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Chapter 666 Xiang Zhuang Dances the Sword
The acquisition of Netscape by AOL is indeed the last big drama of the Internet this year. Even a former giant like Netscape can be acquired by others. Countless people can feel that the big drama of the Internet has also entered a new era. stage.

Of course, Netscape's 47 billion US dollars also set a new record, allowing more leeks to start pouring into the Internet industry, not to mention that Song Yang is making a lot of money, and can be sold like Netscape browser The sky-high price is enough to make countless people excited.

After the completion of the acquisition, Case and AOL are the most popular in the technology industry. Case's name has also directly rushed to the front pages of major media. After all, other so-called giants have a lot of fame, but they can There is no such thing as AOL, which has real knives and real guns with billions of dollars!

The eyes of the outside world are all on AOL. The war between Netscape and Microsoft was delayed because they couldn't hold on and suffered a mess.

AOL is not short of money at all. Whether AOL, which has acquired Netscape, will continue to fight with Microsoft has become the focus of countless people's attention.

Although Keith didn't say anything, he arranged for a group of executives to enter Netscape. After completely taking over Netscape, the first thing he did was to put AOL's general counsel in Netscape's case against Microsoft. In the team!
This is almost Xiang Zhuang's intention of dancing swords in Peigong. Everyone can understand that AOL is planning to take advantage of Microsoft. Knowing about the anti-monopoly case, it is Microsoft's weakness. It is ready to pinch it hard. Microsoft dares to do something to AOL , AOL is about to launch an onslaught immediately.

AOL, which acquired Netscape, seems to have leapt to become the leader of the Internet industry, and has become the bridgehead of the Internet industry against Microsoft. Case's voice in the Internet industry has increased instantly, and some voices have even appeared, wanting to recommend Case to become Ami President of Liga Internet Society!
After all, when it comes to fighting Microsoft, Netscape has already collapsed, Yahoo dare not make a move, and ICQ, Lycos and the like have no intention of licking Microsoft's tiger's beard. It seems that only AOL can carry this banner and prevent Case from being The martial arts leaders in the Internet arena are a bit unreasonable...

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is AOL trying to build momentum for Case, just like the routines played by Netscape and Yahoo a few years ago, they are all creating gods. AOL obviously wants to make Case a representative figure of the Internet , Let him become the representative of AOL alone, as long as he continues to pursue Case, he can drive up AOL's stock price!
This means, it is estimated that the founder of Tesla, who will be shaped into the "Silicon Valley Iron Man" in the future, is now taking the X.com payment platform to collect money everywhere, and Musk wants to compete with PayPal in the electronic payment industry most familiar.

Musk is playing this trick, and he is the most proficient. Using Twitter, he can raise a company's stock price with a single sentence, and he can also short a company in an instant. , rushed in screaming, and was completely cut off.

AOL obviously also wants to shape Case into a character like Musk. This is the fastest god-making movement in the technology industry, and it is also the lowest cost. If you want to make AOL the size of Microsoft, you may need More than ten years, or even decades, but it may only take a year or so to shape Case into Musk's image, and let the media frantically praise Case...

Three people become tigers, and the media's praise also has this kind of influence. Of course, this kind of character design is not without side effects. Once the character design collapses, even AOL will collapse. After all, both sides have already been involved. Together, it is impossible to say that we are separated.

While the media and the technology industry are all focusing on AOL, discussing when AOL and Microsoft will fight, ICNC TV station suddenly broke the news.

"The [-]nd American Internet Conference is about to be held, Internet Society Director Bruno Song, Irene Doherty, Whitman, Anderson and other members officially recommend Dr. Jim Clark to the American Inventors Hall of Fame!

Dr. Jim Clark is a pioneer in Silicon Valley, created the most important companies in the technology industry such as Silicon Graphics and Netscape, and is the pioneer of global computer graphics technology. The American Federal Academy of Engineering has officially accepted the proposal of the Internet Society..."

As soon as the news came out, the entire technology industry was in an uproar. Everyone knew that Jim Clark had a high status in the arena, but this time, the American Internet Society, the Inventors Hall of Fame, the Federal Academy of Engineering, the Federal Academy of Sciences and other institutions , recommend Jim Clark to be selected, if all pass, then Jim Clark will really become a god, and no one can challenge his status in the world.

