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Chapter 3078: Microsoft's Counterattack

After dealing with Lu Qi and Tang Binchen, the next one is Kurian.

Thinking of this, Zhou Buqi felt a little sad.

I remember when he was just reborn and started working in the Internet industry, he was still ambitious. He felt that there were too many problems in the domestic Internet industry. It was this and that. Looking around, it was full of complaints, which made people despair and sad.

But as time went on, he understood more and more.

The existing system is the best strategy for the domestic Internet industry to demonstrate its competitiveness.

It's similar abroad.

At first, he felt that major Silicon Valley companies were beginning to use Indians, while Chinese executives had fewer and fewer opportunities. He was indignant about this phenomenon and wanted to seek change. But now, he has to adapt to the local customs and follow the crowd. He gave up Lu Qi and Tang Binchen and chose Indian Kurian as the next CEO of Ziweixing International.

Kurian has been under a lot of pressure recently.

It all has to do with his fellow countryman Nadella of Microsoft.

After Nadella became the new CEO of Microsoft, his appeal to Indians increased greatly, which caused Ziweiyun to lose more than a dozen Indian employees. Although they were all grassroots employees, this has conveyed a very bad phenomenon.

In addition, Nadella launched a new strategy for Microsoft, which is "cloud first", adjusted Microsoft's cloud strategy, and even gave up his prejudices and lost face to cooperate with Apple.

This caused some users who originally belonged to Ziwei Cloud to be snatched away by Microsoft Cloud.

Zhou Buqi asked, "I heard that Ziweiyun has been under a lot of pressure recently?"

Kurian sat opposite him, speaking in a heavy tone, "It is indeed very troublesome, mainly from Microsoft. After Nadella took office, he changed Ballmer's past style, which is likely to have a great impact on the entire industry."

Zhou Buqi was very confused. "Did they just come up with a slogan of 'cloud first'?"

Kurian said: "It should be a change of concept. In the past, Ballmer has always been against the open source community and open source protocols. He believes that open source is cancer. So many of Microsoft's products have applied for patents, which is equivalent to cutting itself off from the industry."

It was the first time that Zhou Buqi heard such a statement. “No wonder Microsoft has spent so much money on the Internet over the years, but still can’t make it work.”

It’s not that it’s impossible to apply for a patent for Internet technology, but no one will do so.

If you do this, no one will play with you.

They think you are closed-minded and backward, that you are a product of the old times, that you are profit-driven and only think about yourself without considering all of humanity.

But many of Microsoft's products have technical copyrights.

This greatly limits Microsoft's business expansion.

Especially Microsoft Cloud.

The users of Microsoft Cloud are all small and medium-sized companies. They can't even copy your stuff, so why would they use Microsoft Cloud services? Cloud computing services are essentially a kind of Internet service. The copyright and patent system is simply a counterattack from the old days.

The logic of the Internet is that you can copy me.

By the time you copy me, I will have already upgraded to the next generation, and will have left you far behind. By the time you copy me again, I will have upgraded to a new generation. I have been upgrading, optimizing, and getting better and better, while you can only keep on copying.

The logic of patents is that you are not allowed to copy me.

If you can't copy me, it means I don't need to do too much optimization and upgrading. Anyway, there is no pressure from competitors, so I can rest on my laurels. The motivation to upgrade to the next generation is not so strong, which eventually leads to more and more product shortcomings and eventually being abandoned by the times. From this, we can see that the Internet has a stronger sense of crisis. The Internet must progress. If it doesn't progress, it will be caught up and die. The traditional patent model is different. I can not make progress and rest on my laurels. Anyway, there are patent restrictions and others can't keep up.

This has driven the Internet industry to become stronger and stronger. No one dares to stand still, and no one can sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. No matter how much they have achieved, they still need to become bigger and stronger. Everyone does this, and naturally the current Internet era has been created.

After Nadella took office, Microsoft changed conceptually.

Kurian said: "Yes, Microsoft in the past was more like a software company, which was too closed. Nadella is promoting the openness of Microsoft, which has won the support of many people and the recognition of the industry."

Zhou Buqi was a little worried, “Can Microsoft Cloud keep up?”

"It is indeed catching up." Kurian nodded, looking serious. "Last year, Ziwei Cloud had the largest market share in cloud computing, Amazon Cloud was second, and Salesforce was third. But judging from the situation this year, Microsoft Cloud is likely to surpass Salesforce."

Zhou Buqi took a deep breath and asked, "Microsoft Cloud ranks third?"

Kurian said: "Microsoft's commercial cloud is mainly software services, which is different from the Internet services provided by Ziwei Cloud and Amazon Cloud. In the short term, they cannot pose a threat to us. However, within a few months, Microsoft Cloud was able to quickly start and surpass another software service giant Salesforce, which is enough to show that Microsoft has a strong foundation."

Zhou Buqi nodded and said, "As for cloud computing services, what I am most worried about is not Amazon Cloud, but Microsoft Cloud."

Kurian said: "Indeed, Amazon Cloud doesn't have any core features. We also have what they have. Except for the e-commerce field, it is difficult for us to compete. We can maintain our leading edge in other businesses. But Microsoft Cloud is different. They have an absolute leading position in the field of software services. It's not that their software services are better than ours, but Microsoft has accumulated decades of reputation and word of mouth in the software field."

Microsoft's name means "Micro Software Company".

Microsoft's success was not due to Bill Gates' mother, but to Steve Jobs. Microsoft made its first fortune by designing software for the first generation of Apple computers, and then it had the money to develop the Windows system.

Microsoft is the world's largest software company and has accumulated experience in this field that is difficult for its competitors to match.

Zhou Buqi said: "It seems that Nadella made the right choice as CEO. In the long run, Microsoft Cloud will be a very strong competitor."

Kurian said: "But don't worry too much. Our software service system has been built and our product structure is more reasonable. In addition to our advantages in Internet services, we don't have to worry too much from a long-term competition perspective. It's just some minor troubles in the short term that need to be solved quickly."

"What trouble?"

"In the past few months, many Indian employees have jumped to Microsoft Cloud."

“No non-compete agreement?”

"No, they would rather not have compensation, and would rather give up their options, and join Microsoft." Kurian was somewhat annoyed by this. "I think this is undermining the stability of the industry. You need to come forward and communicate with Microsoft, or talk to Bill Gates directly!"

Zhou Buqi asked: "Are there any senior managers?"

Kurian said: "They are mainly grassroots employees, but they have already poached more than a dozen of them, which has affected our operational stability. Nadella must have offered an amazing bargaining chip, otherwise so many people would rather give up compensation to join Microsoft. This may no longer be in the interests of the company, but an act of impulse."

Silicon Valley giants are all very powerful.

If there is a malicious poaching of people from each other, the consequences will be disastrous, and everyone will be finished in the end. Therefore, there is a tacit understanding in the industry that poaching should be done in moderation, not to harm others and not to harm oneself, and not to cause damage through poaching.

Nadella may have crossed the line in his behavior in order to show that he is the big brother in the Indian community.

Zhou Buqi said: "Sure! I'll go find Bill Gates! This is outrageous!"

Kurian sighed, "Nadella is now the executive director and CEO of Microsoft. His appeal to Indians is far greater than mine. The advantage we had in human resources competition in the past few years may no longer exist."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, this is what I want to talk to you about today!"