It should be admitted that Bill Gates and his Microsoft have made great contributions to the development of computers. But it is also undeniable that in order to ensure their monopoly, they have offended too many people.
In Silicon Valley at this time, both Bill Gates and Microsoft had a very bad reputation, but most people dared not speak out.
Therefore, when Netscape's Andreessen made the first move, it immediately aroused public outrage and launched a massive criticism of Microsoft.
One thing to say, there is indeed a bit of envy and jealousy in this, but the main reason is that Bill Gates and Microsoft have gone too far.
Microsoft's consistent code of conduct is to go your own way and leave others with nowhere to go!
Under the shadow of Microsoft's monopoly, many innovative small businesses have indeed been eliminated, and many technological developments have also been stifled. Therefore, Bill Gates has an increasingly negative image, like a dragon entrenched above Silicon Valley. Even
A few decades later, Bill Gates has become a public enemy in Europe and the United States, and has become a stinker around the world?
Therefore, Anderson, the dragon-slaying boy, appeared. We dare not join him, but we will definitely support you!
However, in the face of such criticism, Microsoft simply ignored it.
The reporters finally intercepted Bill Gates, but he replied with a smile: "What Netscape? Sorry! I've never heard of it. Of course we at Microsoft encourage innovation and the healthy development of the PC industry."
We do not comment on some incomprehensible remarks. We at Microsoft are busy developing the latest operating system. If anyone has any questions, do we have to respond? Are we busy enough? Don’t forget that we, Microsoft, are leading the innovation, not those who rely on others.
Hype, relying on the little people who scold us Microsoft and try to become famous..."
After the news was broadcast, public opinion was immediately in an uproar.
What is more egregious than contempt is ignoring, and what is more egregious than ignoring is contempt.
Bill Gates directly filed Anderson as a little person and scoffed at his words.
But having said that, what Bill Gates said is not unreasonable. In order to be famous, there are many people in Silicon Valley who try to criticize Microsoft. This has almost become a kind of political correctness. How can Bill Gates and Microsoft not be scolded?
Some neutral media commented: "...One is a large company that occupies 80% of the operating system market, and the other is a small company that was established less than half a year ago. I have to admit that Netscape is indeed suspected of hype..."
"...In this debate, it may not be a debate at all. No matter how many theoretical concepts are proposed, Microsoft's current position is still difficult to shake..."
"...In terms of high-tech innovation, what we in the United States can still rely on are large companies such as Microsoft. Unfortunately, maybe Netscape's words are correct, and maybe their complaints are also reasonable, but they cannot represent the future at all. In
In the competition in the computer industry, we still have to support Microsoft..."
Why is the neutral media like this? Because the young people who came later had no idea how powerful the threat of the book was in the early 1990s!
Needless to say, when it comes to semiconductors, laptops in this era are leading the pack, even slightly surpassing those of the United States. Not to mention hardware, as the leading home appliance country in the world, why can’t laptops produce the most advanced computer hardware?
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There is also software development.
Many people don't know that Benzi's software development is also very powerful. In fact, at the same time that Microsoft's dw operating system was developed, Benzi also developed its own window operating system. However, one is not taken seriously in Benzi's country at all, and the other... has become
The richest man in the world! Ahem.
But no matter what, the foundation of Benzi still exists. Later, including QR codes, Bitcoin and other gadgets, they were all invented by Benzi.
Then why did the book become a complete mess later?
The first is the fate of the Yingjiang National Team. They don’t care about military ethics at all. This should be familiar to everyone. They use the reason of “someone’s threat theory” to suppress competitive foreign companies. So there is nothing new on Blue Star. Wait until a few years ago.
Ten years later, the one who suppressed became the little white rabbit.
The other is the ecological chain of the Benzi consortium. Benzi likes to create closed loops internally, and what he wants is for the family to live alone.
However, the computer industry must be open. How can it be possible to be a solitary person? Since you want to be a solitary person, no one will let you play in the end!
This is actually just like the new energy vehicles of the future. In terms of gasoline-electric hybrid and hydrogen energy vehicles, Benzi has almost all the patents covered. And it is unwilling to transfer the patents to companies in other countries. Do you want to support one company? Then
No one brings notebooks to play with, so everyone is developing lithium batteries?
The last thing is to suppress software engineers!
I have introduced before that, like domestic soft exams, anyone can take such exams without any restrictions. And on the other hand, as long as you are good enough, it doesn’t matter if you don’t take the soft exams, and you can still become a programmer smoothly.
ape.
This book also has similar national certification exams. But they are different and have many messy and harsh restrictions.
For example: you must be a graduate of a relevant university major, you must have worked for several years, you must...
What's even more bizarre is that the test questions are extremely tricky, and some ancient questions often appear.
There are also regulations. If you can't get the certificate, the company can't hire you as a programmer? You won't be given a job opportunity at all!
You know, the computer industry is changing at an extremely fast pace. The test questions you asked five or ten years ago are no longer useful at all. And many candidates have never been exposed to them.
In fact, this is not just the case in this book, but also in many European countries, which also set various inhumane restrictions. Except for Ireland.
Ireland is desperate for change, so they rely on supporting the computer industry to turn over.
So why are other developed countries like this? It’s just that the old programmers protect their own interests and prevent young people from entering. After all, the development of the country is none of my business, we just want to protect our high salaries! So
There are many restrictions through various means such as laws and research!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So in the end, this book and developed European countries are completely lagging behind in the computer industry because there is no huge group of programmers at all?
In the end, it was not even as good as China, Russia, India and other backward countries? Only Ireland turned around and became one of the most developed countries in Europe!
