Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

Lei Jun praised himself for being excellent,

Are you really excellent?

Actually, it's just a joke.

Ning Zimo still knows the limits of his abilities. Otherwise, while he is busy with Emperor Penguin's various internal and external businesses, he would not be able to pull Lei Jun's Jinshan onto the bus, and then Emperor Penguin will invest 100 million US dollars to hold 70% of the shares.

Kingsoft holds the remaining 30% of the shares, and together they jointly built an office cloud.

This project was started in August 2005. On January 1, 2007, the office cloud was quietly launched in China. In less than a month, on February 1, 2007, the office cloud was quietly launched in Europe. And enter

In Europe, in order to adapt to the market, the office cloud had a very practical name - Office Suite.

As of March 1, 2007, the Office suite has quietly landed in the United States and carried out the so-called inner version.

This so-called "inner activity" of the Office suite seems to have entered a long period from the beginning.

Until late June 2008, the "inside activities" of the Office suite had been going on for 15 months.

And at this time, it’s time to close the net.

Because, it’s time to help Bing win over Google.

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16:00 pm China time is 10:00 am Germany time in Europe. Andre, who got up very early, had been busy for nearly 3 hours when this time arrived.

Andre is currently preparing for a traditional trading company of his own. Yesterday morning he just decided to rent a house in the suburbs of Frankfurt as an office. As for the company members, in addition to Andre himself and his wife Anna, he also recruited through LinkedIn

12 employees, these 12 employees will officially join the company next Monday.

All the work to prepare the company was going on in an orderly manner, but Andre, who had just been busy for a while this morning, suddenly felt sad when he returned to the office with his wife Anna and looked at the 10 or so neatly arranged computers.

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After being married for 5 years, Anna watched her husband develop step by step and became very aware of the changes in his mood.

She quickly took her husband's hand and whispered, "Dear, what's wrong? Do you feel something is wrong?"

His wife's soft voice pulled Andre out of the whirlpool. He intertwined his palms with hers, and when he saw her hugging him again, he curled his lips and said, "The office location has been confirmed, the equipment is complete, and even the personnel will be in place soon."

However, although the neat computer has an operating system installed, it does not have any application software installed."

Andre smiled bitterly, "Our 100,000 start-up capital has been spent, and now the remaining 40,000 euros need to be used as a deposit for the first batch of goods. But next, we also need to purchase an ERP system and office software.

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Although China's Luban ERP is much cheaper than our local SAP and US sales force (SaleForce), Microsoft Office is too expensive. A total of 12 sets of genuine Office 2007 are required for 12 computers.

Calculating this, we will spend at least nearly 5,000 euros..."

Andrei confided his troubles to his wife, which made Anna feel that it would be better than her husband having to bear these problems alone.

But talking about it only brought emotional relief, but this problem was still an unsolvable obstacle before them.

In 2005, Microsoft released the beta version of Office 2007. At that time, each user only needed to download 1 euro to use them. But as 2007 passed, the beta version of Office 2007 has become history. Now, if you want to have a full version of Office 2007

, you must pay 419 euros. The highest-end version priced by Microsoft, the dominant company, is as high as 580 euros.

Anna knows that working through computers has become a habit for people today. Whether it is ERP or Office, it can greatly improve everyone's work efficiency.

But Microsoft Office is too expensive. The price of nearly 5,000 euros for 12 computers may not be a big deal in normal times. But the economic crisis that once every 10 years is reincarnating this year, and the current overall economic environment is not very good. She and her husband

A start-up company must spend its money wisely.

Anna thought for a while and could only frown and mention to her husband, "How about you ask Miller, maybe he can think of something?"

Miller was a college classmate of Anna and her husband Andre, and he was a free software enthusiast. Although Anna didn't pay much attention to cold machines like computers, she remembered that Miller seemed to have mentioned something about OpenOffice.

"It seems that OpenOffice is very cheap and can be installed on a machine for only a few dozen euros?" Anna asked her husband.

Andre frowned and shook his head, "Our files have to be sent to suppliers in China from time to time. Office is popular in their country. If we use OpenOffice, it will cause a lot of work trouble for each other."

"Then~~" Anna frowned even more tightly, "How about~~ we use pirated copies?"

As soon as Anna finished speaking, she saw her husband Andre's frown deepening.

Anna knew that using pirated software was illegal in Europe, but they really needed to cherish every money now, so she had to bring this idea forward. At least she took the initiative and would not embarrass her husband.

Andre struggled in his heart for a long time. He was convinced that piracy as mentioned by his wife was indeed the last solution to the current predicament. But piracy is almost equivalent to a crime in Europe, especially in countries like Germany. What's more, if others know

Even their faces are dull.

After thinking about it, Andre picked up the phone and said, "I'd better call Miller. Maybe he has some good ideas."

Upon seeing this, Anna knew that her husband had hardly crossed the moral threshold, so she could only acquiesce in her husband's behavior.

Anyway, since the day they married him, they need to go on together with honor and disgrace. If it is really difficult for her husband to pass the financial threshold this time, maybe she can only go to her parents' house to borrow a sum of money.

Looking at her husband who was talking to Miller on the phone, Anna made a decision silently in her heart.

But before she felt heavy and heartbroken, she suddenly saw her husband's face beaming with joy and shouting in surprise.

"What, a free version of Office! And it has all the functions?"

