Fang Xingdong, best known as the "Father of Blog", coined the word "blog" and created the first blog website - Blog China.
Of course, not yet.
In 2002, blogs were still called "bloggers". They had just been introduced to China and the number was less than 10,000.
At this time, he was only a slightly famous columnist, writing articles for IT media such as "Computer World", "PC", "Computer News", and "Information Industry News".
By the way, a book was published called "Get Up! Challenge Microsoft's Hegemony", which criticized Microsoft for attacking China's software industry.
Just got a batch!
These days, with Microsoft's entry into China, the rumors of n-Penguin competition naturally reached his ears. How could he just be a spectator and do nothing?
If the penguin surrenders, he will be scolded.
If the penguin resists, applaud!
Originally waiting for changes in the war situation, Penguin unexpectedly contacted him through Wang Junxiu, the editor-in-chief of "Information Industry News", and asked Lu Fei to make an appointment.
The name Lu Fei is now well known in the IT circle.
After being summoned by him, Fang Xingdong dropped everything and rushed over excitedly. After saying hello, he skipped the pleasantries and just said:
"Mr. Lu, I heard that Penguin is going to be acquired by N. Is this true?"
Lu Fei laughed out loud, "That's outrageous. With the size of Penguin, we should acquire n."
Fang Xingdong walked into the office, sat down and said: "The people who spread the news think that n will defeat qq sooner or later, seize qq's market or even annex qq."
Lu Fei crossed his legs and said in a relaxed tone: "Mr. Fang, do you think QQ will lose and Penguin will lose?"
"Hard to say!"
Fang Xingdong had a straight face and said worriedly: "Although I am on your side, Mr. Lu, and hope that QQ will win, Netscape's warning is not far away.
Microsoft dominates 90% of the world's computer interfaces, computer systems, office software, Internet Explorer browsers, and the acquired hotel mailboxes and Skype Internet phones, forming a huge platform. Microsoft relied on its bundling strategy to defeat Netscape."
"China has its own national conditions. Microsoft piracy is the most common in China, so the advantages of platform bundling cannot be used."
Lu Fei made a pre-war analysis of what he said to Lu Huateng and other Penguin executives, and selected the things that could be said publicly, such as the upcoming QQ game hall, and kept it hidden. In short, he expressed his determination in passionate terms.
:
Penguin will never surrender to Microsoft, and QQ will never lose to n!
Fang Xingdong was affected and gave a thumbs up excitedly, "Well done to Mr. Lu, someone in China's IT circle must say 'no, go to n' to Microsoft!"
"Yes, qn."
Lu Fei knocked on the table with his hand and said that his purpose was to ask him to write an "Essay on Criticizing Thieves" like Chen Lin, so that public opinion would criticize Microsoft.
"What content?" Fang Xingdong was surprised. "Do you want to add Penguin and QQ to it?"
"It's too early to add now."
Lu Fei stood up and copied "Get Up! Challenge Microsoft's Hegemony" from his desk. "I have read this book co-written by you and Editor Wang. It is very well written and the timing is well grasped. It is in line with the confrontational mood at that time.
, I think I can write another article like this, and the title is "Surrender to Microsoft?"
"Surrender to Microsoft? I understand, Lu always wants to say the opposite!"
Fang Xingdong's eyes lit up, but he hesitated: "I'm happy to be a pawn, but I'm afraid that if I publish it on the portal, what should I do if all the websites are taken down?"
"Mr. Fang only needs to worry about writing and publishing, and there is no need to worry about anything else."
Lu Fei's smile narrowed and he said, "I also recommend you upload a copy to your blog."
"blog?"
"That's blogger."
"Blogger, I'm paying attention to this too." Fang Xingdong muttered "Blogger" several times, "Blogger, Mr. Lu chose this name well!"
"We are also researching and developing a Chinese website with blog function."
Lu Fei spoke calmly and secretly grabbed the right to name "Blog", which is just one step away from the title of "Father of Chinese Blogs".
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The night after returning from Hailong Building, Fang Xingdong sat in front of the computer for a long time, venting all the passion ignited by Lu Fei on the article.
Crackling, typing wildly on wps.
I went back and forth, deleting, deleting, and revising, typing for an hour, and asked Microsoft about the quality of the code for thousands of words, but it felt so-so and unsatisfactory.
Fang Xingdong dragged the file to the QQ chat box and sent it to Wang Junxiu for comment and modification.
