Exclusive: Author of Windows XP of tomato garden edition is detained

August 28, 2008

Dispatch of sina science and technology on August 20 message, garden of tomato of website of download of the author of Windows XP of modification edition of tomato garden beautification, software (the father of Tomatolei.com) stationmaster Hong Lei 19 days of late 22:50 confirm solely to sina science and technology, hong Lei already at 15 days (last week 5) be detained to examine by police, the website is shut, the jotter of server and Hong Lei is taken away by police, the limited company of science and technology of Chengdu the fruit of large Chinese hawthorn that develops support for the technology that Hong Lei offers also is closed down.

　　 Hong Lei is caught

“Hong Lei he had an accident, several days, we still do not have good-bye to had arrived to now he. ” 19 days of late 22:50 minutes, hong Lei’s father tells sina science and technology in the phone, taking in mood anxious, “Was taken away by the police 15 1:30 p.m. , to now we did not see on at the same time, I did not know after all to make what issue. I did not know after all to make what issue..

Big father says, “The notebook computer that Hong Lei uses also was taken away by the police together, saying is the data that should examine him, it is the police that group of public security bureau comes, seem to say be network superintendency place. Seem to say be network superintendency place..

This word of big father confirmed one has spread the message that sent number day in Internet forum. Before this, the netizen says in stuff of the newspaper in forum, “Tomato garden center already by police station of district of grave of Suzhou city tiger, with using Internet to encroach intellectual property to seek profit criminal detains the blame, prime culprit is accessary criminal had been captured. Prime culprit is accessary criminal had been captured..

This hearsay still says, “After the old of tomato garden is caught, police investigates its account to have many yuan of 200 deposit. ” this one message was not obtained confirm. Through searching discovery, “Tomato garden is caught ” this one keyword, already had nearly 3000 webpages, a few days in, this one message has spread everywhere to whole Internet to encircle.

　　 Hong Lei its person

Hong Lei, net name again and again, he and name of a net are ” big tomato ” technical lover made tomato garden beautification revise operating system of edition Windows XP together, they still are safeguarding with fortune battalion the name is ” tomato garden ” software downloads a website.

Flounder of sina science and technology contacts Zheng Chaohui of a good friend. The net of the 10 thousandth dimension that Zheng Chaohui is in basically provides center of information of Internet of ISP/ ICP () service, when Hong Lei just started, zheng Chaohui offers domain name and server for Hong Lei mandatory, “He makes the beautification package of Windows XP in those days, develop an independent software to wrap namely, the user needs to download installation, he offers the Windows XP download of tomato garden edition directly later, I feel likely to be put in tort risk, did not offer a server to him again mandatory, he transferred the server Chengdu, but the domain name is we provide a service all the time. But the domain name is we provide a service all the time..

16 days, zheng Chaohui discovers tomato garden that he cannot be visited, he dials the telephone in Hong Lei’s mobile phone, home, all cannot receive listen, often get online at ordinary times chatting Hong Lei, its QQ head portrait also had not shined again, those who send leave a message also disappear forever. Hearsay immediately comes over — Hong Lei has been caught. If cannot be visited for a long time,Zheng Chaohui considers tomato garden, its rank in searching engine can drop, changed to a simple page at 13 o’clock afternoon in 18 days then, writing above ” network of tomato garden entertainment is in correcting… ” . The vermicelli made from bean starch that this lets garden of a lot of tomato for a time people saw a hope.

18 days that day afternoon, line business finds Zheng Chaohui, tell him tomato to the garden gives an issue, “Concern with copyright ” , the enrollment that police wants it data. Zheng Chaohui operates the analytic before position that regained a domain name, website regain cannot visit state.

“So old, I am witnessed Hong Lei grow, he is more composed, speech is not much, the word besides professional respect other is very few, he tries hard exceedingly, the life is very frugal also. ” memory says Zheng Chaohui.