"dylan, are you crazy?"

"I'm wearing an evening dress, sleeveless, backless, and not a pocket! How do I take a camera to take a photo of Bill Gates and autumn?"

"No! No! No! Go and die!"

After Jennifer hung up the phone in anger, Du Qiu, who was tossing his bow tie in front of the mirror, turned his head and asked, "What did dylan ask you to do?"

"It's unreasonable that he asked me to invite Bill to register for an email!"

Du Qiu and Chen Dayou are both rookies who started their business for the first time. They drove F1 racing just after getting their driver's license. They are full of energy, but they lack experience and often miss them. Therefore, the way of publishing imail is the same as the Internet conference in August, with twists and turns and full of variables.

First, we decided to publish it in an invitation-based manner, then changed it to a direct release, and later it was changed to a limited edition release. Yesterday, after repeated discussions by we public relations company, we finally developed a mixed plan, invitation from November 1 to 11, and limited edition after the 11th. Then, based on market feedback, we decided when to fully open it.

Inviting Bill Gates to register for an email is indeed a bit whimsical...

But this kind of thing is like chasing a goddess. If you don’t speak, there will definitely be no chance. Even if you don’t speak, there will be no loss. If there is a chance, you will make a lot of money...

The theme of this charity dinner is environmental protection, which starts at 4 pm and ends at 8 pm. It is divided into three stages. The organizer and the lectures of environmental celebrities are organized, followed by a charity auction, and finally a meal.

Du Qiu and Jennifer were staying in a luxury hotel where the dinner was held. When they arrived at the speech venue about 5 minutes in advance, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda had arrived and were chatting with several friends.

"Hey, Uncle Bill."

"Little Angel Jennifer, long time no see." Bill Gates was not as social as rumored, and joked: "Apart from my wife, you are the most beautiful lady tonight. Melinda, this is Jennifer and Pam's daughter. Should this be autumn?"

"Hello, Mr. Gates, I'm autumn-du."

"Call me Bill." Bill Gates shook hands with Du Qiu and said, "Congratulations to your company for successful financing."

"Thank you, I also congratulate Windows 95 on its sales exceeding 10 million units."

After chatting for a few scenes, Jennifer helped them find an excuse and said, "Computers are the least environmentally friendly things in the world and are the most annoying to women. You can go outside and chat, don't bother us here."

The two of them followed suit and left the speech venue, found a corner in the cafe in the hotel, and sat down to talk about the main things.

Du Qiu originally thought that Bill Gates asked him to come to Seattle because he wanted to make big moves in the browser market, and got the source code of IE in advance or acquire the entire iView company. After chatting for a while, he realized that he had misunderstood because the topics Bill Gates talked to him were network computers and java.

The so-called network computer is a cheap computer concept proposed by the boss of Oracle Larry Ellison at the Information Technology Forum held in Paris on September 4, 1995. He believes that traditional personal computers are complex in structure and expensive, and are outdated in the Internet era. The new generation of computers should simplify the structure, cancel hard disks, CDs and even operating systems, and directly receive and store information through the network.

In 1995, personal computers were generally above $1,000, and the higher-end ones were even more than $2,000. The network computer proposed by Larry Ellison was only about $500, so it immediately caused a sensation, became the headlines of major media, and attracted the attention of all the powerful people in the industry.

ibm is the first industry giant to respond. In an interview with Business Weekly in October, legendary ceo Gowsner defined network computers as the future strategic development direction of ibm. Soon Netscape and Sun also announced their support for the research and development of network computers.

ibm has chips, sun has servers, oracle has databases, and Netscape has browsers. The four companies have joined forces to form a complete industrial chain with Java as a link. Coupled with the cheers of other manufacturers such as Motorola and Philips, there is a real momentum to build network computers, making Microsoft feel pressured and doesn’t care about gadgets like ie at all.

“Autoumn, how long do you think it will take for network computers to replace traditional personal computers?”

"It depends on how fast the telecommunications industry is developing..." Du Qiu originally wanted to practice Tai Chi, but under Bill Gates' extremely focused eyes, he felt that he could not be perfunctory, so he said: "I don't think it will be possible to replace traditional computers within 20 years."

“Is the internet speed not enough?”

“Yes, unless the internet speed is in g, the idea of ​​directly reading and storing information over the Internet is unrealistic.”

In 1995, even 28kbps modems were not popular yet. The internet speed in G was as far away as the clouds in the sky. Bill Gates seemed a little disbelief and asked: "Does the internet speed have to be so fast?"

"In special fields such as education, ticketing and banking, such as banking, it may not be necessary to have such fast internet speeds, but for ordinary daily use, internet speeds must be fast, but also links anytime, anywhere."

