Back To 1995

  Chapter 1168 Fishing in Troubled Waters

After the Chief Technology Advisor of the Grand Commander, Lori Javier, who came on behalf of the Federal Space Agency, also said, "The rocket launch technology of the Apollo Space Exploration Company is not very mature at present, and it has not mastered the multi-satellite technology. Even if 40,000 satellites are launched every day from now on, all of them may not be launched in eight years..."

  Lori Javier also said in a joking tone, let the little cowboy not make a fuss, the Starlink project is simply bluffing.

Mike Bowen and Holdren turned their eyes around Lori Javier, and then pretended nothing happened. The abacus in Lori Javier's heart was about to jump onto their faces up!

The Apollo Space Exploration Company was supported by the Federal Space Agency. If tens of thousands of satellites are really launched, the launch technology of the Apollo Space Exploration Company will definitely be perfect. It can help NASA relieve a lot of pressure, and it can also To attract more people in America to the aerospace industry, NASA can't wait for Song Yang to start working on the Starlink project immediately.

   Hearing the words of Holdren and Lori Javier, two industry "authorities", knowing that the Starlink project will not affect the telecommunications industry during his tenure, the little cowboy is relieved.

   "How to deal with the dispute between the Skype platform and the telecom industry?!"

  The little cowboy asked the most troublesome question to the few people in front of him, how to deal with the troubles between Song Yang and several major telecommunications giants, and it is hard to stop wherever the board falls.

  Mike Bowen knew that he would not be able to escape after all, "The Skype platform has not touched any laws and agreements formulated by the Federal Communications Commission. The traffic used by Internet calls has already been paid by the user, so of course the user has the right to use the Skype platform!

  Of course, Skype may indeed have a huge impact on the federal telecom operators, so some restrictions on Skype should be made..."

Mike Bowen said something, but basically it’s just a mess, there’s no reason to ban Skype in America, and of course Skype can’t be allowed to kill the major telecommunications giants. Let's live and live, no one can play to death!

The Cowboy Commander, after hearing what Mike Bowen said, suddenly felt that this method seems to be muddy, but this may be the best solution, or the same sentence, as long as Skype and Telecom As for the giants, it is enough to survive. As for Skype and the telecommunications industry after he leaves, whoever dies has nothing to do with him? !

   "This matter is settled by the Federal Communications Commission. I hope this matter can be resolved as soon as possible!"

The little cowboy stood up and looked at Mike Bowen with stern eyes. As a great commander, he has a lot of things to do every day. He has to meet countless important people and deal with countless important affairs every day. How can he have time to worry about these "insignificant" things? No, today last year's Major League Baseball champion, the New York Yankees, was invited to the Grand Commander's mansion as a guest. Baseball is the cowboy's favorite sport. Of course, he had to accompany him personally and hit a few more shots.

  Looking at the figure of the little cowboy leaving, Mike Bowen didn't know for a while, whether he should be thankful or helpless to meet a leader like the little cowboy.

Fortunately, the chief commander of the little cowboy is willing to delegate power, just like Paulson is in charge of the federal finance, and Colin is in charge of the federal defense agency. Known as the most powerful deputy commander in history, all because the little cowboy is willing to delegate power.

But in the same way, when you enjoy the power, you must be prepared to take the blame, just like Mike Bowen handled the dispute between Skype and the telecom giant in the Federal Communications Commission, that is what he should do , If you don't do it well, then wait to pack up and leave, the little cowboy will not show any mercy!

   "Affected by the Starlink project, ICQ's stock price has broken through 230 US dollars today, and its market value has returned to 300 billion US dollars, becoming the company with the highest market value in America!"

  “Although it has been affected by many lawsuits and the prohibition of providing Internet services for Skype platform users in some overseas regions, Skype is still sweeping the world with a rate of more than 450,000 new users every day!”

   "Wall Street analysts predict that Skype's global users will exceed 60 million within this year, and will exceed 100 million users next year. This will make Skype one of the most popular, most active and sticky social platforms in the world!"

   "Some analysts claim that Skype will launch microphones and other equipment related to Internet telephony. Skype charging standards and recharge centers are also under construction. Charging may be a huge test for Skype!"

   Today, Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and countless technology companies, including Microsoft and General Electric, whose market capitalization is now overtaken by ICQ, have all witnessed the return of ICQ's powerful king.

At the Microsoft headquarters, Ballmer was only envious when he saw the Skype platform. If the Skype platform was in the hands of Microsoft, he felt that Microsoft's stock price would have taken off long ago. not afraid.

