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Chapter 120 The scorching sun is in the sky
Listening to the voice from the TV, Irene opened her mouth wide, unable to believe the news she heard.

Microsoft wants to buy a JAVA technology license from SUN, the mighty Microsoft empire wants to bow down to SUN, and Bill Gates wants to sue for peace with McNealy, his sworn enemy? !
If it wasn't for NBC TV station that reported the news, Irene would definitely think it was fake news, but now it really happened before her eyes.

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

"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. Over the past ten years, she had gotten used to Microsoft's dominance, but suddenly one day it began to bow its head. , people can't help but think of the old big empire, and there was a day of decay. When I actually encountered that day, it brought countless people an incredible shock. This year is destined to be a year that I have lived for a long time...

Song Yang looked at this news, he let out a long breath, and then said with a sigh, "Netscape is over!"

When Irene heard this, her mind became even more confused for a while. Microsoft bowed to SUN, which meant that Microsoft had reached the most critical juncture. In order to fight against Netscape, they even did not hesitate to seek peace with their deadly enemy, SUN, but now But hearing Song Yang say that Netscape is over, Irene was a little puzzled.

"But now Microsoft has bowed its head." Irene asked Song Yang in confusion.

"A tiger with teeth and claws is not the most frightening thing. It may just intimidate the opponent. 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 authorize Microsoft's JAVA technology, then not only Netscape will be finished, but Sun itself will be finished too!"

What is java technology? To a certain extent, this is the language of the Internet, a passport to enter the Internet industry. With this certificate, you can enter countless fields on 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 allowed more and more companies to accept java technology. As long as it takes time, java will form a set of technologies that are completely comparable to Microsoft with the support of countless companies and developers. System-independent, another set of software program ecological chain!

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

"Originally, Java, a heavyweight torpedo in the Internet industry, might 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 just felt a chill in her heart, she didn't expect that there are so many ways in it, Microsoft's decision, Bill Gates' forbearance, I am afraid most people would never I would have thought that Bill Gates could do this.

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

Having said that, Irene is a bit speechless. Who can refuse this kind of peace when the world's richest man bows his head, especially Sun, which has been fighting with Microsoft for more than ten years, coupled with McNeely's aggressive personality , finally overwhelmed Bill Gates and gained the upper hand. This was the most glorious moment of McNealy's career, and how could he destroy it all.

Even if he knew that this was just Microsoft's tactic to delay the attack, McNeely estimated that he would accept Bill Gates' bow and reach his No.1 status in the American technology industry. This kind of temptation of fame and fortune is what really makes people unable to reject.

"Then let's participate in this year's Microsoft Developer Conference?!" After a while, Irene said to Song Yang.

When Microsoft lowered its posture and even SUN was able to bow its head, it meant that Microsoft was desperate to win Netscape. Irene didn't know how long Netscape could last in the face of the crazy 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 is still unable to threaten Netscape, and even because of the anti-human performance of IE browser, Netscape's browser market share has once again increased, which caused Netscape to laugh endlessly, and almost said That sentence, thank the old iron Qianli for giving away the head...

In addition to going all out online, all kinds of off-the-box tricks are also used. Although technically, it can’t beat Netscape, but Microsoft, relying on its wealth and huge influence, began to mobilize the media, desperately advocating the threat of Netscape’s monopoly Argument.

Once Netscape monopolizes the browser market, the payment pressure of all users will become higher and higher. This puts a lot of pressure on Netscape and forces Mark Anderson to declare that he will not cut leeks from browser users. In the future, the service fee of Netscape browser will be reduced.

In addition to these, I don’t know if it’s because of Netscape’s bird spirit, the people in the IE operation department also specially customized a huge IE logo of 3 meters by 4 meters, and moved it to the Netscape headquarters overnight. , Using this method to "occupy" Netscape headquarters.

Although he knew that this thing was useless, at most he wanted to vent his anger, but IE still did it just to vent his anger. One can imagine how IE has been suppressed by Netscape during this period.

However, these disputes and frictions became insignificant when Microsoft formally reached an agreement with Sun at lightning speed to obtain the java license from Sun at a price of 350 million US dollars per year.

The news that Microsoft and Bill Gates bowed their heads spread throughout America like the wind, and all kinds of speeches appeared overwhelmingly, but the rumors that appeared most were undoubtedly the rumors that the Microsoft building would collapse.

Countless media began to blow the wind, this is the beginning of Microsoft's decline, it seems that the signing of this agreement is the beginning of disaster, for these public opinions, Microsoft is like an angry little daughter-in-law, basically silent, it seems that it is really desperate , for a while, Microsoft took on a bit of tragic color.

The speed at which Microsoft reached an agreement with SUN was almost as fast as lightning. As soon as the media broke the news, Bill Gates personally led the team and signed a licensing agreement with SUN.

Bill Gates, who appeared at the signing scene, also put himself in the position of "weak" when facing his arch-rival McNealy. The sun reconciled, at least on the surface!
When this scene happened, countless people had mixed feelings, and even those who hacked Microsoft in the past felt a little unbearable at this time. What's even more outrageous is that there was a voice to save Microsoft...

Song Yang had to sigh, if he wanted to become the richest man, he had to have good acting skills. Bill Gates' performance in the past few days was comparable to an Oscar winner.

In an interview with the media, the executive in charge of Sun’s negotiations said to the media, “Sun insists on cooperating with all companies, and if Microsoft is willing to abide by Sun’s regulations and Java technology standards, it is right to issue licenses to them. The right choice, also for other collaborators!"

In the face of media cameras, Sun Corporation showed the demeanor of a great empire, emphasizing that Microsoft obeyed the rules set by Sun, and that Sun Corporation handed over the Java license to Microsoft. At this moment, Sun seemed to have finally overwhelmed its deadly rival, Microsoft, and stood on the side of America Tech. industry top.

Licensing fees did not earn much, but the impact of this incident was terrifying. It claimed to have changed the pattern of the American technology industry. SUN became the best technology company in the world. At this moment, countless people sang praises. SUN SUN's desktop computers, servers, and operating systems are selling well. After all, they have been "certified" by Microsoft, which proves SUN's technical strength.

The stock 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$2000 billion.

"Time Magazine" commented, "Java changed the technology industry!"

American Business Weekly also used a long article to describe the greatness of SUN, "The star of SUN has never been so shining, and McNealy's Internet concept has never been so close to reality!"

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

Song Yang saw in the broadcast news that Bill Gates was calm and even smiled a little. He watched his rival reach the pinnacle of his life without any dissatisfaction during the whole process, but Song Yang felt that Bill Gates at this moment That's really scary.

In the evening, McNealy held a grand dinner. After the play, Bill Gates left with an excuse and returned directly to his hometown in Seattle.

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

Arriving at the airport, as soon as he got on his 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 all walks of life surrounded McNealy in the center, congratulating the new king of the technology industry.

Just as McNealy was a little drunk amidst the compliments and flattery, Jim Clark rushed directly into the banquet with a face full of anger and worry.

It was too fast. The licensing agreement between Microsoft and Sun was signed too fast. From the media reports to the actual signing, it was completely completed before Jim Clark and Netscape reacted. Blitz didn't give Jim Clark time to react at all.

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

(End of this chapter)