Miller on the other end of the phone probably heard his friend's doubts, so he smiled and said, "Yes, man, the free version of Office. In addition to the regular documents, forms, and slides, it also comes with Nuwa, Pangu

These two powerful tools in the software industry have also opened the web version for free trial. This time, the development of this Office suite is expected to cost Microsoft a lot of money."

Her friend Miller's "laughing" sound came from the other end of the phone. From a few meters away, Anna could picture her old friend's sly face in her mind when she heard the sound.

Anna knew that her old friend Miller, who was an advocate of free software, wished that Microsoft in the United States would go bankrupt earlier. In this way, no one like them would continue to be oppressed by that giant company.

Andre, who was holding the phone, calmed down for a while and then suddenly asked, "Old man, are you sure this Office suite will be better than Microsoft Office?"

"Of course, I have been using it for more than a year." The other end of the phone said disdainfully, "Compared to Microsoft's expensive charges, the Office suite has been free for us for a long time since the beginning.

After officially announcing the launch this time, they only opened up the originally free 200M storage space to unlimited expansion. Although there is a storage fee of 15 Euros for 2G, the official version of the Office suite has cloud storage, which makes their collaborative working capabilities impeccable.

"

"Coworking?" Andre was puzzled, "What is that?"

The other end of the phone choked for a moment, and then said again, "I almost forgot that you are almost a computer idiot, but the Office suite is indeed designed for computer idiots like you.

Collaborative working means that you can set permissions on a document and assign it to a designated person for use. The designated person can read or even edit the file within the scope you have designated, which allows you to process the content on the same file at the same time. This is simply transparent.

A magical tool for handling business matters over the Internet.”

Andre's mind kept changing the content of Miller's story, but when it came to Miller's rise, new content kept coming through the phone.

"The important thing is that people only need to have a web browser to easily use this office software. This means that any party can use the Office suite without installing Microsoft Office."

"So... magical?" Andre's mind flashed, "Does that mean that as long as I pay 15 euros, my entire company can use this software?"

"Of course, but I heard you said that there are about ten people in your company, so I think they need 30 euros every month."

"30 euros..."

“It’s already very cheap,” the other end of the phone laughed. “It was only at 9 o’clock this morning that the official launch of the Office suite was announced on the Internet. At this time, many people gathered on the official forum Twitter to worship this office cloud.

The company is said to be the gospel of the public, the Robin Hood of the modern world. In just one hour, the number of public beta users of the Office suite reached 4.5 million, which is simply a miracle.

I also went to find out about them. The company behind the office cloud is a Chinese company. But this company is quite powerful. As soon as they went online, they announced cooperation with many companies such as Gmail, LinkedIn, Ag, and Emperor Penguin.

It uses the reliable ACS cloud server and manages contacts and usage permissions through Gmail users. It can share on LinkedIn or quickly edit your resume, and Bing even incorporates it into the document management channel. I just saw that

Spark Company and Yugong Technology iPhone Zero even announced that they will bring the Office suite to the mobile phone. This means that in the future, we can even edit files on our smartphones at any time. Twitter is very busy now, why don’t you come and take a look?

"

Andre's old friends kept hitting his nerves. He never expected that the problem he was worried about just now would suddenly have a solution.

My old friend Miller is a software expert. Since he recommends this software, it means that he can use it with confidence.

What is it called?

Oh, Office suite.

It was created by a Chinese office cloud company.

Why have Chinese companies become more and more powerful in recent years, and can now even compete with Microsoft?

With all kinds of doubts, Andre hurriedly chatted for a few more words and then hung up the phone.

Without enough time to explain to his wife, he hurried to the table and turned on the computer.

The Vista system is still very slow to enter, which is Microsoft's usual style.

After finally entering the desktop, a Gmail email from a Chinese supplier suddenly popped up in the Foxmail client.

Andre immediately ignored other things and hurriedly opened the email. He saw an order confirmation form sent by the supplier, and there were only a few short sentences in the email:

"Dear Andre, these are the areas in your order that puzzle us. We have specially marked them and used the Office suite to open editing rights to you. You only need to edit the document online and we will see it in time.

Content. I hope to get your reply as soon as possible, your old friend, Han."

Office suite?

Andre couldn't help but be surprised,

Suppliers are already using this tool.

He opened the file out of curiosity, and sure enough, the file was automatically opened in the browser.

The boxes marked with special colors are what he needs to fill in. As for other places, he can't even move.

For a moment, Andre was amused, but no matter how he operated, those places that were not authorized could not be edited.

Andre immediately threw the mouse aside and shouted to his wife, "Honey, come and see, this is the Office suite that can save us a lot of money."

Anna on the side had already noticed her child-like husband, and when she saw him calling her, she hurried over.

Without looking at the monitor, Anna gently held her husband's head in her arms.

Feeling his wife's warmth, Andre's excitement suddenly increased.

He stood up and held his wife in his arms, "Now, more money has been invested in our business. In the future, our life will definitely be better."

"Yes, dear."

Anna pressed her face against her husband's chest, feeling his excitement, excitement and excitement, and she felt more and more.

The future life will lead to a better tomorrow because of today's success.

…

What happened in a house in Frankfurt, Germany this morning has happened in various forms in every corner of the world.

But Miller didn't know that the Office suite that he thought was a weapon to overthrow Microsoft was actually a deadly scythe that Ning Zimo was preparing to give to another giant.

Perhaps, it is no longer a giant crocodile.

Because of this giant crocodile in the previous life,

In the past year,

He had already been beaten to pieces.

The official launch of the Office suite,

It's just the starting gun that further sounds its death knell.