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Chapter 365 One word, buy
In the last year, the Bosacks designed and built a "multi-protocol router" in their garage, and tried it on the Stanford University network.

Although the two asked Stanford University to manufacture and sell this multi-protocol router, they did not receive support from the school, which gave birth to Cisco.

Later, Cisco provided Utah State University with the world's first routing product - AGS (Advanced Gateway Server).

However, since the products they researched used the software and hardware conditions provided by Stanford University, disputes arose about the ownership of the patented technology of the "multi-protocol router".

This time, Su Chen plans to inject funds in the past, develop better network technology, provide more advanced network products, and then find a way to get the couple out of the company.

Because when Cisco is no longer a company that can develop and grow by relying on technology research and development alone, it must be separated from the family workshop-style management, otherwise it will only become a small wave in history in the future.

Have your banknotes ready, ready to buy any new company that represents where technology is going in the future.

This kind of acquisition can make the new company less detours, reduce future uncertainty, and save money in the long-term market development.

But some things cannot be done with money or time now.

For example, Google, the two founders were both born in 73, and they are only in their early teens now. It is impossible for Su Chen to expect this young man in his early teens to be able to produce Google's source code for himself.

But you can try to see if you can fool Andy Rubin, who was born in 63 and is now studying at Utica College.

Then wait for Jobs to be fired from Apple.

Once Jobs was fired from Apple, Su Chen planned to buy the shares in his hands, and then tricked him into working for him, and then tried to find a way to buy all the shares of Apple.

Because there are some things, Su Chen can't do whatever he wants, he has to pick up a few loopholes in the wheel of history.

For example, he doesn't understand such things as software, and he can't write it at all.

Even if he wanted to make computers and mobile phones, he had to find the original group of people. For example, when he returned to China and said, let's build a computer software, there are only a handful of people who understand it.

In addition to this, he also plans to start first and grab the patent in front of Nokia, otherwise the later patents will make people bankrupt.

Because Nokia, which does not make mobile phones, is even more terrifying, and patent fees are a trap. Whether it is Apple, Samsung, or other brands, they have to pay patent fees with Nokia.

Before 1991, Nokia was only a regional company in Finland, and its market was mainly distributed in the country and Eastern European countries. Due to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, Nokia lost more than half of its market and fell into trouble.

At this time, Nokia shareholders tried to sell Nokia to its neighbor, Sweden's Ericsson, but Ericsson didn't want this burden.

But Su Chen wants this burden, which is simply a good thing for him.

Once Nokia wants to sell it, he will absolutely buy it, and there are various patents and so on. As for the mobile phones developed by Nokia, he does not want to interfere.

Before Apple came out, Nokia's unrestrained mobile phone case really gave people a refreshing feeling.

After Apple came out, good guy, all of them are candy bars, and everyone can only change their ways to pile up hardware. Today you make 500 million pixels, and tomorrow I will make ten CPUs.

On the computer, whether it is Dell or Lenovo, they all encounter the giant IBM.

Su Chen himself does not know how to develop software, nor does he know how to develop chips. He plans to start with software. As long as the software can be used on computers and mobile phones in the future, as long as it is a software company that has already been established, he is ready to acquire it.

For example, EMC, which has had a profound impact on the IT industry, is EMC. For a long time, this company has developed and sold proprietary data storage and data management software and hardware solutions, and successfully persuaded customers to use storage as a An independent part of the IT decision-making process.

You can't just imagine that if you want to make a mobile phone, you can make a computer. Some things can't be done at all, such as UNIX.

In the 70s, the US Department of Defense bundled the TCP/IP protocol with the UNIX system and the C language, and AT&T issued non-commercial licenses to various universities in the United States.

This kicked off the development of UNIX system, C language, and TCP/IP protocol, which have far-reaching influence in the three fields of operating system, programming language, and network protocol.

Even though last year, in 1984, the US Department of Justice broke up AT&T under the Antitrust Act, this stuff can't be bought either.

Fortunately, Su Chen still has enough time to catch up with companies such as Apple and Microsoft.

Since you can't make it yourself, you can wave the banknotes and buy these companies that can make them, holding the banknotes in one hand and the whip in the other.

One word, buy!

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The plane descended slowly.

Su Chen and the others got off the plane, Zhou Wei said: "Su Chen, do you want to sit with my buddies?"

"No, I want to go to their house with Miranda." Su Chen shook his head and said with a smile, "Anyway, the time to meet in the future is still long, isn't it?"

Pan Yuehua hugged him: "Brother, it's really worth having you as a brother. I hope you can create more miracles in the future."

If Su Chen told them again that he became the boss of one of the eight major film companies, maybe these two would have a heart attack.

"If you encounter any difficulties in study or work, you can call me." Su Chen said with a smile: "I dare not say anything else, but my buddies will definitely not ignore you."

"With your words, in this winter, my buddy's heart suddenly warms up. Like Lao Zhou, I have been rejected by those seniors who went abroad. However, when we arrive in Boston, my buddy really wants to burst into tears."

Pan Yuehua said: "You've made us look so good, let's bid farewell, mountains and rivers always meet, and the future can be expected, farewell!"

"Okay, you're on your way."

Sending off the three of Pan Yuehua, Su Chen and Miranda Avril are also preparing to go to Manhattan.

Because Eaton also specifically mentioned letting Avril go there together.

I am very busy in New York this time. I have to watch subsidiaries, 20th Century Fox, how the TV network is doing, and the operation of independent companies and animation companies. I also need to see if I have time to go to San Francisco to invest in Cisco.

Haul a car on the side of the road and go to Manhattan.

While taxis are the easiest way to get from JFK to Manhattan, they pass through the East River and the Van Wyck Expressway, where traffic jams are common.

Unfortunately, Su Chensan encountered a traffic jam.

When I got off the car in the iron area, I really felt a backache.

Although he didn't come to Eaton's house for Christmas before, Su Chen also gave gifts, and Professor Ayler did not miss it.

There was a knock on the door, and it was Mavis who opened it.

After greeting the three of them intimately, he quickly let them into the house.

"Hi, buddy." Hugh Eaton greeted with a smile: "I heard that you are coming today, and Mevis and I haven't had dinner until now, so hurry up and show your hand, and then I'll tell you something that you must be very interested in... "

(End of this chapter)