Du Qiu didn't know who Dave Wesser was before traveling through time. He only knew that he had failed very much with 2.0. He lost both the word-of-mouth market. Big manufacturers such as HP and Compaq returned one after another and were unwilling to pre-install. Word and Eel also encountered strong opponents, with a market share of only more than 10%. At that time, Microsoft made enemies on all sides and was in a mess, relying on Dos to survive. However, when it was launched in 1990, everything changed.

With an additional protection mode, it can be compatible with tens of thousands of applications under Dos, and its stability has also improved a lot. So 10 million units were sold in just two years. Word and Eel also rose to a high level, taking advantage of the opportunity to defeat competitors and occupy more than 60% of the office software market, allowing Microsoft to make a big profit, and its market value has increased by more than three times in a year.

According to Marin Eller's introduction, the person who created this glory was Dave Wesser. He was originally a PhD in physics from Princeton University. In 1986, a small company he opened with several classmates was acquired by Microsoft and became an employee of Microsoft. When he was cooperating with ibm to develop Os/2 in 1988, he used his own efforts to develop a protection model in less than two months, helping Microsoft lay the foundation for its dominance in one fell swoop. It is a legend.

Dave Wesser was not handsome, not tall, and his hairstyle looked a bit like Bill Gates. He covered his forehead softly, wore a striped polo shirt, and looked like a typical American elite white person. He didn't say much. He greeted Du Qiu and others, and sat quietly under the parasol to rest under the umbrella, listening to Marin Eller talking about the gossip inside the company.

Marin Eller is a very interesting person. Like Brad Silverberg, his hairline is terrible and his forehead is bare. Therefore, he wears a beret every day when he goes to work. It is said to be for sun protection, but there is no sunlight in the office at all.

When he went out today, he also wore a hat and sat under the parasol and didn't take it off. He didn't seem to be hot at all. He sat at the coffee table with a big golden knife and asked enthusiastically: "Hey, Qiu, I heard that you went to listen to Ballmer's speech last week? It's that do-temptation-real-believe."

In order to facilitate communication, Du Qiu and others took an English code name according to their Chinese name after they arrived in the United States. For example, Chen Dawei was called david and Qin Mu called duse. Du Qiu used the translation, which was directly called autumn. Although it was a bit strange, it was easier to hear than the Americans shouting "qiu" with his tongue. He nodded and said, "I listened to it. Mr. Ballmer's speech was very contagious."

"You have to set a challenging deadline for yourself and do your best to achieve your goals. You have to do this!" Marin Eller imitated the tone of Microsoft's second-person Steve Ballmer, memorized a speech, and teased with disdain: "Every time there is a problem with a project and needs to work overtime, Ballmer will run out and say it. It has been more than ten years since he said it, and it can last longer than my old antique alkman. This guy is a clown who likes to brag with a loud voice. He doesn't know anything, but he thinks he is a big shot!"

Dave Wesser sat opposite Marin Eller, and said with a faint smile: "Marin, do you know why you can't get to level 14? Because your mouth is too big."

Microsoft employees are also divided into levels. Level 13 is the project manager, Level 14 is the department manager responsible for multiple projects, and Level 15 is the company executive at the vice president level. Marin Eller has been at Level 13 for a long time and has been trying to upgrade but has not been able to do so because upgrades require at least two referrals, one of which must be an executive at Level 15, but none of them is willing to be his referral...

"Those vice presidents are all pugs around Bill. I don't want to take the time to flatter them, especially Steve Ballmer, who shouted fiercely in front of us, but in front of Bill, a whispering slave, 'Yes, sir, I'll do it now'''Bill, you're so right, I agree very much. What a flatterer!"

Marin Eller wore a black beret and a light gray T-shirt. He looked like a tough and courageous soldier, but his words were funny, which made everyone around him laugh.

Steve Ballmer is tall and strong, like a bull, and is known for his loud voice and good at encouraging morale among employees. Chen Dawei also went to listen to his speech last week. He was very impressed and didn't believe it. He asked, "Mr. Eller, is Mr. Ballmer really like this?"

