Back To 1995

  Chapter 123 The old meet

  As one of the most "old" technology companies in America's technology industry today, Microsoft has inherited the style of traditional large companies, and the headquarters is quite large, far exceeding the scale of latecomers.

It is also difficult for emerging technology companies to surpass the size of Microsoft's headquarters, and it is possible to surpass the number of employees, but it is unlikely that the headquarters will be built into a small city.

   Carrying Song Yang's vehicle, he drove directly to the venue where today's developer conference was held. Along the way, Song Yang could see the entire park lined with trees, and buses that took Microsoft employees to and from get off work kept coming and going.

   went all the way and looked at the endless buildings, all of which belonged to one of Microsoft's offices. Song Yang and Irene could not help but sigh softly. After coming here, they would find out how powerful Microsoft really is.

   After passing through many small buildings, we passed a building with a prominent Microsoft LOGO. According to rumors, the Windows system and Office were born there, and now Microsoft's most important server is stored.

However, Song Yang is most interested in the American technology industry. The rumored Microsoft Building 87 is rumored to be Microsoft's secret laboratory, and many black technologies are in it. But if there is such a place, it is estimated that Makes it easy to get in.

As a fully functional office park, in addition to the office building, the rest of the staff apartment buildings and department store buildings are also readily available. In addition, libraries, museums, sports clubs, football fields, swimming pools, rock climbing, sauna rooms, etc. It has everything, Netscape has to send its staff to other places to practice rock climbing, and Microsoft can practice directly in the old nest. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a completely self-sufficient town...

When    arrived at the venue used for the conference, there was already a blockage at this time, and it is conceivable how many people came today.

   "Song!"

Immediately after, Todd was already waiting there with a few Microsoft executives, and many people who were about to enter the building were a little surprised when they saw Todd coming out in person to welcome and send them to the building. The public relations president of the company personally greeted it, and this treatment is quite high.

   Those who inquired about Song Yang's identity were also secretly surprised when they saw the scene where Song Yang and Todd were standing together.

  Song Yang and Todd entered the building. There were a lot of collections and other things placed at the entrance of the hall. What attracted Song Yang's attention was a wall, that's right, it was a broken wall!

   Seeing Song Yang's gaze, Todd said to Song Yang, "This is the president of Mercedes-Benz Group, who brought it here when he visited. This wall was torn down from the Berlin Wall in 1989!"

Song Yang and Irene glanced at the wall, and after looking at each other, they could only sigh again that Microsoft's Bigger, who could travel thousands of miles to pull this wall from Germany across the Atlantic Ocean, can only be said to be rich and powerful, except for Microsoft's estimation. There is no other company that uses this thing to decorate the facade.

   There was still a moment before the opening of the conference. Song Yang and Todd came to the lounge area of ​​the hall. There were also many people gathered here, as well as Microsoft's public relations department and allowed media taking pictures.

Bill Gates, Ballmer and a group of executives were included. When Song Yang entered, Bill Gates was gathering with a few people. Song Yang was stunned when he saw those people. For a moment, I didn't expect these people to appear here.

Seeing Song Yang come in, Bill Gates, who is rarely dressed in formal clothes today, immediately walked over with a smile on his face, "Song, welcome to come, you can come, this is the most worthy of celebration at this Microsoft Developer Conference! "

This is the first time Song Yang has met the richest man. Bill Gates is very enthusiastic. Bill Gates, who is just 40 years old this year, is at the peak of his life. I don't know if it is because of the recent unhappiness. Before Bill Gates lost a few points, he was complacent in the media, but he was still a big guy.

"Song, you must have heard of these people," Bill Gates brought Song Yang into the circle just now, and introduced Song Yang to several people, "I think you have all heard of Bruno Song's famous name. , a true genius in America's technology industry, Hotmail e-mail is his handwriting, and now Hotmail has 10 million users..."

   "There are only more than eight million!" Song Yang said "humbly" to the few people in front of him.

Song Yang and the few people standing beside Bill Gates looked at each other with a bit of embarrassment, just like Case, the president of AOL in front of him, Song Yang and Case looked at each other and moved their eyes tacitly. Kai, one is a die-hard "ally" of Netscape, and the other is considered a "Netscape family", and appeared at the Microsoft conference, which is somewhat embarrassing...

   In addition to being embarrassed, there are also curious ones, like Intel President Andrew Grove, who is quite curious about Song Yang.

   What made Song Yang curious was that another person was present, the former head of Apple, the founder of Microsoft's other mortal rival Apple, and Steve Jobs actually appeared here...

   is still a familiar figure in front of the camera. He is dressed in a black top and a pair of jeans. He can appear in front of the camera at any time and begin to "preach" to his followers.

