Chapter 211 No One Can Convince Anyone

() Linus remained silent for a long time, and he woke up when his daughter screamed "babbling".

Smiling apologetically at Xiao Qi, Linus skillfully prepared milk powder for his daughter, held the little baby in his arms, fed her a large bottle of milk, and then patted her back gently. Back, until the baby burped after eating and drinking, he put her back in the cradle again.

Xiao Qi is undoubtedly very patient, when Linus was the nai's father, he didn't say a word.

But it was also this invisible pressure that made Linus' state of mind far less peaceful than it was at first.

"Mr. Xiao." Linus hesitated, "I know you want to use the example of music to illustrate that money and honor are the driving force behind social development and the source of technological progress... But I still insist, I Doing so is also benefiting mankind and allowing more people to enjoy a beautiful technological life.”

Although his words were hesitant, his tone was very firm.

Decades of faith, of course, cannot be changed by Xiao Qi with just a few words.

Xiao Qi's preparation was more adequate than he imagined, "Do you know Hua Guo?"

"I know." Linus nodded.

"Do you know that the four great inventions that affect human civilization: the compass, papermaking, gunpowder and movable type printing, were all invented by Huaguo?"

"I have also learned specifically that the ancient people of Huaguo are really amazing!" Linus admired: "Without the compass, there would be no age of great exploration; without papermaking, human civilization and experience could not be spread; without gunpowder, we would We are still living in the age of cold weapons; there is no movable type printing. Books are just treasures that belong to a few people... Huaguo is indeed one of the four ancient civilizations, and such jaw-dropping inventions can be created!"

"However, the fate of China in modern times is not good." Xiao Qi laughed, "In ancient China, inventors like Mr. Torvalds had a very low status, almost no different from beggars. The things they invented, people use them casually, and they don’t think they are so great at all. Instead, they are despised and not engaged in production and reading.”

"what?!"

"This is the serious consequence of not paying attention to intellectual property rights, which has caused China to fall behind and be beaten for nearly two hundred years. If we could protect and reward these genius inventors in ancient times, let them get a lot of wealth and respect, more people will yearn for their lives, and thus will continue to rack their brains and invent new and good things.” Xiao Qi said flatly: “Even if their purpose is only for themselves. But why don’t we all think so? And get benefits? Mr. Torvalds, can you say that Edison is wrong because of the patent fee you received for the electric light? Since you think he is wrong, why do you still use his products?"

"You...you are arguing!" Linus was angry. "The two have different meanings. Besides, I just let my stuff be free, and it doesn't prevent other people from making money at all!"

"Let me tell you another famous story in ancient China."

"Stop talking! Anyway, I won't agree to let you charge for it!"

Linus neatly rejected Xiao Qi's words, because he found out. This young man from the Hua Kingdom is really good at speaking, and his heart was touched by what he said.

It's not that Linus thinks he should make money. Rather, he discovered in reflection that the dream of free software that he has always insisted on seems a bit too idealistic. If everyone makes the software free, there are indeed not many people willing to develop software. The progress of the software industry, what else can we expect?

Only with a rush of blood. But they can't support themselves and their families. I'm afraid many people haven't started working hard before. will shrink back.

Xiao Qi watched Linus sinking his head into deep thought, and said in a slow tone: "The ancients in my country often said that after hearing ancient things, you can learn from them. It may not be good for your program development, but it is good for you. There are definitely benefits to dealing with people and things. Mr. Torvalds, since you think you are right, why are you afraid to listen?"

The good-tempered Linus definitely doesn't know that there is a fairy named Tang Seng in Hua Kingdom's mythology, let alone the other version of Master Xing about Tang Seng, otherwise Xiao Qi's end... cough cough, it won't be much better.

In the end, Linus still couldn't stand Xiao Qi's wordiness, so he could only silently agree to Xiao Qi's continuation.

Xiao Qi said in a loud voice: "In a slave era in ancient China, there were many vassal states under a big country. These vassal states often fought with each other, and the captives they captured would become slaves. One day, a certain small country A student of a university scholar bought back a warrior slave captured in his own country from abroad.

According to the promise of the monarch of the small country at that time, whoever bought back the slaves belonging to his own country would get a reward. The student thought that he was a disciple of a great scholar and wanted to carry forward the spirit of high morals, so he wanted to refuse the king's reward. And when he went to his teacher to explain the situation, guess what his teacher said? "

Linus thought for a while, and said: "I must say that he did the right thing! He saved people, but he is not greedy for rewards. He is a good boy!"

"Wrong!" Xiao Qi smiled faintly, "That university student scolded his student, saying: 'You are not short of money, so you don't need the reward from the monarch. With your example, others will come to redeem slaves. , I will be embarrassed to ask the monarch for a reward... If you can't get rewards and benefits, you have to spend so much energy and money yourself. As time goes by, no one is willing to do this good deed. So you are now high-spirited, It’s just forcing others to stop doing good deeds, and the people living outside our country suffer even more... Hurry up and go to the king to ask for rewards!’”

Linus was dumbfounded.

But when he turned to think about this story again, he felt that it contained a lot of truth.

Linus had never heard of this kind of story that was contrary to his own beliefs before, and he would not feel it deeply.

But after hearing the stories of records, inventions, and slaves, which are three different categories but lead to the same goal by different routes, he couldn't help wondering whether what he was insisting on was right.

Seeing him burying his head in deep thought, Xiao Qi smiled inwardly: In terms of storytelling, foreigners are simply one or two blocks worse than Chinese people.

"Mr. Torvalds, I know I can't convince you now, please think about it carefully, I will visit again tomorrow!"

Although there were initial signs of successful persuasion, Xiao Qi knew not to press too hard.

Relying on time to grind slowly, and debate with him a few more times, Linus will naturally go according to the ideas he designed for him.