"Of course, I'll tell you." Marin Eller pointed to Dave Wesser and said, "After Dave developed a protected Windo, he demonstrated it to Bill. Bill was very satisfied and decided to bring it to the market. Ballmer asked at the time: How should we explain it to ibm? Bill said: How do I know? Steve, that's your job. At that time, Ballmer was like a little girl scolded by his mother, almost cried with grievance. Dave, is that like this?"

Marin Eller is very talented in acting, imitating Bill Gates' tone and Steve Ballmer's expression vividly. Dave Wesser shook his head and smiled, picked up the beer bottle to greet him, and said, "Oh, Marin, you are an interesting guy. I heard you are going to leave Microsoft? If that's the case, I will miss you."

Du Qiu was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Malin, are you going to leave Microsoft?"

"My contract expires in August, and there is no decision yet." Marin Eller took a sip of beer, cursed his smile and said, "I plan to communicate with Bill. If he is willing to give me $1 million in R&D funds and let me choose the R&D project independently, I will stay."

"Bill will give it to you," Dave Wesser said confidently: "He wasted millions of dollars on that messy set-top box project. There is no reason not to support you. $1 million is just a small amount."

"I'm not sure, Dave, Microsoft has changed. It's no longer the small company that everyone used to eat pizza and work overtime. I used to be able to knock on the door of Bill's office at any time, but now I need to make an appointment." Marin Eller was a little sad, but quickly cheered up and said, "If Bill doesn't give me R&D funds, I'll go to Silicon Valley to find an investment, open a small company myself, and continue to study video compression technology. I think it's very useful in the Internet environment."

"When it comes to video compression, do you still remember Robo Glazer? I saw him yesterday." Dave Wesser tapped his finger on his face a few times, and hummed two lines of lyrics: "The end of the world is here, but I feel pretty good."

Marin Eller was slightly stunned, then laughed, almost knocking over the beer bottle. Seeing that Du Qiu and others were not sure, he explained: "Robo Glazer is a very annoying guy. Two years ago, I founded a research and development project with similar contents at the same time. He wanted to make a cheap computer host, using TV as a display device to allow users to interact and entertain..."

I'll go!

Isn't this the future x-wave...

"Abstract, Robo Glazer relies on his vice president to force merge my project with his project, but he only took away my project name, but did not take away an employee because no one wanted to work for this guy, so he made a big joke. So soon, he quit his job and got out. When he left, we made a funny animation, changed his face, and the background was matched with the rock music of apocalyptics." After introducing the past, Marin Eller asked with a smile: "Dave, what is this guy doing now?"

"He opened his own company a while ago, in Seattle. The product is a player that plays compressed audio and videos called realplayer." Dave Wesser touched the desktop with a beer bottle and said with a smile: "If you start a company yourself, you will become a competitor with him again."

"This guy has a good vision, but he is not capable, so I'm not afraid of him."

realplayer…rm…rmvb…

Unexpectedly, when I went out for a leisure time on Sunday, I could hear such gossip information with great investment value...

realplayer is the world's first online streaming media player. It was popular all over the world in the late 1990s and early 21st century. It is a software that must be installed on almost every computer. In 2016, the realplayer player had already declined, but the rm and rmvb formats left behind were still popular and were used by many pirated blockbusters or AV movies. Its status in the hearts of some movie fans and color fans is no less than that of avi or mp4.

However, as Marin Eller said, the founder of realplayer, Robo Glazer, is a guy with vision but incompetent. He has a very favorable first-mover advantage, but he has never made the company bigger and stronger, and has abandoned countless opportunities. The most famous one is that in 2000, an employee suggested to him to use the advantage of realplayer to develop an mp3 player combined with it, but he refused. Six months later, the employee went to Apple and then developed an ipod...

In fact, before the Spring Festival, Du Qiu's business plan was to build an audio player first, then a video player, and then to develop an IPOD around 2000. In simple terms, it was to follow the path Apple once took. At that time, the inspiration for the player came from realplayer.

However, during the Spring Festival, after thinking hard in his hometown for a while, he changed his plan and prepared to follow the Microsoft + Google route. Therefore, after the Spring Festival, he did not try to squeeze audio, but instead created a browser first, intending to make the audio and video players after the browser matures, because content is king in the Internet era, and these two things are very important content carriers.
Chapter completed!