Of course, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Benzi is still very talented in the two-dimensional aspect, so most of the programmers go to develop games...laughing and crying
But no matter what, in this era, even the Eagle National Team has been eliminated, and the threat of Benzi can be imagined. There is still a sense of crisis here in Silicon Valley.
At this time, the high-tech companies in the United States are not like the gathering of elites in Silicon Valley a few decades later. Now there are only a few? And Microsoft is still one of the most important! Faced with aggressive local companies, can
How many are left to contend?
In this case, those politicians can only hold their noses and support Microsoft. What can be done? If not, who can they support? Should they support the browser company that produces a certain small program?
In fact, this period was also Microsoft's most prosperous period. Almost all antitrust lawsuits were won, and congressional hearings were also smooth. It even became more and more arrogant. On the original historical line, then
It will be bundled and sold, directly killing competitors like Netscape!
We at Microsoft know that bundling sales violates the Antitrust Law, but that’s what we do! From the U.S. government, to the judiciary, to Silicon Valley, you are jumping out to oppose it? I just like how angry and helpless you are!
It is because of Microsoft's uniqueness at this time that it has formed a strong trend. The United States does not dare to touch Microsoft from top to bottom?
Of course, the good times did not last long. When the Internet era came and several new high-tech giants emerged in the United States, Microsoft instantly became entangled in lawsuits and repeatedly received huge fines. Many European countries even added insult to injury.
In other words, it’s your own fault!
However, at this time, mainstream American society really has no choice - in fact, we don't like Microsoft, and we also want to support Netscape, but we really can't do it... eh?
The new situation is surprising.
I originally thought that Netscape was just a small company that was hyped up, and their browser was a small program that was not worth mentioning. Which month does not hundreds of such small companies emerge in Silicon Valley? In other words, which month does not lead to hundreds of bankruptcies?
What about micro and small technology companies like this?
However, no one expected that in the next week, Netscape's operating income directly exceeded one million U.S. dollars. That's right, it was 1 million U.S. dollars in one week! It also announced the development of a new generation of Netscape 20 browser, which will be brought to users
Such an epoch-making experience...
At the same time, Netscape was selective in obtaining its first financing of US$12 million. It was really selective. Those who were not qualified could not join the financing ranks. The latest company valuation on Wall Street directly exceeded 100 million.
Dollar!
Damn it! $100 million!
Like a big stone thrown into a manhole, it immediately shocked people all over the United States!
There may be many great companies in history. But Netscape has grown the fastest, reached US$100 million the fastest, and has a series of other historical records...
With such an amazing performance, can we still underestimate Netscape?
So Anderson immediately counterattacked: "...Bill Gates has long been a self-proclaimed 'old man'. Microsoft has also become a 'giant' that can't stand it. He doesn't understand what the Internet era is at all! The Internet is a place where miracles are created.
Just like our Netscape! We will continue to create miracles! In this new era, the horn of charge has sounded, and we will completely bury the old era..."
Bill Gates's response was a little more serious: "...It's hard for me to understand some people's wild imagination. In this era of new technologies emerging, making some small software is still worthy of encouragement. But no matter what it is,
New technologies, including the latest Internet concepts pursued by Wall Street, etc., also need to be realized through PCs, and they are also inseparable from our Microsoft operating system. We at Microsoft build an entire city, while others just build a small thatched house in the middle of the city...
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"...I personally don't like such spats. We at Microsoft often hear noises like this along the way! Yes! It's just noise that wants to interfere with our progress!"
Netscape's miraculous performance has somewhat attracted Microsoft's attention. But it's just attention, not much attention.
At this time, within Microsoft, the PC was completely king! There was no interest in the emerging Internet at all.
In fact, this also includes the mainstream public opinion in Silicon Valley. Netscape's performance is indeed miraculous, but no matter how miraculous it is, doesn't it have to be realized through PC? Isn't it that PC is king?
Even in the original timeline, when the general trend of the Internet was irreversible, Microsoft still paid little attention to the development of Internet software.
For example, Ballmer, the second generation CEO of Microsoft in the future, would later be the owner of the NBA Clippers, and was also the person in charge of Microsoft's development of the e project. When he developed e, he didn't even understand the TCP/P protocol? It's just that Microsoft has
Very powerful money-making ability. Since we don’t understand it, then we will directly buy ac browser!
However, in the midst of such a quarrel, another general came to kill him quickly.
Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle, is unwilling to be left alone: "...there is no doubt that PC is not the future development direction. The future definitely belongs to the integration of databases. Individuals only need a most basic terminal, and by accessing the central database, they can obtain
All product experiences…”
"...Of course, I'm not saying that the operating system or the Internet are not important, but they are just part of the central database. And we at Oracle..."
In the computer industry, Oracle is most famous for its database. Of course, the database is indeed one of the most important components. Therefore, Oracle has become the software company second only to Microsoft, and Ellison has also become the second largest software company.
Bill Gates is the second richest person in the world.
To put it simply, he is the second child of ten thousand years!
Ellison's life is a process of constantly surpassing Microsoft and surpassing Bill Gates. However, he cannot achieve this ultimate goal. Therefore, he has to compare with Bill Gates in everything. Comparing with mansions, yachts, etc.
Than a private jet…
So given this opportunity, why wouldn't Ellison show off?
As for what Ellison said, the database is king.
After a few decades, we will find that some of the debates at that time have become quite ridiculous. For example, this one - the database is king.
It's not completely unreasonable. Later, some of the specific applications of cloud and other things borrowed the concept of central database.
But obviously, this statement became a joke, and few people could even recall it later.