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Chapter 563 Destroy if you can't get it
Under Jim Clark's staring gaze, Baxter nodded helplessly. The lawsuit between Netscape and Microsoft began to fall into wrangling after the first trial.

Now in America, as well as in many places in Europe, there are huge voices against Microsoft. They are clamoring to fine Microsoft or split Microsoft. It seems that Netscape has the upper hand.

But I understand that Netscape has now been pushed to a dead end by Microsoft, and now the two sides are in a lawsuit, but Microsoft is not relentless at all, and continues to rob Netscape users by bundling the system and adding money. Let the software manufacturers who cooperate with Netscape change their doors to IE browser!
It is possible for Netscape to overthrow Microsoft, but that is only possible. What is before Netscape is that before it overthrows Microsoft, it cannot sustain itself.

"The market share of IE browser has surpassed that of Netscape, and Netscape's current browser market share is less than 40%, and there is still a risk of further decline.

Netscape's revenue for the new quarter has already lost more than 3000 million US dollars, and this year it may lose more than [-] million US dollars. The time left for Netscape is running out! "

Jim Clark directly said that if the delay continues, he is afraid that Netscape will be worthless at all. Now that Netscape still has the name of the Internet boss, and has a large market share and users, these things are still valuable now. Wait until the market share When both users and users are taken away by the IE browser, that is when Netscape is worthless.

"Right now," Jim Clark held up the newspaper Anderson was reading just now, "is the best era for the Internet. Maybe it's not the case for Netscape, but if Netscape is sold now, if Netscape can sell it now It may be the best choice for us to sell at the market value of the product!"

Jim Clark finally said it out, now is the frenzy period of the Internet, Song Yang's ICQ, Yahoo, AOL, etc., will definitely be interested in Netscape.

Now we will sell Netscape, and if we find someone else to take over, based on Netscape’s current market value and reputation, it may be able to sell for more than 50 billion US dollars. Good price too.

Saying this meant that Jim Clark had made up his mind, and neither Anderson nor Baxter could change his decision.

"Baxter, if Netscape is acquired, if you want to leave, I can ask the new company to provide you with compensation for the golden parachute plan!"

After acquiring the other party, if America does not want the management of the other party to stay in the company, it will pay a large sum of money to let the original management go. This is a golden parachute. Give those executives a lot of money and tell them to fuck off and stop messing around.

"Of course, if you want to stay in Netscape, then I think the new acquirer will definitely be happy to see it!"

Jim Clark had arranged for Baxter to escape. After all, it was an acquaintance. Jim Clark still paid attention to morality and did not leave Baxter directly to run away.

Throughout Netscape, Jim Clark arranged for Baxter to escape, and he didn't care about the others at all. As for him and Anderson, the master and apprentice, with billions of dollars, where can they go? !
Baxter knew that it was inevitable, so he leaned back on the chair all of a sudden, and his aura disappeared all of a sudden.

"Who is Netscape going to sell to?" Baxter asked.

Jim Clark shook his head, "Not sure, everything is possible except Microsoft, maybe Yahoo, ICQ, maybe Lycos, even Disney, News Corporation, etc., they have always wanted to enter the Internet, we need Cash, Netscape will sell to whoever gives the most cash!"

Anyway, up to now, the bottom line of the Netscape trio has reached the point of selling Netscape, but they are still unwilling to reconcile with Microsoft, even if they know that if they sell themselves to Microsoft, they will get more dollars, but Jim Clark is Die, I don't want to cooperate with Microsoft!

"AOL maybe too?"

Baxter said something with a bad expression, and when he heard that Jim Clark didn't exclude AOL from the acquirer, Baxter's face was a little ugly.

Netscape and AOL have been torn apart before. AOL backstabbed Netscape and cooperated with Microsoft. Baxter scolded AOL President Keith in the media as a chameleon. In front of Microsoft, he would only beg for mercy. But it was stuck on Case's face, as long as someone scolded him, he would definitely mention this nickname.

If Netscape is sold to AOL, then Baxter will stay at AOL, whether he will be cleaned up by Case, you can understand with your toes.

Jim Clark also understood Baxter's thoughts, and couldn't help saying with a headache, "Funk, Baxter, you are no longer a rookie, you know, Netscape is in this situation, we need to get out, no matter who the buyer is, As long as he can afford a beautiful knife, we will sell it!"

