throne of Parliament.

Next to Linus' apartment is a very ordinary university, which is neither an Ivy League nor a national State University, but a very ordinary university for cultivating business talents, but it is also full of flowers and trees. Walking on the mall of the campus, students lying on the grass reading can be seen everywhere, 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 environment.

Today, walking again on the university campus in the United States, Xiao Qi has a special sense of familiarity, as if he saw the old man and his classmates again.

But after all, he was a man of strong mind. Instead, he returned to normal and began to look for people who would appear here in the data.

The result disappointed Xiao Qi. He went to several places that Linus was said to often go, but he didn't find anyone. His idea of talking about business in a relaxed atmosphere outside failed.

No way, Xiao Qi can only knock on Linus' apartment door according to the address on the intelligence.

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

"Hello, Mr. towaz." Looking at the same person as in the picture, Xiao Qi stretched out his hand, shook hands with him and said, "my name is Xiao Qi. I came to you from China."

"Oh, China?"

Linus was surprised. He was born in Finland and his father was a Communist Party member. He liked China as a socialist country very much. He was not as ignorant as ordinary people in western countries, but also had some admiration. Linus would have traveled to China if he hadn't liked to stay at home quietly.

Linus was puzzled to see a Chinese teenager come to find himself, but he warmly greeted Xiao Qi into the house, and then made a cup of black tea for Xiao Qi in front of his father.

His third daughter, who has just been born, has a cradle in the living room, making Linus sit in a chair and have to slowly shake the cradle to coax her daughter to play.

After taking a sip of black tea, Xiao Qi said to him positively, "yes, Mr. towaz, I want to buy your Linux system kernel and make a set of operating system myself."

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

Xiao Qi knows Linus' favor for China, but such a person knows very well about piracy in China, which shows that China, which does not pay attention to the protection of intellectual property rights over the years, is really not popular with everyone.

Even though Linus' Linux is open source, he also has no good feelings for those who occupy the fruits of other people's labor by stealing.

Seeing Linus's casual words, Xiao Qi couldn't help frowning.

In fact, after 2010, China's genuine environment has developed rapidly. The state has severely cracked down on all kinds of piracy, and the protection of intellectual property rights is becoming stronger and stronger. Even bill, who previously hated China's pirated windows system, praised the behavior of the Chinese government and claimed that it would last for up to ten years, China can completely correct its previous mistakes and return to the right track.

But not yet. China's genuine software environment is still half red. There will be a good opportunity for gradual improvement only after the appreciation of the RMB and the great improvement of people's living income.

Now people have any complaints and dissatisfaction, but also helpless.

"The ordinary people in China can't use genuine copies until their quality and income have reached a certain standard." Xiao Qi smiled, "like Americans, isn't it the same? Although many people use iTunes to pay to download genuine music, many people choose to download free singles on the Internet? "

Xiao Qi didn't lie. Many Americans are greedy for cheap. Not everyone has high quality.

Why spend money on free things?

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

As a result, the record companies put pressure together. Finally, the CIA and FBI had to arrest those who downloaded free software and songs on the Internet through network monitoring - and they took the strength to catch terrorists and broke in directly. It's too exaggerated.

Linus was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the young man's words were so sharp, but Xiao Qi's counterattack was also true, which made him unable to defend.

"Well, but I hope you'd better train people to use genuine software. Although I'm against software charging, how to use their own labor achievements is someone else's own business. I can only represent myself." Linus smiled. "As for my Linux, since you know it, don't you know that I completely let everyone use it freely without charging any fee? You don't need to ask me at all. Be bold to improve and innovate! "

"I know nothing about the operating system and can't improve and innovate." Xiao Qi shook his head and said surprisingly, "in addition, what I want is a closed system, so it must be authorized by you."（ It's not finished yet. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly ticket at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)