I’m in Hollywood Chapter 614: Information Industry Alliance
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After the words of Eric, the silence fell into the meeting room. Although the prospect described by Eric is very encouraging, several people in Ian Gunier still can't help but feel that this plan has succeeded and it is very good, but what if it fails?
After a while, Chris seemed to suddenly think of something, and said lightly: "Firefly Group was just a small Production Studio six years ago."
Silent was broken, and I was always concerned about the laptop in front of me, which seemed to have been absent throughout. Steve.Mitnick raised his head and said: "I agree with Eric ’s plan, if I have the confidence to catch up with one-third of the market value of Microsoft after five years No, it ’s better that everyone disperse now. I ’ll go back to Dallas tomorrow to continue to sell my old man junk bonds. "
This few words without a smile made everyone in the meeting room chuckle.
After that, the most restrained and stable character in the original trio Jeff Locke also raised his hand and said, "I agree."
The remaining Ian Gunier and Tina Brown glanced at each other and nodded one after another.
“So, let ’s talk about the specifics now. I had hoped that the IES scripting language and YCR chat software could be launched soon, but the launch of these two projects will once again change the industry ’s assessment of the value of Yahoo, and may also Stimulating Microsoft has become more urgent, so before the negotiation with Microsoft is over, all the promotion plans for these two projects are temporarily put on hold. In addition, do you have any other ideas to speak freely? "
Ian Gunier said: "Compared with the benefits of the Yahoo Browser technology priority agreement on the Windows platform for the promotion of the Microsoft operating system, it is certainly not enough to restrict the Microsoft from launching browser software within five years. I think we should not conduct browsers on Microsoft. Patent authorization. "
"No authorization to Microsoft at all, Microsoft will definitely not agree," Eric thought for a while, and said: "During your negotiations, try to make the terms related to patent authorization as difficult as possible, so that Microsoft will be more It ’s good to pay more attention to this aspect. However, as long as we consolidate the Yahoo website and online mailboxes and other products on the Internet, the interface function of the browser will no longer seem so important. So browser software patents are not used Take strict precautions against Microsoft. "
"Let ’s ask for another low-interest loan," Steve.Mitnick looked a little bit cunning, looking at Eric and said: "I know you do n’t lack money, but. The more we ask for, the more Microsoft will be despised. Yahoo, let the enemy despise yourself, it should be able to bring a lot of benefits. "
Everyone, in one word and another, all the cooperation intentions reached last night between Eric and Bill Gates were determined, and the bottom line of Yahoo cooperation was confirmed. It was almost noon, and Eric departed, heading to the airport to greet the John Chambers and Steve Case who arrived at Boston at the same time.
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Although United States ’s Internet industry has always been at the forefront of the world, Network Service Provider, such as AT & amp; T, Comcast, and Time Warner, in order to pursue higher profits, has always lacked enthusiasm in increasing network speed, leading to United States network users The average Internet speed rankings are basically outside the top ten in global countries, so the Internet speed of United States even became an obstacle to the development of the Internet industry. In the original time and space, Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are aware of this problem, so they have launched high-speed broadband services, which triggered the catfish effect. Forced those industry monopoly giants to choose to speed up.
In 1994, the Internet industry was just emerging, and the most critical issue restricting the development of the Internet was still network speed. At this time, network services are charged by the hour, which is not only expensive, but the user's network speed is generally below 256Kbps, because of the fixed The dial-up Internet bandwidth of the phone is only 256Kbps without going through the modem. When the network status is not good, it takes a few minutes to download a 1MB file. At this time, the slow network speed is still not due to technical constraints, ADSL broadband technology has appeared. But Network Service Provider who monopolizes the market has no intention of upgrading. Because of network speed limitations, the Yahoo portal has to artificially reduce the content provided in order to ensure a good user experience.
Although Clinton Administration strongly supports the development of the information industry, if no real benefits can be seen. The giants who monopolize the market will simply ignore any policy documents issued by the White House. The explosion of the Internet industry at the end of the century is ultimately driven by interests. The main purpose of Eric to invite John Chambers and Steve Case to Boston is to want to join Cisco and AOL to jointly promote the Internet industry to enter the 'fast lane' ahead of schedule. Eric's current identity and wealth also ensure that he has enough strength to promote this matter.
From the airport, I picked up John Chambers and Steve. I had a simple lunch together. Eric took two people to visit Yahoo Headquarters. In addition to some items and information that need to be kept secret, Ian Gunier personally showed John Chambers and Steve Case most of the technical achievements of Yahoo network company in browser software, online mailbox service and other products in the past two years.
When I walked out of Yahoo Headquarters, it was already sunset, and Steve Case looked back at the still brightly lit office building Yahoo Headquarters, which was full of flavours.
When IE and Yahoo emerged, Steve Case also hoped that Eric would be able to sell these companies to AOL. After being rejected, Steve Case not only did not get discouraged, but also started to compete. Last year AOL launched its own web portalAOL, but the number of users is far from Yahoo, Steve. At first I originally thought that this is mainly due to the advantages of IE browser, but visited the Yahoo network company at this time a series of far ahead of AOL After the technical achievements, Steve Case realized that AOL had no possibility of exceeding Yahoo in network services.
Compared with John Chambers, it is much easier. When he was determined to be CiscoCEO, Eric, the major shareholder, once publicly expressed his support at the shareholders meeting, which helped him to stabilize the position of CEO and successfully implement his own development strategy. It has played a great role. Although there are not many meetings, John Chambers is still full of Eric. Although Eric did not express the intention of this invitation on the phone, John Chambers was still rushing from San Francisco in a busy schedule.