"So, will I view not participate in the research and development of network computers?"

"Yes, with the current Internet situation, I think network computers have no future and will not waste time on it." Du Qiu raised his right hand, stretched out his fingers in turn, and said, "netscape, oracle, ibm, sun, else, it is noise. They are just noise."

The first letter of the names of these four companies, plus one "other", just form the English word "noise". This meme was actually created by employees in 1997 to ridicule the competition in order to mock competitors. Du Qiu plagiarized it out to adjust the atmosphere and achieved good results. Bill Gates smiled and said, "Autumn, you are so funny."

In the following time, the two talked and laughed, as if they were close friends. They exchanged opinions on software development, hardware design, Internet development and other aspects. Many times the opinions were surprisingly consistent, which made Bill Gates feel like a close friend. Du Qiu also felt that the world's richest man deserved his reputation, and his vision and vision were far beyond ordinary people.

When the time was approaching 6 o'clock, the two left the cafe and were preparing to attend a charity auction. On the way, Bill Gates suddenly asked: "Abumn, are you going to buy a Java license?"

"We have no idea to buy a java license for the time being."

"Why?"

"I think Java is the same as a network computer. It has a good concept, but it is difficult to implement and takes time to polish..."

Du Qiu was about to answer, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He guessed the purpose of Bill Gates' invitation to Seattle this time - Microsoft was panicked and needed allies in urgent need!

In the computer industry, when a company proposes a new concept or new technology, it usually takes one or two years or even four or five years before other manufacturers follow up. However, when Sun released the Java language and Oracle proposed network computers, in just a few months, a large number of manufacturers quickly followed up and formed an industrial alliance. The reason was that Microsoft Tree attracted a lot of wind and caused public anger.

Since the 1980s, Microsoft has relied on its monopoly position in the operating system to attack from all sides, making enemies everywhere, killing batches of competitors. So when Windows 95 was released, the extremely popular sales scene made all the companies in the industry feel chilled. Java and network computers came into being, one started with software and the other started with hardware, as if the Sword of the Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sword became the best tool to fight against Microsoft's hegemony.

Two fists are hard to beat four hands. Faced with a large group of muscle-hard men, Microsoft has Intel and Amd as helpers in hardware, and can still remain calm, but in software, it is really a bit of a loss of swords and is confused. There is not a reliable helper, because almost all the companies that can offend offend have offended, and those that have not offended are not helpful to the overall situation. Therefore, in the original time and space, from 1995 to early 1997, Microsoft was the most panicked period, and it was so panicked that it publicly surrendered to its competitors - it spent $16.5 million to purchase a 5-year Java license from Sun.

Java is a good programming language, but its copyright and ownership belong to Sun. Sun is a company with strong technical accumulation in chip design, operating system and server manufacturing. The US government will definitely not allow Du Qiu to acquire it. Once Sun is acquired by Oracle like the original time and space in the future, then when Snapdragon uses Java in the future, it is very likely that he will encounter trouble like Google in 2010, be sued by Oracle, and ask for billions of dollars in compensation...

Instead of being pinched by others, it is better to take off the fire from the bottom of the pot and take out the C# and .net developed by Microsoft to fight against Java, and compete for the throne of the future programming language boss...

"Bill, if I could develop a language similar to Java, would Microsoft be willing to provide support?"

"As open source as iscript?"

"Yes, open source, free, cross-platform, compiled at once, run everywhere." Du Qiu gently sorted out his bow tie and said confidently: "If I can get enough support, at most one year, I can develop a programming language that is better and more practical than Java."

“Abumn, if you can develop such a language, I will give you 100% support,” Bill Gates said, “The funding, talent and anything you want, Microsoft can provide.”

It's amazing to use Microsoft's products to knock on Microsoft's current robberies...

In the following charity auction, Bill Gates took a photo of a famous American photographer and gave it to Du Qiu. Du Qiu reciprocates and took a handicraft made of environmentally friendly recycling materials to Bill Gates. Afterwards, the two took a photo in front of several reporters and showed off their friendship that was stronger than gold.

At the final dinner session, Du Qiu used Jennifer's lipstick to write down the imail address and a string of invitation codes on the napkin, and said, "Bill, our company has developed a new product. Are you interested in trying it?"

“Is this a kind of support?”

"No, this is a testimony to our friendship. I can guarantee that after you try it, Microsoft will definitely become a competitor of iView." Du Qiu raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Of course, it is a healthy competitor."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Jennifer kicked Du Qiu with his feet and whispered: "You are more shameless than dylan."

"Thank you for the compliment."
Chapter completed!