Kai-fu Lee: Developers will rule the next-generation Internet world

Thursday, June 12, 2008

The 2008 Google Developer Day started its second day today at Beijing International Convention Center, China. "Cloud Computing" was chosen as its theme for this event, driving more discussions between several participating programmers on the applications of Internet APIs.

	The battle of [operating] platforms comes to an end in the presence, 'The Internet' will be the final survivor in this battle. With revolutions and risen-up products from different web era, an interactive platform for developers will be more and more opened. In the past, we [the public] gained informations from mass media, but now, interactions from Internet users are more and more frequent and active than the past. I believe that the Internet will continuously play the greatest role, developers will lead the revolution of next-generation Internet era.
—Kai-fu Lee, Founding President of Google China.

Since Google Gears, Android, and the Google App Engine was already discussed in Japan, Google China announced that they will cooperate with several local internet communities including MySpace, Tianya Club, and Xiaonei Web on an interactive platform - "OpenSocial" in China.

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This is a complete or partial translation of the article "2008年Google開發者日中國站李開復：網際網路成重要關鍵", from the Chinese language Wikinews.

"Google Developer Day 2008在京开幕李开复致开幕词" — CSDN, June 12, 2008
"Google互联网开放平台战略加速互联网创业三步骤" — CSDN, June 12, 2008
"李开复：平台的战争已经结束互联网是最后的赢家" — CSDN, June 12, 2008

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