was written by Guo Guiqiang

Posted on May 13, 2021

Below is a long blog post about 10 years of the open source movement in China. The original Chinese version was written by Guo Guiqiang, translated to English and posted here with permission from the author: China has just celebrated its new century’s first decade (2000-2010), so it would be meaningful for us to take stock at this stage of the development of software industry in China during these ten years as well as look ahead into next decades. We have already seen many changes happen since last time we took such an overview two or three years ago. It seems that things are changing very quickly nowadays. I think everyone should pay attention on the trend and make some preparations if necessary. This will definitely help you ride the waves better than others who don’t do anything. So let me begin my observation today… Ten Years Ago: 2000 - Software Industry in Chaos Before 2000, there were only a handful of large-scale software companies like Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) which made personal computers, Kingsoft (a text processor company founded by Dr. Zhang Xiqian) which produced word processors, etc., but they still had problems because their business models were not mature enough and all relied heavily on export markets. Their profits also depended much more on hardware manufacturers rather then software applications themselves. In addition, most IT talent went abroad and came back home after graduation. They didn’t stay in local enterprises; instead, they became “independent professionals”. Many of them worked for international consulting firms while others chose entrepreneurs life – starting up small private software shops without any management experience nor capital support from established corporate sponsorship. Because of lack of manpower and financial resources, those newly established startups mostly focused on providing services related to legacy systems such as Windows NT/Windows XP installation & configuration, system maintenance, user training, network construction, desktop publishing, graphic design, web site building…etc. Most of them failed within five years due to low market demand, fierce competition between peers and unstable profitability. As a result, people lost confidence toward the whole sector for quite sometime before moving forward again. At around 2003, however, everything started to pick up speed when Linux emerged among Chinese developers thanks largely to efforts from the Open Source community. Meanwhile, lots of young talents began coming out of universities eager to join the industry. Finally, in mid 2004, several key events happened simultaneously, including Google entering mainland China, Microsoft making a big push in mobile phones, Yahoo! opening its Beijing office, IBM launching a series of initiatives designed to attract top engineering talent through technology incubators …all resulting in increased Below is a long blog post about 15 different topics. I’m sure that you will not want to read it all, but for those of us who are curious, here goes: I have been reading a number of articles and watching videos on the subject of “What would Jesus do?” As some of my readers may know, this topic was discussed in one of our recent Sunday sermon series. While there is no doubt that many well-meaning people think that they can find answers by asking themselves what Jesus might do if he were standing next to them at an intersection or holding their hand when they die (which may be true), these same folks often seem clueless as to how to put into practice principles taught directly from Scripture — especially with regard to issues like abortion, euthanasia, divorce/remarriage, gambling, pornography, homosexuality, etc., which are often more complex than simply saying, “Well, Jesus never did ________, so neither should we.” We must first understand what God has already said before trying to apply His Word to new situations. If He hasn’t addressed something specifically in Scripture, then how can we? One pastor says, “There’s nothing wrong with being inspired; just don’t mistake inspiration for information.” The problem arises because most Christians take their cue less from Scriptural teaching and more from popular culture regarding morality and ethics. What does society say today? How are things handled in Hollywood movies? Do your neighbors approve? Is your best friend OK with whatever decision you make? And while these questions are important, too much emphasis placed upon them can lead to confusion over which voice is speaking to us loudest – God’s voice through Scriptures, or voices from other sources (e.g., politicians, celebrities, friends). Let me give two examples where we see this happening nowadays—abortions & gay marriage. The majority opinion seems to favor allowing women to get pregnant without consequence even though science tells us otherwise since human life begins at conception and continues throughout gestation until birth occurs naturally sometime after nine months later regardless whether mother wants child born alive outside womb due her own personal choice(s) made earlier during course events leading up pregnancy announcement itself becoming reality shortly afterwards once fetus reaches certain level maturity required meet minimum threshold requirements imposed law governing matter (as far known presently anyway). Second example concerns issue related civil union between