Hi,everyone! 这简直就是敲诈呀?明目张胆的抢劫。。。。
原文-------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------- Wyatt.Wang 写道: > > > 2008/12/5 苏丹 <damn.su <http://damn.su>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> > > 官商勾结,赤裸裸的讹诈,无怪乎官员不承认其他发行版,这个事早已与 > linux无关,与自由软件和开源世界无关了。 > > > 这个事在对国内的Linux推广应用来说,可算件坏事了。 > > 红旗好像和政府一起搞的吧,搞成这样了。 > > > > 2008/12/5 wyatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > 红旗linux真的要卖这个价吗?如果真的,那太让人吃惊了。 > > > wyatt 通过 Google 阅读器发送给您的内容: > > > 世界上推销Linux的最恶劣方式 > > <http://item.feedsky.com/%7Efeedsky/yeeyan-tech/%7E6924333/145541684/5032246/1/item.html> > > 于 08-12-4 通过 译言- 电脑/网络/数码科技 > <http://www.yeeyan.com> 作者:后溪金 > > 原文作者:Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols > 原文链接:The world's worst way to market Linux > <http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_worlds_worst_way_to_market_linux> > 译者:后溪金 <http://www.yeeyan.com/space/show/20180> > > At first, it sounds like a good idea. Nanchang, the capital of > China's eastern Jiangxi province, is requiring Internet cafe > operators to replace pirated server software > > <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9122159> > with legal copies of Red Flag Linux > <http://www.redflag-linux.com/eindex.html> or Windows Server. > What's not to like? It's estimated that China has an 82% > software piracy rate. Getting businesses to go legal with a > native Chinese Linux sounded like a win to me. Until, I saw > the Red Flag Linux price tag: 5,000 yuan, that's $725 U.S. > That's way over the line for a small Chinese business. > > 当初,这听起来像一个好主意。中国东部江西省省会南昌市要求网吧经 > 营者使用红旗Linux或Windows服务器的合法拷贝,以取代盗版的服务器 > 软件。这有什么不同吗?据估计,中国软件盗版率为82%。让企业走正 > 道使用中国本地Linux对我来说就像赢得一场比赛。直到我发现红旗 > Linux的标价是:5000元即725美元为止。那远远超过一家小型中国企业 > 的界线。 > > Nanchang has about 600 Internet cafes for its approximately > 4-million citizens. In China, for most people, Internet cafes > are still the way they use to connect with the Internet. China > made be home for Lenovo <http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/> and > many other PC vendors, but you're not going to find PCs and > broadband in most homes. > > 南昌大约有600家网吧服务近四百万市民。在中国,对于大多数人来 > 说,网吧仍然是他们用来连接互联网的方式。虽然联想集团和许多其他 > PC厂商的产地就在中国,但别想在大多数家庭中找到电脑和宽带。 > > That said, no one's getting rich from the Internet cafes. > They're small mom and pop businesses. They can't afford $725 > for an operating system and they're letting the officials know > about it. Unfortunately, it's not doing much good. One said, > "When you talk to officials from the Culture Department, they > tell you, 'If you're willing to pay, pay; if not, you have the > option not to pay.' Hearing words like that turns your heart > cold. We really can't make a living." In other words, you can > either pay to play or you can go out of business. > > 据说,没有人从网吧致富。这些小企业是家庭作坊。他们付不起725美 > 元购买操作系统,而且他们正在让官员了解这一点。遗憾的是,没有多 > 少效果。有一位说,"当你和文化部门的官员谈论时,他们告诉你,'如 > 果你愿意付钱,就给;不然,你可以选择不付钱。'听到那样的话,心 > 都变冷。我们真的无法赚钱过日子。"换句话说,不是付钱营业,就是 > 关门大吉。 > > Why not use another Linux? The local Culture Department, which > is in charge of this new initiative, won't accept other Linux > distributions. Nor, for that matter, it seems, will they > believe Internet cafe owners who insist that they have legal > copies of Windows. > > 为什么不用其他的Linux?当地负责这一新举措的文化部门不愿接受其 > 他Linux发行版。就事论事,似乎他们也不相信网吧业主坚称他们拥有 > 合法的Windows拷贝。 > > This sounds to me like a straight-forward shakedown. I have no > doubt that many of the cafes are using illegal software. That > said, the government should be giving them the option of going > with an affordable and legal Linux instead of insisting that > they pay a premium price for a specific distribution. > > 对我来说,这听起来简直就是敲诈。我毫不怀疑,许多网吧正在使用非 > 法软件。这就是说,政府应该让他们去选择一个负担得起费用而且合法 > 的Linux,而不是坚决要求网吧业主为一个特定的发行版支付溢价。 > > Linux is a winning operating system because it's a great, > affordable choice. Forcing it down people's throats at a high > price is no way to win friends or make them want to do more > with Linux. > > Linux是一个得人欢心的操作系统,因为它是一个伟大的、负担得起的 > 选择。强迫人们接受高价是没有办法赢得朋友、或者让他们与Linux更 > 好相处。 > > 添加评论 > <http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/20180/19229#newComment> > > *相关文章:* > > 大学学位增加5倍,今年数百万中国毕业生找不到工作 > <http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/33128/19206> > > 需要起跳的中国经济,等待居民放手消费 > <http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/55475/19232> > > 一场新冷战工程 > > <http://www.yeeyan.com/articles/view/%E7%9C%8B%E9%97%A8%E7%9A%84/19225> > > > 可从此处完成的操作: > > * 使用 *Google 阅读器*订阅译言-电脑/网络/数码科技 > > <http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeed.feedsky.com%2Fyeeyan-tech?source=email> > * 开始使用 Google 阅读器 > <http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>,轻松地与* > 您喜爱的所有网站*保持同步更新 > > > -- > ubuntu-zh mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-zh > > > > > -- > Su Dan@Douban > blog: su27.org <http://su27.org> > > -- > ubuntu-zh mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-zh > > -- ubuntu-zh mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-zh