Baxter was silent for a while, and finally he could only sigh suddenly. He can't change anything now. He hasn't defeated Microsoft's IE in the browser market. He has already lost his influence in Netscape and the Internet industry. If you can't get something, you still want to get it on the negotiating table, so it's not a joke.

"But even if we want to sell Netscape, we have to give Microsoft a surprise!"

There was a smile on Mark Anderson's face, but in Baxter's eyes, there was a bit of sternness. It was obvious that Anderson hated Microsoft.

"Before selling Netscape, we want to open source the Netscape browser and license it to everyone!

We want everyone and all companies to be able to enter the browser market in the future! "

Anderson gritted his teeth and said, Baxter was stunned, he didn't know if the man in front of him was the little fat man he was familiar with, this time the accident had a huge impact on Anderson, it almost changed his behavior style.

If you can’t get it, you can destroy it. If Microsoft can play the game of pulling salaries from the bottom of the pot and bundling the system, then Anderson is also going to play the game of flipping the table. If Microsoft doesn’t let Netscape eat, then everyone should stop eating the browser.

Once Netscape releases the source code, even if Netscape is gone, it will be easy for other companies to enter the browser market. They can use the source code of Netscape directly and go online with a different skin!
This is like flipping the table. Think about it. The evil sword manual is a martial arts secret book. People all over the world are snapping it up. But one day, it was printed and distributed in millions of copies. Is this thing worth money? After practicing it Well, millions of people have this thing, don’t practice it, what if the enemy practice it?
After Netscape released the source code, basically this is the effect, so that Microsoft can’t make a dime in the IE browser. As long as it dares to charge, a large number of Netscape free browsers with new skins will appear in an instant. Anderson Let Microsoft win a lonely.

Jim Clark did not object to Anderson's proposal. Not only did Anderson feel uncomfortable, but he was also a little uncomfortable. Why did Netscape have to be sold, and IE's life was so good. If they don't find something for it to do, wouldn't they be in vain!

"Who should we talk to about the sale first?" Baxter asked. Netscape needs to make arrangements for such a big event. Just get the news out and attract the attention of the big benefactor.

Jim Clark turned his eyes and saw the ICQ news in the newspaper at hand, and pressed his finger directly on the ICQ, "ICQ!"

"When ICQ goes public, Netscape will announce that it will be acquired. I have made an agreement with Bruno Song, and he will never object to it!"

Jim Clark said affirmatively that after ICQ went public, it would be beneficial to both sides to hype it up. ICQ could boost the stock price by virtue of the popularity of acquiring Netscape.

Similarly, Netscape can also rely on this popularity to attract the attention of big benefactors, and use ICQ to raise Netscape's value. This is almost everyone's need, and Jim Clark can't think of a reason for Song Yang's objection.

Anderson and Baxter nodded and agreed to Jim Clark's proposal. Regardless of their impressions of Song Yang, they did not deny one thing, that is, Song Yang did not say anything to his allies. Even Anderson did not deny this. a little.

Just like now, under the pressure of Microsoft, all the cooperative companies have begun to cut off cooperation with Netscape browser, and Double-click is still fulfilling the original agreement. Every quarter, it invests a large amount of advertising in Netscape. Without the double-click advertising fee, Netscape's life would be even more difficult, so Anderson can still trust Song Yang's promise.

At New York International Airport, a flight from Asia landed at the airport. Zhou Bailin, accompanied by his parents Song Huiqiong, Zhou Guochang, and his sister Zhou Baihui's family, got off the plane of this international flight.

Before coming here, Zhou Bailin thought about everything here, whether it is as tall as the domestic media reported, with high-rise buildings and high-tech everywhere, but after seeing it for the first time, let alone disappointment, but with Zhou Bailin As expected, there are some differences.

As soon as he got out of the airport, a dark-skinned North American and Latino taxi driver came up and said something to Zhou Bailin and the others in a nonchalant manner. When Zhou Bailin still had no reaction, he couldn't help cursing.

This Latino taxi driver looked at Zhou Bailin and the others in front of him, wondering where they came from, and he couldn't even use the few words of Japanese and Bangzi that he had spent a long time learning.

Most of the Asian faces who come to America now come from these two places. Japan has been in a downturn for the past few years, but it is still the most Asians who come to America to shop and travel. America’s taxis, hotels, shopping malls and other industries, A few years ago, if I didn't know how to speak Japanese, I would lose a lot of business.

Of course, like this driver, there are many people who like to take jobs from these Asians, because it is convenient...to kill them with a knife, and those people also "do as the Romans do", and the tips are quite expensive.

(End of this chapter)