   "How many good things does Bruno have in his hand!"

Ballmer thought that the social field of the Internet in recent years has been almost occupied by ICQ, from ICQ to Twitter, and then to Skype, if you add Sierra Online and Hotmail overseas users, then the entire ICQ user The scale, how big it is, I am afraid only ICQ itself knows.

  ICQ traffic and user scale are things that the entire technology industry is envious of, and Microsoft is even more envious. As a challenger, facing the advantages of ICQ in the social industry, it can only be described as despair!

Skype plus the Starlink project, such a gimmick, let Ballmer can't help but think about it, it is so tempting, if the Starlink project is really successful, plus Skype, it is really possible to completely To change the entire telecommunications industry market, Ballmer feels that if this concept is proposed by Microsoft, then the stock price may not rise to the sky.

  Since Ballmer came to power, on the one hand, he has been cutting off Bill Gates' wings and attracting more Microsoft executives, but he has also made drastic changes to Microsoft.

Since Microsoft entered the Ballmer era, it first solved the most troublesome antitrust crisis, and then Ballmer played the Xbox console thoroughly. From the previous huge loss, it has slowly begun to make profits. Ballmer is a salesman. Since he took office, the revenue of Microsoft's system and Office has continued to soar. Although some people criticized Ballmer for killing chickens and eggs, he did make Microsoft's accounts that were gradually emptied during Bill Gates's time full of dollars again. With the capital of fault tolerance, Microsoft can once again start the aggressive buying, buying and buying strategy!

Of course, Wall Street's attitude towards Ballmer is also constantly changing. Ballmer is indeed a qualified professional manager, but it is difficult to surprise them like ICQ. Ballmer cannot say that he does not pursue new ideas. Technology can only be said to be a beat slower, just like the wind of MP3, it has been blowing for an unknown period of time, and Microsoft began to enter the market slowly, and started to compete with Apple and Diamond, which was undoubtedly a disastrous failure.

  As for mobile phones, mobile phone operating systems, etc., not to mention, since Ballmer took office, Microsoft's mobile operating system department has been left out.

  Microsoft is like a person who is constantly chasing the wind. In the end, he broke his leg, but he didn’t catch a hair. He woke up early, spent a lot of dollars, bought a bunch of junk and came back...

"President Ballmer, there are some rumors in the market that ICQ may be involved in a monopoly in the Internet social networking industry. ICQ, Twitter and Skype have occupied more than 98% of the American Internet social networking market. Yahoo Messenger, MSN and other social platforms are difficult to affect ICQ's monopoly!"

  At this time, a director of Microsoft's marketing department reported to Ballmer the rumors that suddenly spread.

Ballmer's eyes lit up, and of course he understood that ICQ was involved in a monopoly. I'm afraid it's the telecom giants who are doing things secretly, using the name of monopoly to do things. Now America is dominated by the elephant party. It is impossible to expect ICQ to be split up, but it is absolutely fine to create public opinion and add some congestion to it. In old Europe and other places outside of America, ICQ may be fined heavily.

But being suspected of a monopoly means trouble. Microsoft has personal experience. Ballmer doesn't know how far Skype and the telecom giant will go. Opportunity to fish in troubled waters? !

Ballmer dare not expect that he can cut a large piece of meat from ICQ and take away Twitter, Skype and so on. Of course, if there is a chance, Microsoft will definitely pay all the price to get it, but Ballmer Mo feels that this is a bit difficult, but he can settle for the next best thing, such as taking back the overseas brand of Hotmail mailboxes, and then get a part of the income from Song Yang. Ballmer feels that this matter is very promising. of.

   "You ask the PR department to blow up the Skype platform!"

   Ballmer hinted to the executive that there are some things that he doesn't need to say too much, and if he says too much, it will be true. Just a hint is enough!

   "President Ballmer, I understand!"

The director of Microsoft's marketing department immediately got up and said, "Microsoft has been fighting openly and secretly with so many opponents for so many years. It has never used overt and covert methods. It is a matter of adding oil and vinegar to the fire and burning firewood. It is guaranteed that ICQ will be involved." The monopoly is known all over the world.

The Skype platform is riddled with various gossip, but regardless of the good or bad public opinion, it is difficult to affect the footsteps of Skype, especially after ICQ portrays Skype and the Starlink project as representatives of resisting the oppression of telecom giants. Countless young people flocked to it, playing a rebellious game, which caused Skype users not only to be unaffected, but to be in full swing. Even in areas where Skype did not enter, users came to sign up for Skype accounts!

  (end of this chapter)