After dinner, Chris, John Chambers, Steve Case and Ian Gunier gathered again in the Eric suite at the Cambridge Hotel.
"You can look at these materials first, and we will talk about them later," Eric distributed the prepared materials to several people, although Chris has already read them in advance. At this time, I looked again.
Eric walked to the bar in the guest room to give a few people a cup of coffee, the tone said casually: "In the 1980s, the alliance of Microsoft and IBM and Intel can be said to be a golden triangle, and Microsoft was responsible for the operating system software platform R & D. IBM provides the best PC equipment, and Intel is dedicated to processor chip technology. It can be said that the rapid popularization of PC is closely related to the close cooperation of the three companies. Now, they have also obtained business ahead of other peers in related fields. Status. I think the next few years will be an important opportunity for the development of a brand new Internet industry, so why do n’t we establish an alliance similar to Microsoft, IBM and Intel? "
After years of development, Cisco has determined its leading position in the field of network solutions, equipment and related software. As the helm of Cisco, John Chambers also felt the budding and rapid development of the Internet industry in recent years. He also occasionally considers how to take the opportunity to make Cisco go further. At this time, the information industry alliance plan in his hand suddenly brightened his recent thoughts.
Cisco, AOL and Yahoo respectively represent network equipment providers, Network Service Provider and network content providers, and the business areas of the three companies cover the entire network software and hardware industry. It is conceivable that if they can cooperate closely, the alliance formed by the three companies will definitely become an unmatched behemoth in this new high-tech industry.
Carely read only seven or eight pages of the information industry alliance plan twice before John Chambers opened another document. This one is about the application prospect assessment of ADSL broadband technology. John Chambers is also of course for ADSL technology. Not unfamiliar, but there are still differences within Cisco about whether to focus on this technology and develop corresponding products. At the same time, John Chambers is also very puzzled. How can Eric pay attention to such a technology with a very strong professional scope but not a wide range of applications. Raising his head curiously, Eric was personally delivering a cup of coffee to him, thanking him, John Chambers still did not rush to ask his doubts. Open the document in your hand and continue reading.
Of course, Eric can also feel the doubts of John Chambers, and he has no meaning to explain. Anyway, there are enough differences in his body that are different from ordinary people, and it does not matter if there is more.
After more than ten minutes of silence in the living room, several people from John Chambers closed their files, except Steve Case. There was a little excitement in the expressions of the others.
Eric first looked at Steve Case and said, "Steve, what do you think of this alliance plan?"
Steve Case smiled slightly. At this time, AOL already has millions of fixed users. Although it cannot be compared with the traditional Network Service Provider such as AT & amp; T, it is already the most popular among the emerging peer companies. Before seeing the plan of the information industry alliance in his hand, although Steve Case has realized what he is, he still feels a little unwilling in his heart, but at this time, he found that if AOL does not join this alliance plan, Eric will definitely choose Another collaborator, at that time, although Eric has a 30% stake in AOL, compared with Eric ’s complete industrial layout plan, hundreds of millions of USD shares are not worth mentioning at all, and Eric will definitely choose to suppress it without hesitation. AOL.
After hesitating for a while, Steve Case still asked: "Eric, in addition to AOL, have you considered other collaborators?"
Eric did not mind the other meanings included in the question Steve Case, and said with a smile: "AT & amp; T, Comcast and other traditional Network Service Providers have self-proclaimed monopolization of the market, and there is no much aggressiveness, and they want to take the initiative to carry out a large-scale Technology upgrade is almost impossible, so it is not considered by the partners of Yahoo. Among the second-tier Network Service Provider companies, only AOL currently meets the requirements of Yahoo. "
Steve Case expression was slightly relaxed, but when he saw that Eric was more relaxed and comfortable, he suddenly thought that the reason why AOL can develop rapidly in the past two years is relying on the 60 million USD investment provided by Firefly two years ago. The timing of CiscoCEOJohn Chambers and Yahoo network company beside him. Although Steve Case was reluctant to admit it, he was still aware that Eric might have been planning for this plan since two years ago.
Since this legendary young man has started to lay out for today two years ago, he cannot possibly think about today's situation.
The main differences between Eric and Steve Case are in the online business such as web portal of AOL. The alliance plan clearly stated that once joining the information industry alliance plan prepared by Eric, AOL needs to withdraw from online businesses such as web portal and focus on Due to the role of Network Service Provider, but seeing the development prospects of Yahoo portal, Steve Case is a bit difficult to give up for online business.
Eric certainly considered this situation today. However, AOL only has about 20% of United States's local Internet user share. Compared with Yahoo's large-scale promotion based on IE browser, the number of users that AOL portal can rely on its own client software promotion can only affect more than 3 million, but The total number of Yahoo users in the global range has exceeded 20 million. Therefore, Eric believes that the possibility of Steve Case rejection is very low.
However, even if Steve Case chose to refuse, Eric is not without a backup plan.
YCR instant messaging software will be online soon, Eric can completely imitate the original time and space MicrosoftMSN strategy, let Yahoo personally enter the field of Network Service Provider, just like MSN, integrate the dial-up Internet module into YCR chat tool Market advantage, quickly promote Yahoo network access business.
It is just that the business scope of Yahoo will be expanded again, and Ian Gunier and others will not be able to concentrate on implementing the Yahoo Technology Alliance and Yahoo Advertisement Alliance programs. This is not the result that Eric hopes to see. (To be continued.)