Chapter 1026 Leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade
Misfortune never comes singly for Microsoft. From the moment it stepped into the big hole of the Internet, everything has gone wrong. First, it fought with Netscape, finally killed Netscape, and then AOL Time Warner emerged.
Seeing that AOL Time Warner was plagued by scandals and had no time to take care of itself, Microsoft thought it could take a breather. Who knew that the antitrust case was passed by Thomas Jackson, the federal judge who tried Microsoft?
This is the most critical moment since its establishment.
If nothing else happens, the moment the antitrust verdict is released, the Microsoft empire will collapse.
But as the "big villain" in the American technology industry, villains are often not so easy to kill, and the same is true for Microsoft.
If 99% of technology companies in the world hate the collapse of Nasdaq, then Microsoft is the remaining 1%. When the Nasdaq collapsed, Silicon Valley Internet and technology companies were wiped out, and Nasdaq 4 or 5
When the market value of US$1 trillion was wiped out, everyone at Microsoft was almost celebrating.
The collapse of Nasdaq left those who opposed Microsoft too busy to take care of themselves. The Federal Securities Commission, the Federal Department of Justice, etc., faced with the dire situation of the American technology industry, no longer dared to take action. As for
Breaking up Microsoft, something that could hit the entire technology industry, was naturally delayed.
Now Microsoft has passed the most difficult moment. If it were split from the beginning, Microsoft would have no power to fight back. But now, after so long, Microsoft has regained its position.
However, Microsoft is still trying its best to escape, spending crazy money on public relations, and issuing "coupons" in one state after another, just to get the local government to withdraw its lawsuit against Microsoft.
In this election for the federal leadership, Microsoft also spent money like crazy. Whether it was the Donkey Party or the Elephant Party, Microsoft donated a large amount of U.S. dollars in the hope that the winner would let Microsoft off the hook and drop the antitrust charges against Microsoft.
Look at the hard life Microsoft is having, and then look at the praise of Song Yang by the major technology media. Song Yang even cut the leeks of General Electric. When Bill Gates saw these reports, he could only sigh with a sour taste.
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"Microsoft would also like to congratulate Bruno Song. Song has always been Microsoft's biggest ally on the Internet!
Bruno Song controls the American Internet Association, and the Bruno family has close ties with the Elephant Party. Bruno Song is also one of the largest individual donors to the Little Cowboy this time.
We need all our supporters now. If we can get the support of Bruno Song, we can go one step further and get the support of the Elephant Party and the Little Cowboys!"
Smith, Microsoft's legal advisor, said at this time that he didn't care about the mood of his big benefactor. The most important thing now was to find ways to overturn the judgment signed by Thomas Jackson.
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Faced with the position of the head of a giant company like Microsoft, he can still remain indifferent, but Ballmer has never been so close to this position...
Bill Gates looked unwilling, but he still sighed after all. He knew that his reputation was too bad, and he didn’t know why. After all, he donated the most American knives in the history of America, but
Almost no one thought him well.
"I hope this method works, otherwise I won't let you go..."
Bill Gates laughed in relief and pointed at Todd, Smith and others, as if he was "settling accounts with them".
But Bill Gates knows that he has no chance. Even if he can still control the board of directors of Microsoft when he retires, it is no longer the same as when he was president. If he retires, he will retire after all, and the media will only
According to reports, the era of Microsoft belonging to Bill Gates is over. Regardless of whether he still plays a "consultant" role and can control the entire Microsoft. From now on, the only person who will represent Microsoft in front of the public will be the new Microsoft president!
"Let's break the news!"
After teasing Todd and others, Bill Gates waved his hand in disinterest and asked everyone to leave the office.
"Congratulations Ballmer!"
"New Microsoft CEO!"
After leaving Bill Gates' office, Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Myhrvold, Software Division President Elop and others all congratulated Ballmer.
After Bill Gates "semi-retired", the only person with the qualifications and ability to take control of Microsoft is Microsoft veteran Steve Ballmer, and no one else is qualified!
In the evening, when Song Yang flew back to San Jose, the villa was already noisy. Even though Song Yang did not specifically invite Song Yang to hold a party, many celebrities from Silicon Valley companies and San Jose came to congratulate him, making the villa noisy.
Endless.
Not only did Song Yang regain control of icq, the entire Silicon Valley was excited. Song Yang, who came from the Internet, gave General Electric a blow this time, which also cheered up the entire technology industry.
In the past, big companies, such as Disney, Viacom, IBM, Intel, etc., acquired Internet companies, but this time Song Yang went in the opposite direction and cut off General Electric's leek. This has a negative impact on the entire technology industry.
It was a huge shock, giving countless technology companies the feeling that games can still be played like this!…
"Here's to the King of the Internet!"
When Song Yanggang entered the villa with Greg, Marcus, Kravis and others, he suddenly heard someone howling, and then countless people in the villa raised their glasses. Alcatel President Eltian, Paypal President Ya
Len Swartz, eBay's Omidyar, Google's Larry Page, Feita's Xie Qing and others all started shouting, and the whole villa was filled with people.
Song Yang smiled helplessly and shook his head, pointing to Gallo who was the first to speak up, then took the wine glass and raised it high, "Here's to the Internet, here's to Silicon Valley!"
"Song, I never thought that Yinmelt would really sell off General Electric and other industries!"
Eltian said to Song Yang, also secretly touting his financial backer, surpassing Yinmelt, the former head of the world's largest giant company.
Eltian and others gathered here today, all wanting to get a share of the spoils Song Yang brought back this time.
"Song!"
Song Yanggang chatted with Eltian for a few words, and then came to Song Yang with a somewhat drunk Irene. Irene seemed to be quite excited today and had obviously drank a lot of wine.
Looking at Irene's expression, Song Yang didn't know what she was thinking, so he had a drink with Irene and said, "ICQ!"
Eileen drank it all in one gulp. Although the media touted it as a wise decision for Eileen to step down as president of ICQ before the Nasdaq crash, Eileen was unwilling to accept it. At that time, she was replaced by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Yin Yin.
Melt and Melt worked together to squeeze them away, but now the situation has changed, and Eileen is going to follow her back!
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were standing behind, were both a little worried. Apparently Erin still preferred the latter over Google and icq. It was obvious that
I want to regroup and go back to take over the position of president of icq.
During this period of time, Larry Page and the others have experienced the feeling of leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade. With Eileen here, there is no need for them to worry about beauty, connections, users, servers, publicity, etc. Eileen
It only takes a phone call to get it done, and they only need to be able to work on technology with peace of mind. Even Google is currently preparing to acquire a company that has a lot of connections with Google.
But once Erin left Google, their family didn't know what Google would become and how the next Google president would treat their union, which made the two of them worried for a while.
At this time, Greg came over and whispered to Song Yang. Larry Page and the others were obviously stunned when they saw Song Yang, and then walked into the villa with Greg and others.
"Microsoft made an important announcement in the evening. Starting tomorrow, Bill Gates will no longer serve as president of Microsoft, and the Microsoft board of directors will appoint a new president..."
Chapter completed!