This function alone will not work!
He was full of confidence, and it was not easy to shake the QQ base, so he switched to the forum and wandered around, and saw a pinned post on Tianya with an eye-catching title——
"Letter from Bill Gates to Lu Huateng".
It wrote in an arrogant tone, "Thank you qq for popularizing the concept of instant messaging to Chinese children. When they grow up, work, and have money, they will slowly transfer to n and switch seamlessly."
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Fang Xingdong could tell it was fake, but he was still angry. The most annoying thing was that some netizens pretended to be Bill Gates and made fun of him, praising Microsoft and criticizing Penguin. How could he be so mean?
Isn’t this just surrender?
A sudden stimulation, inspiration burst out in an instant, the draft just now was discarded, and as soon as the idea of writing came up, I started writing:
"People say that the history of IT is a history of technological innovation and competition, but I have seen through the history of IT, and there are only two words written in it: Surrender!"
"If you use another eye and another brain, you will suddenly realize: the history of the software industry is actually a history of 'surrender to Microsoft'..."
"I think the theory of surrender should be the first criterion to guide the development of China IT, and it should even be a bright light. Although surrender sounds unpleasant, survival and development are the principles..."
There is no technique, it’s all emotion.
I couldn't write enough, even Wang Junxiu's reply was ignored. I took advantage of the excitement and quickly wrote thousands of words. Compared with the previous article, Wang Junxiu only had two words after reading it——
Enjoyable!
"What you posted was not an article, but an anger." Wang Junxiu decided to publish it in the "Information Industry News".
"I hate him for not having ambition, and I am angry for him for not fighting!"
Fang Xingdong checked the typo again, confirmed it was correct, uploaded it to the recommendation columns of major portal websites, including blogs, and published it.
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Late at night, n R&D center.
Xiong Minghua worked overtime, carefully selected first-class talents, and established a R&D team as soon as possible to fill in all the shortcomings.
For example, when transferring files, the transfer of large-capacity files is easily interrupted. Another example is group chat, which is completely inferior to Q group, which can both voice chat and send group messages.
"Didi-di-di, di-di-di."
The penguin icon on the desktop is jumping, knowing yourself and your enemy, and everyone is using qq up and down.
Luo Chuan, who was far away in Yanjing, sent a message: "How is your recruitment going?"
"I received 200 resumes in one day. I'll wait for another two days to collect 500 or 600 resumes, and then I will select 40 people from them."
Xiong Minghua asked about the data center, because they are currently only in the Chinese branch, and all user data must be placed on servers in the United States.
However, the telecommunications department did not agree at all.
Luo Chuan replied: "I have also talked with Yanjing, and we still need to discuss it. We will not cooperate immediately just because we are Microsoft. I will make an appointment with Li Xiangdong from China Mobile in a few days to ask him,"
Suddenly, both sides fell silent for a while and did not send any messages to each other. They never expected that they would be defeated immediately after being so famous in Chun Zhao.
Xiong Minghua continued to work at hand. He had just eliminated three resumes when Luo Chuan sent another message, this time it was a link.
"Look at this quickly, something happened!"
He copied it to the web page and searched for the page that jumped out, which was the NetArt portal. He saw that it was a column review article with the eye-catching title "Surrender to Microsoft?".
My heart suddenly skipped a beat, and I had an ominous premonition.
Just reading the first paragraph, I feel there is something wrong, so I read on:
"I believe that all outstanding talents with ideals in China should work hard to surrender to Microsoft and pursue the goal of entering Microsoft. All Chinese companies with ambitions should strive to be able to fall into the arms of Microsoft..."
There is no need to read the following. Xiong Minghua has already realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly typed:
"You are in Yanjing, and China's portals are all in Yanjing. You should quickly contact Sohu, Yahoo, NetArt, and New Wolf and ask them to download the article and block the account. I will contact the forum website."
Luo Chuan replied: "I contacted Sohu and Yahoo and agreed, but NetArt and New Wolf disagreed."
"Why? Don't they want to cooperate with us at Microsoft?"
Xiong Minghua felt unbelievable, "Even if you delete the article and block the account, they are not willing to give you this face?"
Luo Chuandao: "They didn't explain it, but people from Yahoo told me that Penguin is a shareholder of NetArt, and Penguin's major shareholder Lu Fei is also a shareholder of NetArt and Sina."