  Compared to Bill Gates, Jobs seemed a little taciturn. He just nodded to Song Yang, and then he didn't say much.

  Song Yang looked at Jobs, Case and others in front of him, and then thought of the Sun company that had just reconciled, Microsoft was really making changes, and the current Microsoft made Song Yang inexplicably think of a certain penguin.

  Bill Gates and Microsoft are both in the process of transformation. The war with Netscape is quite similar to the 3Q war between a certain penguin and the Cardinal. They all started a complete transformation after a war.

   And now, Microsoft can reconcile with its nemesis, and the developer conference invites its nemesis to the scene. Song Yang doesn’t know how many conditions Microsoft used in exchange, but Microsoft is really changing its situation!

  When Song Yang stood with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, AOL President Keith, and Andrew Grove, the reporter in the rest area immediately pressed the shutter to take a picture of what may be another famous scene in the history of science and technology.

   When I came here, no matter whether it was Song Yang, Case or Jobs, I must have made a decision in my heart, so when facing the camera, I was calm and not at all unhappy.

  At the opening of the developer conference, when Song Yang, Case and others surrounded Bill Gates and walked into the hall together, the whole scene was quiet for a second, and then there was a loud noise.

   This scene is really amazing. A group of Microsoft's deadly enemies actually stood with Bill Gates to attend today's conference. The meaning behind this is really intriguing.

   Although Bill Gates did not sit with Song Yang, Song Yang sat next to Todd and other Microsoft executives, which showed that Microsoft attached great importance to Song Yang.

  No matter what happens in the Internet industry, but in the software industry, Microsoft is still the undisputed empire. The windows system is sold all over the world, so that countless software development companies still dare not provoke Microsoft.

However, different from previous years, today Microsoft is quite moderate, not as aggressive as the conferences in previous years. In the speeches of Bill Gates, Ballmer and others, he repeatedly emphasized that Microsoft is to cooperate with more developers. , and even proposed a win-win situation. Whether it is true or false, the slogan has changed.

   Jobs then gave a speech on stage. Song Yang knew why he came to participate in this conference. Jobs, who had not returned to Apple, was here to promote his NEXT company.

In recent years, for Apple, life has not been very good. This year, it lost a billion dollars, and its stock price fell below ten dollars. But it is the same for Jobs. It was difficult, but it was not well received. NEXT wanted to sell the system and computer together, but the sales were bleak. This time, he accepted Microsoft's invitation to advertise his NEXT computer platform.

   Looking at Steve Jobs on stage, Song Yang wondered if he was blowing the whistle. It was rumored that the Apple board of directors, which was about to lose money, wanted to welcome the founder back again. Now, the American media is already talking about this matter.

  Song Yang has some speculations, whether Jobs’ platform NEXT computer wants to raise the valuation of NEXT, so that when he returns to Apple, he can sell it to Apple for a high price, otherwise he will not go to the press conference of the deadly enemy…

  Todd, who was sitting next to Song Yang, got close to Song Yang and heard about it, testing Song Yang. This time Song Yang accepted Microsoft's invitation to come here, which made Microsoft speculate on Song Yang's mind.

   "Song, I know that the outside world is not very good about Microsoft's rumors, but I can guarantee that Microsoft absolutely supports the collaborators!"

Listening to Todd's bullshit, if this is heard by Lotus, IBM, etc. who have cooperated with Microsoft, will they spit Todd's face? They also cooperated with Microsoft at the beginning, and don't be too miserable. .

But at this time, Song Yang didn't come to settle those old accounts with Microsoft. Hearing Todd's words, Song Yang seemed to agree and nodded, "The same is true here, whether it's Double-click or Hotmail, for all collaborators. , are all welcome, we will not target a certain opponent, this is not in line with the principle of openness and freedom of the Internet!"

Todd's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He was surprised and happy. He was surprised that he didn't know if Song Yang was fooling him. He was happy that if IE could really cooperate with Hotmail, then It is equivalent to opening the door to the Internet!

   "Song, are you really willing to let Hotmail cooperate with the IE browser?!" Todd asked, staring at Song Yang, suppressing the shock in his heart.

  Song Yang didn't play dumb with Todd, "As I said, Hotmail welcomes any partner to join us!"

   "Even further cooperation is not impossible!"

  Song Yang threw a bigger melon to Todd, which made him feel dizzy for a while. He didn't know if Song Yang's words were what he thought, but now these are enough to make him feel ecstatic.

   "Song, I think we should talk about it as soon as possible!"

Todd couldn't help raising his voice and said that he didn't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which attracted the attention of many people on the side. Bill Gates and Ballmer also looked back and saw this side, wondering how Todd became So excited.

   (end of this chapter)