Back To 1995

  Chapter 131 One operation is as fierce as a tiger

  Microsoft acquired Hotmail mailboxes. What people didn't expect was that it was not Netscape and Microsoft, but Song Yang and Netscape who were the first to get excited.

  Netscape, while mobilizing public opinion, threatened that Song Yang betrayed Silicon Valley, and at the same time asked the Communications Commission to manage America's Internet advertising industry, obviously targeting Song Yang.

   And Song Yang's side was not to be outdone. After scolding Netscape several times, Song Yang's side suddenly shot.

  I got hundreds of millions of dollars in cash from Microsoft. With the current situation of the Internet industry, it is enough to support Song Yang to acquire a large number of Internet companies.

  Song Yang asked Greck and Marcus to dispatch, first to acquire a small software company called vermeer, which holds the development software and patents for developing the "front page" of the Internet!

   Then, for $1.2 million, he obtained two patents related to the generation and management of dynamic web pages from the Internet company InfoSpinner.

   and Netscape have already ripped apart their faces, so naturally they won't swallow their anger when they double-click. Netscape wants to stand up with a double-click, and Song Yang also wants to make Netscape break a few teeth!

Double-click announced to sever all cooperation with Netscape, will no longer advertise to Netscape, remove Netscape from the American Advertising Interactive Association IAB, introduce Microsoft to replace Netscape's director position, and Mark Anderson also from the position of IAB president On Leave, Erin Doherty temporarily manages the entire IAB Advertising Interactive Association!

As soon as the news came out, the entire Silicon Valley and the technology industry widened their eyes for a while. No one thought that Double Click here would dare to attack Netscape, and even drive Netscape away from IAB. You must know at this moment. , Netscape is still the overlord of the Internet...

However, Song Yang and Double-click, the counterattack against Netscape is still not over. After cutting off the cooperative relationship with Netscape, Gleick represented Song Yang and Double-click Company, and simultaneously filed complaints with San Jose Court, San Francisco Court, Houston Court, New York State Court, etc. Netscape sued.

It sued Netscape for infringing on the "interactive network" technology held by Song Yang, that is, at the beginning of the year, when Song Yang established Double Click Company, one of the technologies such as "one-click ordering" and "one-click payment" registered. As for the so-called "interactive network", it is the action of opening a web page. As long as this action is done, it means that this technology is used...

This technology is a thoroughly rogue patent, but in the first year when the Internet was just emerging, America's patent office didn't know enough about this technology, so Song Yang took advantage of it and applied for it. Now Song Yang is about to start the first patent war in the Internet industry.

On behalf of Song Yang, Gleick accused Netscape of infringing the patents held by Song Yang in several states in America, and requested Texas, New York, California and other places to prohibit local users from using Netscape browsers to prevent Netscape users from infringing. Use the "interactive web patent" and wait until the case is over before resuming the use of the Netscape browser.

The entire Silicon Valley was stunned to see Song Yang's divine operation. No one would have thought that the "interactive network" patent could be applied for. The entire Silicon Valley Internet companies, large and small, felt deep malice. Things are just Internet companies, and they can't escape the butcher's knife of "interactive network patents".

The American Patent Office did not expect that the patent applied for at the beginning of the year would be buried with such a big mine. Even if it wants to cancel the patent now, it is impossible to cancel it immediately, at least after the Federal Court decides that the patent is invalid. Row…

Netscape also did not expect that when Jim Clark was going to ask people to investigate Song Yang before, he knew of several patents that Song Yang was holding in his hands. At that time, he was still in front of the TV station, secretly laughing at which unlucky person would be there. Hit Song Yang's patent muzzle.

But I didn't expect that the first unlucky person would be Netscape. Netscape was the first company in the Internet industry to be sued by patents. This made Jim Clark and Netscape a little annoyed for a while, really. According to the implementation of the "interactive network patent", even if it is not Netscape, it will close down!

Not only "interactive network patents", but also technologies such as "Internet Front Page Development Software" and "Dynamic Web Page Patents" that have just been acquired. "dynamic webpages"!

Dynamic web pages are one of the hottest technologies in the Internet industry at the moment. The entire Internet software development in America is transitioning from static web pages to dynamic web pages. Compared with static web pages, the most intuitive change of dynamic web pages is that the code of the computer pages has not changed. , but the content of computer web pages will change directly with time, environment and database changes, which is equivalent to more intelligence.

The dynamic webpage patents held by the small companies Song Yang purchased are only a few items in the dynamic webpage patent library, but these are enough, they have not been authorized by these patents, the Netscape browser and the software that depends on Netscape Companies can't develop dynamic web pages, otherwise they will be sued to death by Song Yang!