Those who are familiar with the Internet industry, seeing the recommendation list, basically have a spectrum in their hearts. Combined with this time, ICQ desperately raised the price of Netscape, and many people had an idea in their minds, AOL You won't be tricked by someone...

"Case didn't show up. Leon Heath represented AOL and talked with Microsoft once, but he didn't agree to Microsoft's proposal!"

In Bill Gates' office, listening to Todd's report, Bill Gates, Ballmer and others all looked silent, not disappointed at all, just sighed.

Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, also said at this time, "AOL refused to dismiss Netscape's lawsuit against Microsoft on the grounds that the procedures had not been completed, and..."

Glancing at Bill Gates, Brad Smith said, "AOL sent a number of lawyers to the Netscape litigation legal team, and added a lawsuit fee of more than 500 million dollars, which is obviously I want to launch a larger antitrust case against Microsoft in the states of America!"

Bill Gates was not surprised when he heard the news. After AOL announced the acquisition of Netscape, he sent Todd and Smith to talk to AOL. Bill Gates was willing to make concessions to AOL. To [-]% of the browser market share, and the IE browser is no longer bundled with the Microsoft system.

This is already an expression of goodwill, and it can even be said to be a concession. When Bill Gates made a concession when he was fighting with companies such as Lotus, IBM, and Oracle.

But AOL didn't know how to flatter them, obviously thinking that they had pinched Microsoft's weakness, and they were unwilling to let go.

But AOL is indeed stronger than Netscape. Microsoft can drag Netscape to death, but not AOL. Like Microsoft, Case has a huge network, and he can also win the support of a large number of federal congressmen. Useless for AOL.

"if……"

"Microsoft lost the lawsuit, what will happen?" Bill Gates asked such a question for the first time, and obviously knew that Microsoft might not be able to take advantage of the confrontation with AOL.

Brad Smith said with a stern expression, "Once the lawsuit fails, Microsoft will be split up, but it will not be executed immediately, and the lawsuit can be initiated again. If you want to completely overturn the judgment, you need some special circumstances. A federal election or a huge change in the tech industry!"

The current federal leader supports the Internet industry, but he doesn't support Microsoft very much. Otherwise, he wouldn't let Netscape hate Microsoft. Look at what kind of fairy life General Electric is living. Buy whoever you want, and clean up if you want Whoever cleans up.

Smith made it very clear that if the lawsuit is lost, if you want to come back, you have to change people after the federal election, and Microsoft will have room to operate. Another thing is that the technology industry is over. The company suffered a lot of casualties, but they dare not dismantle Microsoft, otherwise the entire American technology industry will be destroyed.

Compared with the second one, Smith feels that the first one has more room for manipulation.

Bill Gates' eyes flickered a few times, "Preparing to file a lawsuit with AOL, no matter how much it costs, state by state, and whichever state is willing to settle with Microsoft, Microsoft can pay it a dollar, regardless How much does it cost!"

After Smith, Todd and others left, Bill Gates thought about what Smith said just now. Bill Gates felt that it was time for Microsoft to spend a lot of money in the American election after more than a year. Similarly, Microsoft wants to bet on both sides, but Bill Gates hopes this time that the elephant party is the winning side!
Watching the news that Jim Clark was recommended into the Inventors Hall of Fame, Bill Gates was also a little envious. Jim Clark fought with him for so many years, but now he made a lot of money, patted his ass and left, now To get this kind of reputation again, it will leave Microsoft with a big mess. For Jim Clark and Bill Gates, he is envious and envious, but he is a little helpless. In the end, he can only sigh.

Jim Clark is already semi-retired, and it is impossible for Bill Gates to keep chasing Jim Clark, otherwise it will do nothing but make his reputation worse.

Looking at the list of recommendations, Bill Gates couldn't help touching his chin. He didn't know, when he retired, whether organizations like the Internet Association of America would recommend him to the Federal Inventors Hall of Fame. In the end, Bill Gates · Gates' eyes stayed on Song Yang's name.

(End of this chapter)