July 11, 1995, Seattle, Microsoft Corporate Headquarters.

"Utum, a, thank you for everything you have done for Microsoft these days." Brad Silverberg put two d in plastic boxes on his desk and said to Du Qiu and Xu Yongrui: "This is the first batch of ids95 suppressed installation CDs, so let's keep it a souvenir."

The CD is golden. In addition to the names of Microsoft and ids95 printed, there is also a group of people who thanked all the R&D personnel for their speeches. They were obviously specially sent out and sent souvenirs to the R&D department. Although they only did some small work, they personally participated in a great product that was enough to be recorded in the history of t. Du Qiu felt very honored, so he put it away seriously.

"Bill was very satisfied with the browser you customized for Microsoft. He originally planned to see you off in person, but in order to deal with the Justice Department, he went to Washington for some time." Silverberg bulged his mouth, made a choke, and then invited again: "Utum, consider working at Microsoft, a, you are the same. Microsoft welcomes outstanding talents like you."

Du Qiu wanted to name his browser, but asked Wei Zhiqin to check it out and found that Microsoft had registered the name, so he changed it and then tied it directly to ids95.

"I prefer a free and easy life, and big companies are not suitable for me."

Xu Yongrui also rejected the invitation, but did not say it clearly. Instead, he talked about the left and right, playing with the CD and asked: "Will bundling the browser into the operating system be detrimental to the antitrust lawsuit?"

"In the browser field, we are just starting out and there is no monopoly at all. Netscape and your products have a higher share than Microsoft." Silverberg pulled out a pencil with an eraser from the pen holder and signaled: "IDS is like this pencil, which is the eraser attached to it. We are just a convenient tool for users. No one will sue the pencil manufacturer for monopoly, right?"

This analogy is extremely confusing. Xu Yongrui was refuted. Du Qiu smiled slightly, stood up and said, "Brad, you should appear in court as a lawyer in person."

"When I retire, I may be able to open a law firm." Silverberg also stood up, shook hands with the two, and said, "I hope there will be a chance to cooperate next time."

“There will be.”

After leaving the office, Xu Yongrui was resentful of Silverberg's analogy just now and asked: "Mr. Du, if that's what Microsoft said, can't Microsoft stuff anything into the operating system?"

"The operating system is a platform, not a tool. Brad is changing concepts. If you want to compare it, you should compare ids to land and seeds. Microsoft does this to force users to only choose their seed farming, which is a typical monopoly behavior." Du Qiu turned his head and looked at it. Seeing that there was no one behind him, he continued: "Microsoft currently has zero market share in the browser market, so it will not attract the attention of the Ministry of Justice for the time being. What can really make Microsoft hurt is Java."

After the release of Java in May, U Company caused a huge sensation in the global T industry. The slogan of "written at one time, run everywhere" made all programmers think and excited. You should know that in 2016, there were only two or three mainstream operating systems, and the transplantation work could make programmers feel like they were overwhelmed. In 1995, various operating systems were flying all over the sky, especially the server side, b, p, u, d and other major companies have their own exclusive operating systems. After a program is written, it will not only make programmers suffer, but also waste a lot of resources.

However, Java has just been released not long ago, and even the basic development tool jdk has not been formed. It can only be regarded as a toy, let alone a practical application. Xu Yongrui was a little skeptical and asked: "java?"

"Java is equivalent to laying a carpet on the operating system. The program is like a toy on the carpet. Transplanting is equivalent to dragging the carpet from one room to another." Du Qiu made a hammer knocking action and explained: "This is very harmful to Microsoft. They will definitely find ways to nail Java to the ids, so they will directly contact the US antitrust law because Americans like to pay attention to free choice."

Xu Yongrui knew it, shook the ids95 CD in his hand and said, "In this case, wouldn't Microsoft's prospects be very unfavorable? Regardless of Java, competitors will rise, and Java will be in charge of Java, and the Ministry of Justice will be fined."

"Microsoft is rich and not so simple to surrender." Du Qiu walked out of the office building, looked back at the inconspicuous building, then plagiarized a famous quote from an elder, and sighed: "Of course, the fate of a company depends on its own struggle, but it also takes into account the historical itinerary."

It is indeed necessary to consider the historical itinerary. Microsoft integrates browsers in the operating system and secretly develops j that is incompatible with Java, forming a factual monopoly and is sued by the US Department of Justice. When the split in 2000 was almost a foregone conclusion, two things happened in 2001, which made it turn over.

One thing is that the Internet bubble burst and Nasdaq is in sorrow. The US government is worried that after Microsoft is split, it will further cause stock market turmoil and financial crisis. Another thing is that the US presidential election, the Democratic Clinton stepped down, the Republican Bush came to power, and the Republican party received tens of millions of dollars in political donations from Microsoft. Therefore, as soon as George W. Bush came to power, he appointed many moderate Justice Department officials and settled the lawsuit.

If it could fan the flames and allow Microsoft to be split before the Internet bubble burst...

This is almost an impossible task, but if it is completed, it will be very exciting...

Jennifer, who had been waiting outside, drove over in a Chevrolet UV, opened the window and asked, "UTum, can you leave?"

"It's OK."

Du Qiu opened the door of the back seat and sat in front and back with Xu Yongrui. He saw a yellow man sitting in the passenger seat with very short hair, wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt, tattooed on his arms, long and thin figure, three-dimensional facial features, and looking very tough. So he greeted him and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is my friend, j-hi fan."

Japanese?

"How many are you here?" Du Qiu greeted him in Japanese. The man turned around and replied in English: "I grew up in the United States and don't understand Japanese."

The voice sounded a little sissy. Xu Yongrui touched Du Qiu lightly and reminded him in Chinese: "It's a woman."

Du Qiu looked carefully and found that although his face was very ma, his lines were soft and his chest was slightly raised. He was indeed a woman, and he was a familiar woman. After thinking for a while in his mind, he asked, "Are you a model? I seem to have seen you somewhere."

"Utum, I thought you programmers didn't like fashion, but I didn't expect to know j." Jennifer turned against his previous seriousness and introduced with a smile: "J is a supermodel and has been on many magazine covers."

Oh, that's right, it's her...

j-hi fan translated into Chinese as Jenny Shimizu, a hot Asian model in the United States in the 1990s and a famous lesbian. She once had a love history with Angelina Jolie and Madonna. Before Du Qiu traveled through time, she once watched a movie she starred in with Angelina Jolie, so she felt a little familiar.

No wonder Jennifer felt weird when she kissed me that night. She was probably a lesbian... (To be continued.)
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