Back To 1995

   Chapter 120 The scorching sun is in the sky

   Listening to the sound from the TV, Irene opened her mouth wide, a little unable to believe the news she heard.

  Microsoft wants to buy JAVA technology license from SUN, the mighty Microsoft empire wants to bow to SUN, Bill Gates wants to make peace with McNealy? !

  If it wasn't for NBC TV reporting this news, Irene would definitely think it was fake news, but now it's really happening in front of me.

No matter how quibble, Microsoft's use of JAVA technology means that it bowed its head to SUN and McNealy, saying that it may be too much to surrender, but everyone understands the meaning behind this incident. Microsoft is going to make concessions. Over the years, This is definitely the first time I've heard of a concession from Microsoft.

   "Microsoft and Bill Gates turned to..."

Irene felt that her thoughts were a little confused, and she didn't know where to start. This news was really shocking to her. For more than ten years, she had become accustomed to the strength of Microsoft, and suddenly one day it began to bow its head. , people can't help but think of the former boss of the empire, and there is also a day of decay. When it really hits that day, it brings countless people an incredible shock. This year is destined to be a long-lived year...

   Song Yang looked at the news, heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a sigh, "Netscape is over!"

When Irene heard this, her mind became even more confused. Microsoft bowed its head to SUN, which means that Microsoft has reached the most critical juncture. However, hearing Song Yang say that Netscape was over, Irene couldn't figure it out.

   "But now it's Microsoft bowing its head." Irene asked Song Yang in confusion.

"A tiger with claws and claws is not the most frightening, it may just intimidate the opponent, and when a hungry beast retracts its claws and crawls on the ground, it means that it is about to start attacking its prey! "

   Song Yang looked at the repeated news and said, "If Sun agrees to license JAVA technology to Microsoft, then not only Netscape will be ruined, but Sun himself will be ruined too!"

What is   java technology, to a certain extent, this is the language of the Internet and a pass to enter the Internet industry. With this certificate, you can enter countless fields of the Internet. The most important thing is that it has nothing to do with Microsoft.

Now the technology industry, especially the rise of Netscape, has made more and more companies begin to accept Java technology. As long as time goes by, Java will, with the support of countless companies and developers, form a set that is completely compatible with Microsoft's System has nothing to do, another set of software program ecological chain!

At that time, SUN, Netscape, etc., will be able to rely on the emperor to make the princes, rely on java, and the software ecological chain formed by java, be tough with Microsoft, and even stop Microsoft from the Internet industry and start to attack Microsoft. Base camp, computer system.

   "Originally, java, the heavyweight torpedo in the Internet industry, may have sunk the Microsoft fleet, but now, this torpedo may no longer belong to Sun and Netscape!"

Irene listened to Song Yang's words, and then watched the news on TV. She felt a chill in her heart. She didn't expect that there would be so many ways, Microsoft's decision, and Bill Gates' forbearance. I would think that Bill Gates could do this.

   "McNealy and Sun may not agree to license to Microsoft..."

Speaking of which, Irene can't go on anymore. Who can refuse to get this kind of peace when the world's richest man bows his head, especially after fighting Microsoft for more than ten years to win SUN, coupled with McNealy's aggressive personality , finally overwhelmed Bill Gates and gained the upper hand. This is the most glorious moment of McNealy's career. How can he destroy all of this.

Even if he knows, this is just a tactic of Microsoft's delay, but McNealy estimates that he will accept the bow of Bill Gates and reach his status as the number one person in the technology industry in America. This kind of fame and fortune temptation is really impossible. reject.

   "Then we will attend this year's Microsoft Developer Conference?!" After a while, Irene said to Song Yang.

  When Microsoft put down its figure and even SUN could bow its head, it meant that Microsoft was desperate to win Netscape. Irene didn’t know how long Netscape would be able to endure in the face of a mad Microsoft.

  Song Yang nodded, "It's time for us to take action!"

   The browser war between Microsoft and Netscape has intensified. Microsoft is desperately spending money, and Netscape is constantly improving browser performance.

But for the time being, Microsoft's IE browser can't threaten Netscape, and even because of the anti-human performance of IE browser, Netscape's browser market share has increased again, which has attracted Netscape's sneer, and it's almost said That sentence, thank the old iron thousands of miles to send people's heads...

In addition to being desperate online, all kinds of external tricks are also used. Although technically, they can't beat Netscape, but Microsoft, with its deep pockets and huge influence, began to mobilize the media and desperately advocate the threat of Netscape's monopoly Argument.

Once Netscape monopolizes the browser market, the pressure on all users to pay will become higher and higher. This makes Netscape quite a bit of public opinion pressure, forcing Mark Anderson to make a statement that he will not cut the leeks of browser users. In the future, the service fee of Netscape browser will be reduced.

