Back to 1995

For Craig Conway, today is the most glorious moment since he became a professional manager. He was really angry at Larry Ellison at the press conference.

In addition to letting out a bad breath, what Craig Conway cared most about was Song Yang's challenge to the Oracle Bone Inscription for the Flying Tower. In Craig Conway's view, Song Yang was endorsing the Flying Tower. Naturally, it is also for PeopleSoft.

Big figures like those in America seldom use their prestige and power to endorse a certain company, because if they lose, the prestige accumulated over the years may be destroyed in one go.

"Director Bruno, in the database industry, it is too risky to challenge Oracle!" Craig Conway couldn't help but said to the new big benefactor.

Song Yang took over several documents from Jotus. These are the agreements that need to be signed and the money to be paid for Feita's acquisition of PeopleSoft. They need to be signed by Song Yang, the major shareholder.

"War with Oracle is a matter of time. Even if Larry Ellison doesn't open fire on Flying Tower, Flying Tower will go to war against Oracle!"

Song Yang said something to Craig Conway. Hearing this, Craig Conway couldn't help being startled. At that time, Craig Conway thought it was just a bluff, but looking at Song Yang's expression, he couldn't help wondering, is it true that Feita is here? !
"There is really a new type of database technology here at Fortinet?!"

Xie Qing glanced at Craig Conway. If PeopleSoft hadn't been acquired, he would never have told him that Fortinet invested a lot of money in developing cloud computing technology.

Coughing, Xie Qing said to Craig Conway, "The research and development departments of Fortinet and EMC have been developing cloud computing technology since the merger was completed. It is expected that next year, Fortinet EMC will launch the first Generation cloud computing technology, Feita cloud storage service!
This technology can go to work machines, Oracle databases, and storage devices. It is mainly used for server leasing and hosting services. In the early days, Feita Cloud was mainly supplied to Feita, EMC, PeopleSoft, ICQ, PayPal, ebay, Google, Amazon and other companies, if the technology matures in the future, will officially start commercial use to provide services for other companies.

If this technology can mature and meet expectations, it will not only be used for data storage and server leasing in the future, but also for websites, application development, data sharing, data backup and recovery, and big data analysis. Technology, even the age of artificial intelligence, needs it too! "

PeopleSoft is already a brand of Fortinet, so Xie Qing naturally doesn't need to hide anything from him, and directly tells Craig Conway that cloud computing is the technology that Fortinet will need in the next few years!
Craig Conway's vision is naturally not bad. Although he doesn't know how far the technology of Feita Deyun can reach Xie Qing's mouth, but if it is true as he said, then Feitayun is really hopeful, and it will surpass Oracle. Even if Oracle cannot be defeated, there is still hope for taking a big chunk of the database market away from it.

"You can mock Larry Ellison, but you must never underestimate Oracle!"

Song Yang said to Jotus, Xie Qing, and Craig Conway, "Fortinet needs PeopleSoft's software business support to develop more software for Fortinet's cloud computing business, including online office, Telecommuting, conferencing software, and more!
To defeat Oracle, Fortinet, EMC, and PeopleSoft must unite together, otherwise they will be defeated by Oracle one by one. I don't want to see Larry Ellison mocking Fortinet as his defeat in the media in the future! "

Song Yang didn't say what the consequences would be if that scene really happened, but the three of them, Joe Tus and Craig Conway, knew without thinking that if Oracle was really defeated, then Song Yang would be killed by Larry Ellison sneered that their life is definitely not easy, and they will inevitably pack up and leave.

"PeopleSoft needs to increase its strength as soon as possible. Adobe can be acquired to compete with Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and other companies!"

For Adobe, not only Song Yang is greedy, but Microsoft has also been greedy for a long time. Many companies and users are using its PS and Ai software, which is no less than the users of Microsoft Office software. Fortinet and PeopleSoft will instantly have a large number of partners and users.

Jotus nodded. The acquisition of Adobe was planned before, which will test his acquisition skills. There were also many companies that wanted to acquire it, but in the end they all came to nothing. The price On the one hand, it is too expensive. On the other hand, the two founders of Adobe are not willing to let Adobe be subject to the two major computer operating systems of Microsoft and Apple. Jobs invested in Adobe back then, but he failed to take it into his pocket.

Regardless of whether Adobe falls into the hands of Microsoft or Apple, it can be predicted that it will be blocked by the other party. It is impossible for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch, but these two companies are most interested in acquiring it. This makes Adobe's status Quite embarrassing.

However, if Fortinet acquires Adobe, it will not be as troublesome as Microsoft and Apple. Song Yang is Apple's largest individual shareholder. It won't be a moth, it dares to target Adobe under Fortinet, and wait for another round of anti-monopoly lawsuits!
"Fortinet's co-president Xie Qing and Craig Conway, who has become Fortinet's vice president, announced that Fortinet will launch the first Fortinet cloud computing technology storage business next year, which will completely subvert the previous tradition. database technology..."

When Fortinet launched the concept of cloud computing, it made Nasdaq, which has been extremely hot recently, even more popular. ICQ, ebay, Google, Amazon and other companies all announced to join Fortinet's cloud computing project. Another group of Internet companies also took the opportunity to follow suit and announced their entry into the cloud computing industry. For a while, cloud computing concept stocks were born on Nasdaq. The stock price of Fortinet EMC Group soared even more.

Still the same sentence, Nasdaq is the same as the stock market around the world. What is missing is companies with good performance. It has never been. , Wall Street institutions touted the concept of cloud computing, as if it is the future of the technology industry.