  If these are just secret poking methods, and Netscape is uncomfortable, but can't say it, then what happened next almost didn't make Netscape furious.

  As Christmas is approaching, there are countless people who are busy working before Christmas. They open their Hotmail mailboxes as usual, and when they check the received emails, they press the Fortis antivirus function embedded in the Hotmail mailboxes.

This function is a function that countless users in Hotmail mailboxes press every day. While providing anti-virus for Hotmail mailboxes, Fortinet can also find computer software loopholes and clear garbage for users. It has become a daily routine for many people. software in use.

And today's office crowd, as usual, after pressing Fortinet anti-virus software, the result is a different scene than usual. After Fortinet scanned the mailbox and computer security, suddenly a prompt "risk software" appeared. Warning, and this "risky software" is the Netscape browser!

   In just one morning, "Netscape Browser" contains viruses, software vulnerabilities, insecure rumors, etc., and it began to spread wildly among users.

"Netscape browser, there is no security risk, this is completely unfair competition of Hotmail mailboxes, I don't know where the Fortinet security network company came from, but Netscape's browser is obtained by McAfee, Certified and supported by professional antivirus software companies such as Symantec!"

   is busy, protesting to the Prosecutors Office of the states of America against Baxder, who was prosecuted by Song Yang. After hearing the news, he immediately returned to Netscape headquarters, and then held a press conference to denounce that it was a competitor maliciously smearing Netscape browser.

  What does it mean to spread rumors, refute rumors and break your legs, no matter how Baxter refutes, and brings McAfee and other anti-virus software technical certifications, it will not affect the continued appearance of rumors.

As for Fortigate, is it intentional? Of course it is intentional. As for whether it is to frame the Netscape browser, of course it is impossible. The current Internet software, who dares to say that there are no loopholes and no program bugs, is just a matter of more or less. .

   Not to mention that Netscape is still working on browsers. Even if Netscape’s software has no loopholes, can the web pages it searched ensure that there are no problems? It’s no problem, and there are people who have a way to make its web pages have problems.

   This is a Rashomon event. After Netscape held a press conference, Fortinet officially appeared in front of its peers, and also held a grand press conference.

Said to be a press conference, it was more like an official debut. Xie Qing took a group of Fortis personnel to release a "White Paper on America's Cyber ​​Security" at the press conference. 's identity was officially unveiled.

At the press conference, Xie Qing also responded to the topic of Netscape, and directly took out a thick document, claiming that the security problems and loopholes were discovered from the Netscape browser. These problems are actually not too big. Some of them are almost irrelevant, but for a computer novice, it's hard to say how they feel when they see this scene...

I don't know if Netscape was affected, but Fortis was almost "famous in the first battle", and there were not many Internet companies that dared to be tough with Netscape. Fortis' popularity was almost overnight, and it became "famous" in America. One of the most popular Internet security products, countless users have started to download the client launched by Fortinet.

  The conference room at Microsoft headquarters is full of laughter at the moment, and the dark cloud that shrouded Microsoft headquarters some time ago seems to have vanished.

   "Looking at Baxter's expression, I can see his eyes are breathing fire..."

   At this moment, in the Microsoft board room, the news of the refutation of the rumors at the press conference of Baxter was playing. All the directors of Microsoft laughed when they saw Baxde’s embarrassment.

"Director Gates, your decision to acquire Hotmail mailboxes is really a wonderful decision. I have to say that the purchase price of $500 million is worth more than we imagined!" A representative of a Wall Street investment bank asked Bill Gates complimented.

The credit for the acquisition of Hotmail mailboxes was put on Bill Gates, who "turned the tide". Microsoft's soaring stock price made Wall Street investment banks start to regard Microsoft as "Wall Street's darling", and Bill Gates returned to technology. Emperor throne.

  Bill Gates was also in a good mood. He turned his head and glanced at Greg Murphy and Todd, who were in charge of acquiring Hotmail mailboxes, and his eyes were full of approval.

   "It seems that our "ally" is better than we expected, the Fortinet network security company, too..."

   are all old guns in the rivers and lakes. Bill Gates can think about the operation of the flying tower and the timing of jumping out.

   Ballmer replied, "We found out that it is an Internet security company invested by Bruno Song in San Jose!"

   Glancing at the group of Microsoft executives in the conference room, Bill Gates began to look solemn, "Our allies have shown us a war on the Internet..."

   (end of this chapter)