In addition to these, I don't know if it was because of Netscape's bird's anger, the IE operation department also specially customized a huge IE logo of 3 meters by 4 meters, and moved it to the front of the Netscape headquarters building overnight. , "occupied" Netscape headquarters in this way.

  Although I knew that this thing was useless, at most it was out of my mind, but IE still did it, just to exhale. It is conceivable that IE has been suppressed by Netscape during this period of time.

   However, these arguments and frictions became insignificant when Microsoft officially reached an agreement with Sun at a lightning speed to obtain the java license from Sun at a price of $3.5 million per year.

  The news of Microsoft and Bill Gates bowing their heads spread like the wind all over America, and all kinds of remarks appeared overwhelmingly, but the one that appeared the most was undoubtedly the rumor that the Microsoft Building would collapse.

Countless media began to blow air. This is the beginning of Microsoft's decline. It seems that signing this agreement is the beginning of disaster. For these public opinions, Microsoft is like a little daughter-in-law who is angry, basically saying nothing, and it seems that it is really desperate. , For a while, Microsoft brought a bit of tragic color.

  The speed at which Microsoft and SUN reached an agreement is simply too fast to cover the ears. Just after the news came out from the media, Bill Gates personally led the team and signed a licensing agreement with SUN.

Bill Gates, who appeared at the signing site, also placed himself in the position of a "weak" when facing his rival McNealy. All the limelight was handed over to McNealy, just to get him to sign the technical authorization letter, and then Microsoft followed up with him. Sun reconciliation, at least on the surface!

   When this scene appeared, countless people had mixed feelings in their hearts, and even those who blackened Microsoft in the past were a little unbearable at this time, and what was even more outrageous was that there was a voice to save Microsoft...

  Song Yang had to sigh, if you want to become the richest man, you have to have good acting skills. Bill Gates' performance these days is comparable to the Oscar winner.

In an interview with the media, the executive in charge of the negotiation of sun company said to the media, "Sun company advocates cooperation with all companies, and if Microsoft is willing to comply with sun company's regulations and Java technical standards, issuing licenses to them is a The right choice, for other collaborators too!"

In the face of the media camera, sun company has the style of a great empire, emphasizing that Microsoft abides by the rules set by sun, and sun company only handed over the java license to Microsoft. At this moment, sun seems to have finally overwhelmed its arch-rival Microsoft and stood by America Technology top of the industry.

The licensing fee did not make much money, but the impact of this incident was terrifying, claiming to have changed the pattern of the technology industry in America. The company's workbench computers, servers, and operating systems are selling rapidly. After all, they have been "certified" by Microsoft, which proves SUN's technical strength.

The share price of   SUN broke through US$247 that day, becoming one of the most expensive stocks on Nasdaq, with a total market value approaching US$200 billion.

   "Time Magazine" review, "java has changed the technology industry!"

  America Business Weekly, also described the greatness of SUN in a long article, "The star of SUN has never been so bright, and McNealy's Internet concept has never been so close to reality!"

   McNealy, who finally raised his eyebrows, finally shouted out the words that had been suppressed in his heart for many years, "We are the one in front of com!"

Song Yang saw that in the news broadcast on the broadcast, Bill Gates was calm and even with a slight smile on his face, watching his nemesis come to the peak of his life, without any dissatisfaction throughout the whole process, but Song Yang felt that Bill Gates at this moment It's really scary.

   In the evening, McNealy held a grand dinner, and Bill Gates, who finished the play, left for an excuse and returned directly to his home in Seattle.

   McNealy didn't force it either. He let Bill Gates return to Seattle to "lick his wounds", and his enemies bowed their heads. Although McNealy was still wary of Microsoft, he couldn't help but feel a little slack, especially in today's day.

  Arrived at the airport and just got on the private plane, Bill Gates picked up the satellite phone on the plane again, "Case, we need to talk, I need you to come to this year's Microsoft Developer Conference..."

At the    banquet, celebrities from Silicon Valley, Wall Street and various circles surrounded McNealy in the center, congratulating the new emperor of the technology industry.

   Just as McNealy was a little drunk amidst the compliments and compliments, Jim Clark rushed into the banquet with anger and worry on his face.

It's too fast. The licensing agreement between Microsoft and SUN was signed too quickly. From the media report to the actual signing, it was completely completed before Jim Clark and Netscape could react. Blitz didn't give Jim Clark any time to react at all.

   In front of everyone at the banquet, Jim Clark suppressed his voice and said to McNealy, "We need to talk!"

   (end of this chapter)