This explanation is a bit far-fetched, but to Lin Zheng's surprise, Linuxtorvalds and Brielle were not dissatisfied with Lin Zheng's words. On the contrary, they naturally accepted Lin Zheng's explanation.

Lin Zheng then remembered that the development of Linux was really like what he said. It was achieved by the spark of thoughts of various Linux enthusiasts. Every crazy Linux enthusiast has contributed his intelligence to the development of Linux. Many classic codes in the Linux operating system are the flash of inspiration from these enthusiasts. There is no reason to say this flash of inspiration, and it is like an antelope hanging on its horns. It may not be possible to think of it this time, but next time it may not be. If you have to say that you are ugly, you can't tell such a thing.

Linuxtorvalds didn't know that Lin Zheng still had so many little ones in his heart. They were just wondering, "Mr. Lin, I admire your achievements in Unix very much, but please be honest, there seems to be no name among the more famous software experts in the world..."

The strangeness of Linuxtorvalds and Brielle does make sense. With Lin Zheng's many unique insights in Unix operating systems, Unix-like operating systems and Linux operating systems reflected at this moment, this should be a very famous person in this circle, but why have you never heard of this person's name before?

"This problem is actually 'thank to' the development of our country's network," Lin Zheng said with a wry smile. "Maybe the two cannot understand that our country was only allowed to access the international Internet last year, and only completed all the networking work in May last year... This is a network with only 2m exports."

Linuxtorvalds and Briel were completely stunned. They looked at each other for a full half minute before they said in unison, "You China only connected to the international Internet last year?"

"This is not something difficult to prove. I don't need to lie about this matter, right?" Lin Zheng spread his hands with a wry smile.

"Of course, of course," linuxtorvalds waved his hand quickly, "Lin, sorry. We absolutely have no intention of doubting you, we are just... very surprised, very surprised..."

Since he came into contact with Lin Zheng on the plane, Linuxtorvalds has become quite interested in Lin Zheng and China. In the past few days, he has learned a lot about China using the network situation of Brielle's family, but what he didn't expect was that China's network situation was so bad. This world's largest country with a population of 1.1 billion has only been connected to the international Internet last year? The total bandwidth of the export is only 2m?

Of course they would not doubt Lin Zheng's words, because Lin Zheng had no need to lie at all. Instead, in this way, they completely "understand" why they had never heard of the name of Lin Zheng, a Linux master, before, because Linux enthusiasts basically communicate through the Internet, and Lin, who has no network, naturally cannot communicate with everyone, so it is not surprising that everyone does not know his name.

But facing Lin Zheng, who can show such talent in the Linux operating system without a network, Linuxtorvalds and Brielle felt that perhaps only "oh!mygod!" could fully express their shock: this guy is definitely a software genius.

"I can understand." Lin Zheng nodded with a wry smile, "I'm going to hide it from you. Now our country is qualified to access the Internet first. Only the top universities and research institutes in China are eligible to access the Internet first. I also obtained relevant information and codes about Linux from my teacher last year, and the time to access the Internet is very limited. I think about it, from last year to now, I have the opportunity to access the international Internet for no more than 50 hours. The time for e-mail to contact my partners in the United States accounts for the vast majority... It has always been my biggest regret that I cannot communicate with you on the Internet."

"But based on the network situation of your country, our communication will probably be in trouble in the future." Linuxtorvalds said worriedly.

After a while of communication, Linuxtorvalds and Briel no longer doubted Lin Zheng's attainments and talents in Linux and Unix. But when they thought that such a software expert was trapped in an environment where there was almost no network available, the two sincerely felt sorry for Lin Zheng. Briel enthusiastically suggested to Lin Zheng, "Lin, I heard Torvalds talk about you. It seems that you are not short of money. If you are willing to develop in the United States, I can help you guarantee to the US government, so that our communication will be much more convenient."

This guy is willing to provide guarantees for a stranger he has only met once? And he is a foreign stranger? Lin Zheng, who has seen many Americans beware of strangers, was moved in his heart: This Brielle is too simple... How could he open his farm until now and have not been merged?

Despite his feelings, Lin Zheng still refused with a smile, "Thank you, you don't have to worry about this issue. The network situation in our country has been improving and developing rapidly. Our company has submitted the application for accessing the international Internet to the Chinese government. Our company can access the network by the second half of this year at the latest. At that time, our communication will be much more convenient. Moreover, my company and my career are all in China, so it is impossible to leave everything behind to come to the United States."

For the sake of face, Lin Zheng was embarrassed to say that the network his company accessed was only 24k bandwidth.

"That's a pity." After hearing Lin Zheng say this, Linuxtorvalds and Brielle are not willing to force it. After all, everyone gathered together because of their common love for the operating system of Linux. There is no reason to let everyone give up everything. They had to say regretfully.

Lin Zheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, because of the nature of our company, I need to travel between China and the United States frequently. I believe everyone will have a lot of time to get together."

