Open Source — Leading China's Technological Transformation

Live Lounge Podcast Series by BritCham Shanghai

Hosted by Independent Marketing Adviser, Richard Seymore, this podcast discusses the recent trends and impacts of Open Source technology applied to business in China. Richard talks to three panelists who are experts in this field.
First up is Dean Zhou, CEO & Founder of Open Lab, who is a business leader and successful entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the software industry. Next is Luke Han, CEO & Founder of Kyligence and co-creator of open source Apache Kylin. And the final speaker is Cypress Hu, Founder of ClickPaaS, a development platform that helps SaaS enterprises to significantly reduce response times and costs for complex business requirements.

Chapters

1. Open Source — Leading China's Technological Transformation (00:00:00)

2. Defining Open Source technology and where to find open source projects (Dean) (00:01:04)

3. The Open Source philosophy as a global IT trend (Dean) (00:02:53)

4. The work of ClickPaaS and the commercial application of Open Source (Cypress) (00:03:58)

5. The advantages and disadvantages of Open Source technology. (Cypress) (00:04:58)

6. The growth of Apache Kylin and it’s effect upon customers. (Luke) (00:06:24)

7. DiDi and the use Open Source technology. (Luke) (00:08:30)

8. The impact of Open Source technology upon the IT sector. (Luke) (00:09:24)

9. Open Source and the Double 11 (双11) shopping festival. (Luke) (00:11:38)

10. Chinese government investment in the Open Source community. (Dean) (00:12:36)

11. Chinese contributions to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and GitHub. (Dean) (00:13:58)

12. Collaboration and the ethos of the global Open Source community. (Dean) (00:14:48)

13. OpenLab’s work supporting the Open Source community. (Dean) (00:16:07)

14. Open Source in China and working with developing countries. (Cypress) (00:16:45)

15. Local and central government support for Open Source. (Cypress) (00:18:01)

16. Using Open Source sharing for technological control and cost reduction. (Cypress) (00:19:10)

17. Bringing together global communities through Open Source projects (Luke) (00:20:40)

18. China / US relations and the world-wide Open Source community (Luke) (00:21:40)

19. Supporting Belt Road Initiative countries and the future development of China. (Dean) (00:23:52)