去年,国内IT行业发生了一件大事,想必大家还记忆犹新——微软携“维纳斯”大举入侵中国信息家电市场,中科院力推“女娲”与之抗衡。当时两派斗争好不激烈,可不知怎么的,今年它们俩好像都偃旗息鼓了。市场上也没见到什么真正的“维纳斯”或“女娲”出现。大家对信息家电的热度好像突然间就消失了似的。信息家电热好像一阵龙卷风,已经走了。 然而,最近,Linux——这一自由软件的明珠,又带着这股龙卷风回来了！这次大潮的两个开路先锋就是Transmeta和近来风头极劲的Xlinux(网虎国际)。 Last year, a major event took place in the domestic IT industry. Presumably everyone still remembered it. Microsoft brought “Venus” to invade China’s information appliance market in large numbers. The Chinese Academy of Sciences pushed “females” to compete with them. At the time, the struggle between the two factions was not fierce, but somehow, they both seemed to have died down this year. No real “Venus” or “nursery” was seen on the market. The heat of information appliances seems to have suddenly disappeared. The information appliance fever is like a tornado that has already gone. However, recently, Linux, the pearl of this free software, came back with this tornado! Two of the pioneers of this tide are Transmeta and Xlinux (Tiger International).