"That's great!" Linuxtorvalds and Brielle were immediately delighted.

Although Linuxtorvalds will return to Finland after this party, the network situation in the United States is always much better than that in China, and everyone's communication is much more convenient. Even if Lin Zheng doesn't say it, they can imagine that even if Lin Zheng can access the international Internet, his network situation will definitely not be much better.

Everyone is adults, and after clarifying Lin Zheng’s meaning, Linuxtorvalds and Briel will naturally avoid this issue.

After chatting for a while, Lin Zheng hesitated for a while and said, "Briel, torvalds, have you ever thought about how to make Linux profitable on the basis of the current basis?"

"What?" Linuxtorvalds and Briel's eyes widened.

"Maybe I have a lot of free time, and I have thought about this question." Lin Zheng said slowly. At the same time, he carefully considered the words, "I admire the spirit of sharing and freedom advocated by Linux, but I also think that giving should be rewarded. Now Linux enthusiasts around the world can promote the development of Linux with enthusiasm, but if they only give but not get rewards, this enthusiasm will always dissipate... Just like a one-sided love, no matter how enthusiastic you love a girl. If that girl doesn't respond to you for a year, you can still persist, but if she doesn't respond to you for three to five years, are you sure you can still persist?"

"We further say that even if some people can persevere, in the face of this ending of only paying but not rewarding, I believe that most people cannot persevere? After all, everyone also needs to live, and there are wives and children. If you spend the time on Linux writing a software, maybe you can sell a lot of money. This money may be enough to change a good car to your family."

Lin Zheng's words were also inspired. Now Linux has set off a huge wave of momentum around the world. Judging from the current development trend, it seems that there is a tendency to replace the dominance of the Windows desktop operating system within 10 years. There are even arrogant Linux enthusiasts shouting "Let Windows disappear within 5 years", but Lin Zheng knows that in the field of desktop operating systems, Linux has no possibility of replacing Windows within 20 years... It seems that it is unlikely that it can replace Windows in 30 years.

Linuxtorvalds and Briel couldn't help but look at each other. For Linux enthusiasts who have always insisted on the spirit of "freedom and sharing", what Lin Zheng said was almost a rebellious thing, but if you think about it carefully, they had to admit that what Lin Zheng said was very reasonable and the metaphor was also very vivid. When a beautiful girl attracts you, you may spend a year pursuing her, and you may even rule out the possibility of pursuing her for two or three years. But if this beauty is indifferent to your pursuit like an iceberg, no one will continue to be interested in this beauty. Only love with no reward will always exist in fairy tales, because love itself is an interactive process, and the mutual communication between a man and a woman can be called love.

In fact, Linuxtorvalds has discovered this situation. The high mobility of Linux system enthusiasts is enough to prove this. Many people were very active a while ago, but they disappeared after a while. This is enough to illustrate the problem. What does this mean? It shows that everyone can only regard Linux as a personal hobby or even a temporary hobby, but it must not be regarded as their career for life. The reason is very simple, and they can't make much money on Linux.

Is it better to regard Linux as a hobby that may disappear at any time, or as a job that can work hard for the rest of your life and give you a good life and a decent social status? This question is probably self-evident. Who doesn’t want to live happily like Bill Gates?

"Lin, have you ever thought about this question?" Linuxtorvalds was silent for a while before asking Lin Zheng in a low voice.

"I have thought about this issue for a while." Lin Zheng nodded affirmatively, "I have been thinking about how to ensure that we can not change the freedom and sharing spirit of Linux, not only let everyone find happiness, but also have a good life and a decent job?"

"What?!" Linuxtorvalds and Briel suddenly raised their heads and looked at Lin Zheng in surprise. They didn't expect that Lin Zheng was actually thinking about this problem. But then, the two of them felt relieved. That's right, if Lin Zheng hadn't thought about this problem very seriously, he wouldn't have raised this problem at this time.

"Do you have the answer?" Briel asked anxiously.

"Not yet," Lin Zheng shook his head with a wry smile, "But what I can be sure of is that I can't compete with Microsoft for desktop operating systems. If I do this, I will die miserably. By the way, torvalds, Brielle, have you ever thought about the future of Linux? Is it the desktop operating system for individual users? Is it a personal workstation? Or is it a main attack on servers like Unix?"

"No, I don't think so. I think Linux will definitely pose a huge threat to Microsoft's Windows." Perhaps Brielle's confidence in Linux was so sufficient that he suddenly became excited when he heard Lin Zheng's words. "Just look at the reactions of Microsoft, ibm and Apple's operating systems to Linux now. Everyone thinks that Linux will pose a huge threat to Apple's Os, Microsoft's Windows and ibm's Os/2. The most important thing is that Linux is free, and these operating systems are charged. I don't think that when there is a free operating system available, everyone will use a paid operating system."
Chapter completed!