members opposite gender pairings recognized differently depending state jurisdiction resides within United States America country whose citizenship granted solely based birthplace location determined legal parentage status unless married couple decides move elsewhere pursuing similar treatment accorded hetero couples living together despite physical attributes involved thus proving point regarding social acceptability towards various lifestyles currently prevailing our modern day culture… While it Below is a long blog post about 2018. There are many reasons for writing this post but the main reason is to share my experience and knowledge with you, so that if any of these things apply to your life then I can help you overcome them in whatever way possible because that’s what we do here at The Mindfulness Clinic – we make people feel better! Another important factor driving me towards writing this is that it helps me clarify and crystallise some thoughts that have been floating around in my mind since last year; it also gives me an opportunity to reflect on how far I’ve come (and indeed how much further there still needs to be) over the past few years which has felt like such a whirlwind. So let us get started by talking about why this project was created… I am going to start off with something rather serious as I think it will provide context into what follows: 2017 was an awful fucking year all round really bad news everywhere, horrible political decisions being made across the world from America to Britain, rising racial tensions across Europe due largely down to Brexit (which itself happened solely because racist old white men voted against their own best interests). It seemed like every day brought fresh challenges regarding climate change or healthcare reform; not only were they happening fast enough but often times those behind them had little regard for humanity at large either through ignorance/stupidity/greed etc.. And yet somehow amidst this sea of gloom came moments where hope shone brightest -such as when Emmanuel Macron became French President despite having no prior public office experience- showing just how powerful one man’s voice could be even without holding formal power before him first . This contrast between darkness & light gave rise within myself an idea–a concept that would form the basis upon which everything else followed suit subsequently during following months ahead until today wherein now stands our very own website https://www.mindfulclinicltd com/. Now lets talk about who exactly wrote it? Well originally planned as part time work alongside existing job responsibilities back home London UK eventually expanded into fulltime role starting January 2nd 2019 after several successful tests trials leading up till then date earlier said period November December 2018 where I found out about WordPress theme development through various online tutorials videos YouTube channels including WPBeginner channel owner Syed Balkhi himself whose name appears prominently throughout site design layout template files amongst other places besides pages posts articles themselves content areas containing information presented thereon thus making clear distinction between user generated material vs actual code used programming languages HTML5 CSS3 Javascript PHP MySQL etcetera etcetera ad infinitum ad nauseam ad infinitum et cetera etcetera ad infinitum ad nauseum ad infinitum ad infinitum ad nauseam Below is a long blog post about 401(k)s and other retirement plans, but it’ll be worth your while. In the past I have written several times in this column on why you shouldn’t spend too much time worrying about whether to contribute more or less into your company plan because of the tax advantages that are available for investments made through those accounts. And there is no reason to change my mind now despite what some people may suggest. However, there are some exceptions where you might want to reconsider making contributions at least until later next year when new rules take effect. One situation involves so-called “backdoor” Roth conversions (I wrote about these recently here), which allow higher income earners with traditional IRAs — who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for them based on their AGIs –to make aftertax contributions to such an account and then convert part or all of its balance into a Roth within one calendar year from the date they made the contribution . The amount converted can’t exceed annual limits ($6,500 per person or $7,500 if over age 50). Those amounts don’t count against any regular maximum allowed under current law ($23,000/$29,000). This provision was added by Congress as part of last December’s budget deal.. It became effective Jan. 1. However, employers generally set up employee benefits according to rules that took effect years earlier; consequently many companies still use older forms and haven’t updated those yet to reflect this new rule. Thus, contributing during 2018 could result in a delay before funds were actually transferred out of the old traditional IRA to the Roth conversion, which would effectively reduce the period in which the money was eligible for backdoor Roth treatment. If this occurs you will need to file Form 8606 along with your return showing that you had made a nonqualified distribution in order to avoid paying additional penalties imposed on early withdrawals. 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