Reborn IT Giant

Bill Gates suddenly found out that he had been led into a ditch by Zheng Yan. Zheng Yan’s battle to become famous was his investment in crude oil futures. At that time, Cisco had just gone public, and Oracle was facing a crisis. However, it only deepened over time.

The rise of Cisco and Oracle has gradually been ignored.

"Okay Gates, I guess you have no interest in investing in crude oil futures. Let's talk about Netscape. I guess you are here for this."

Zheng Yan knew very well that if he wanted to take the initiative in the negotiation, he must attract enough attention from the other party. The more Zheng Yan downplayed his abilities, the easier it was for Bill Gates to think too much. Seeing that his goal was achieved, Zheng Yan changed the subject.

"Okay, in that case, let's talk about Netscape." Since Zheng Yan deliberately concealed his clumsiness, Bill Gates would not expose it.

"One thing I'm curious about is that you are also a shareholder of Netscape, and you should have a lot of shares. Why did you express your optimism about Microsoft in the interview last time? This should not be of any benefit to you."

Bill Gates has thought about this question for a long time and discussed it with Steve Ballmer, but he has never found an answer. Now facing Zheng Yan, he couldn't help but ask it.

"Do you think Microsoft will fail in this competition?" Zheng Yan saw Bill Gates shaking his head, and continued: "That's over. Since Netscape is doomed to fail, do I have to express my attitude?

Is it important?"

When Bill Gates heard this, he felt even more strange. Does it mean that because I think Microsoft will not fail, it will not fail? What reason is this?

"Zheng Yan, you are also very clear about the relationship between Netscape and Microsoft. What I'm curious about is, why do you conclude that Microsoft can win this competition? For now, Microsoft has no way to compete with Netscape.

There is no advantage at all, and Microsoft has nothing to do with Netscape."

Hearing this, Zheng Yan seemed even more proud, and said with a smile: "Gates, it's not that you have no solution, but the solution is with me. Am I right?"

Hearing Zheng Yan's answer, Bill Gates' fear of Zheng Yan deepened a lot, and he also confirmed something. Zheng Yan took down the Mosaic website from the telescope company

The commercial use rights of the browser had been planned for a long time, and his own arrival was also in Zheng Yan's calculations.

"Then I'm even more surprised. Since you have expected this, it should be clear that as long as you don't hand over the commercial use rights of the Mosaic web browser, Netscape can get enough development time, and you can also start from

Netscape gets more bang for its buck."

"But you just expressed your disapproval of Netscape in the interview. Why is that? Do you want to hand over the commercial use rights of the Mosaic web browser to Microsoft and then destroy Netscape? This seems to be of no benefit to you, right?

?”

The more information Zheng Yan revealed, the more confused Bill Gates became. Even if Zheng Yan anticipated Microsoft's next method, he had bought time for Netscape. Even if Netscape would still fail in the future, for Zheng Yan

There are only advantages and no disadvantages. Why did Zheng Yan do this?

Seeing the confused look on Bill Gates' face, Zheng Yan knew that if Gates put forward his conditions at this time, Bill Gates would not object. However, Zheng Yan was still not satisfied, and he wanted to further expand the results.

"Gates, let's not talk about why I did this. Let me first talk about what you are worried about... I should say what Microsoft is worried about. See if what I say is right. Although Microsoft now also produces office software, but computer operating systems

It is the cornerstone of Microsoft, and as long as this status is not affected, nothing can shake Microsoft's foundation."

"In the past, computers only served as computing tools, but with the development of the Internet, this role has become smaller and smaller, and the role of information interaction has become more prominent. Before the emergence of Netscape, Microsoft was not aware of this.

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"In other words, before the emergence of Netscape, Microsoft felt that the Internet was just the prototype of some kind of information highway, but did not realize that the Internet itself was the information highway, and it was constantly improving and taking shape."

"The information highway of the Internet will inevitably bring about changes in the times, and Netscape is undoubtedly the company at the forefront. Once Netscape gains strength, who can guarantee that Netscape will not develop a

Computer operating systems more suitable for surfing the Internet and Microsoft's

How about competition?"

"So at this time, Microsoft is anxious. What you most hope is to acquire Netscape to fill the technical gap in this area. It is really not possible. It is also possible to reach a certain degree of cooperation with Netscape, but Netscape does not buy it. I

Is that right?"

When Zheng Yan talked about the information superhighway, Bill Gates was already surprised. But when Zheng Yan actually finished speaking, Bill Gates felt that his back was covered with cold sweat.

As a super conglomerate with a market value of 50 billion U.S. dollars, the reason why Microsoft is at odds with Netscape, a small company that was only established a year ago, is exactly what Zheng Yan said.

Bill Gates even began to wonder if Zheng Yan chose to side with Netscape. With Zheng Yan's judgment and his huge financial support, would Microsoft still have the confidence to win this competition?

The answer turned out to be negative.

Fortunately, Zheng Yan seems to have given up on Netscape. No matter what the reason is, and whether Zheng Yan will side with Microsoft, Bill Gates feels very lucky.

"Zheng Yan, I have to say that you are a very formidable competitor. Originally, I came here just to clear up some doubts, but now I suddenly feel a little lucky. If you stand with Netscape, then Microsoft will

It’s really dangerous.”

Although Bill Gates did not answer directly, everyone knew that Zheng Yan's inference was correct, which made Bill Miller admire Zheng Yan's foresight even more.

"Gates, you may not know that just yesterday, I had met Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen of Netscape, and the result was not very pleasant. Yesterday I promised them that as long as Netscape goes public and they are willing to take over, I will

Will sell them shares of Netscape."

"That is to say, starting from yesterday, although I am still a shareholder of Netscape in name, I actually have nothing to do with Netscape. And it won't be long before this nominal relationship will no longer exist, so you

No need to worry at all.”

The news suddenly revealed by Zheng Yan plunged Bill Gates into a new round of doubts. It was obvious that Zheng Yan had the idea of ​​giving up Netscape, but was he so anxious and so thorough?