Because of this kind of concept, it’s best to speculate. Because you don’t know the expectations, you can blow it up as you want, and no one cares about it. As long as you pull up cloud computing concept stocks, Wall Street institutions can make a lot of money. When the fire is almost ready, Wall Street institutions will turn back and do another short-selling, just like the Internet bubble. When the bubble was too big to continue to hype, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street institutions directly started short-selling, resulting in a loss of profits.

Faced with the news that Fortinet will launch Fortinet cloud computing reported by the media, Larry Ellison responded to the media with some disdain, "This may be the reason why Fortinet's stock price can rise. I admit, Bruno · Song does have a way of speculating on stock prices, but cloud computing?!
What the hell is this, save this stupid concept, I have no idea what those guys are talking about, but I know, it's bullshit!
He succeeded, and the concept of cloud computing has become the hottest existence in Nasdaq today, but the facts will prove who is the bastard.

I swear, Oracle will not play any cloud computing, even if Oracle is going to starve to death, die in America, and jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, it will not develop any cloud computing! "

Larry Ellison eloquently expressed his views on cloud computing. The media interviewed him and recorded this scene. I just don’t know if this will become the Silicon Valley’s version of Laplace’s Law of Fragrance in the future. .

Larry Ellison's words also made many companies that originally intended to develop cloud computing start to become suspicious. What if Larry Ellison is a bastard, he is an authority in this field, What if you invest a large sum of money and get scammed? !

After all, the big financier of Feita has a criminal record. If you don’t believe me, ask those companies who have been cheated by the concept of graphene. Although there is not enough evidence to prove that the concept of graphene is a trap, why the company , Willing to invest any more money in the graphene project, the mobile phone industry should not be too miserable by this concept.

What if the concept of cloud computing is another graphene? No one can guarantee it. I am really scared. How many companies bought ore from someone’s graphite mine before are still piled up in the warehouse? !
Larry Ellison's words dispelled the idea of ​​many companies preparing to develop cloud computing, including IBM, Microsoft, Intel and many other companies, who are all ready to wait and see, but many small companies in Silicon Valley are still working hard Some people are clamoring to develop cloud computing, in order to get a dollar from Silicon Valley venture capital, which can increase the stock price by a certain amount.

I just don’t know if Microsoft, IBM and other companies, which have lagged behind Fortinet for several years in cloud computing technology in the future, will hate to strangle Larry Ellison to death.

Compared with cloud computing, on the other hand, some media broke the news that Fortinet EMC Group once again spent more than [-] billion dollars to acquire Adobe, which attracted the attention of many people.

But this time it was mainly due to a lot of attention, and no company came out to compete with Fortinet to acquire Adobe. Microsoft was originally the most interested, but Ballmer doesn't care about Adobe at all now. busy now.

Ballmer is mainly busy with two things now, one thing is to dig a hole and let Nokia jump down, and then a Trojan horse will swallow Nokia, and the other thing makes him even more worried, Bill Gates is leading The new generation of Microsoft Vista operating system is about to go online. This is a good thing for Microsoft, but Ballmer is not happy at all.

"President Ballmer, why can't Nokia provide the latest version of WP mobile phone system to the smartphone that Nokia is developing?!"

In the office, Terry Meyerson, the person in charge of Microsoft's WP mobile phone system, ran in and asked Ballmer. He felt something was wrong.

Ballmer glanced at him irritably. How could Terry Meyerson know what he was planning? What he wanted was not a smartphone system that could compete with Symbian and Android, but an increase for Microsoft. A mobile phone department, how can the chick know the ambition of the swan? !
"Eggs cannot be put in one basket. If Nokia loses in the smartphone industry, will Microsoft's WP mobile phone system also be buried with it?!"

Terry Meyerson was at a loss for words for a moment. He wanted to say that there is still room for choice in the Microsoft WP system. What choice do you have if you don’t keep warm with Nokia and Motorola? Well, but this can't be said in front of Ballmer's face.

"All you have to do is to develop the best mobile operating system for Microsoft, and you don't need to worry about the rest!"

In normal times, Ballmer might still be able to suppress his temper, but now, when he feels the pressure brought by Bill Gates, he has no good temper at all in the face of the old and young in the Bill Gates era.

Sitting in the office, Ballmer's face was uncertain. Bill Gates had high hopes for the Vista system. If this system can reach the popularity and sales of the original XP system, then he will be able to announce the return of the king, even if it cannot Regaining the position of Microsoft's president will also have a huge right to speak within Microsoft. When the time comes, where will Ballmer go? !
He had just tasted the taste of monopolizing power, so how could Ballmer bear it if he bowed his head and became a minor.

After a while, Ballmer finally made up his mind, picked up the phone on the table, and made a few calls. Is it the Vista system that is important or his own butt? Ballmer has made a choice. If the system fails and shuts down, if he is ousted from the position of Microsoft president, his career will be over.

The system has been developed, and it is impossible to do anything else. Ballmer is going to start from other aspects. One is to start from the inside. The sales department is Ballmer's basic board, which includes supervisors, employees, and overseas The dealers are all his people. He only needs to hint that the sales department does not promote the Vista system on a large scale, and then raises its price, which is enough to influence and persuade a large number of users to buy the Vista system!

In addition to the internal route, Ballmer also called the heads of software development departments such as Office, and just hinted that it would not take too long for these software departments to postpone the release of versions adapted to the new system. , A few days is enough, as long as the user installs the new system, the office software cannot be used, what will happen? !

After making several phone calls, Ballmer hesitated for a moment. He still picked up the satellite security phone on the table and dialed a phone number. The man on the other end of the phone cooperated with him to make the Vista system fail. If that person is willing to cooperate with him and prevent the company's software from being compatible with the Vista system, then when Microsoft's new system fails, it will be the day Bill Gates retires!