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  Chapter 312 Misfortune Moves East

   No matter how you look at the richest man in the world, no matter how bad Microsoft's reputation in America is, where there is Bill Gates, he is the focus, and no one can change that.

   Seeing Bill Gates coming to participate in the establishment of the Internet Society in person, a group of reporters immediately gathered around and asked Bill Gates various questions.

   The question at the beginning was quite normal, "Mr. Richest Man, will you be the first president of the American Association?"

   "Will Microsoft transform into an Internet company?"

   "How long will the browser war between Microsoft and Netscape last?"

   But when the media asked the reporters, it began to change. Just like where Bill Gates appeared, there were always conspiracy theories, and this time was no exception.

   Suddenly a media reporter with a "Daily Connection" sign asked Bill Gates, "Excuse me, Gates, does Microsoft set up the America Internet Society to control the entire Internet industry?"

   This red fruit, without any disguise, will make all the reporters around can not help but look at Bill Gates. The daily connection is a conservative media, which is directly shooting at Microsoft.

  This media is obviously aimed at Bill Gates, not to mention Song Yang, who is closely related to the Elephant Party, but directly at Bill Gates, questioning the establishment of the Internet Society, which is another conspiracy by Microsoft.

Bill Gates had a smile on his face, and he was about to scold in his heart. The establishment of the America Internet Association was proposed by Song Yang at the banquet when Double-click went public, and now it has become a special Microsoft conspiracy. As long as these sub-media encounter Microsoft, all kinds of conspiracy theories are flying all over the sky, as if all the bad things in America are all done by Microsoft...

"The establishment of the American Internet Association is to make the entire American Internet industry have a set of rules, which can also make Internet users more convenient and safe to use Internet products. It is not who wants to control the Internet industry in America, and no one can control it. In the Internet industry, the Internet belongs only to Internet users!"

  Bill Gates said righteously, and then "kindly" reminded, "Bruno Song is the proposer of the Internet Society of America, and Microsoft just supports this decision."

  Bill Gates is referring to the daily connection and other media and is scolding from his nose. The scolding is wrong, isn't he so blind...

I was scolded by Bill Gates. The Daily Connection reporter stood there with a blushing face and a heartbeat, and continued to ask disgusting questions about Bill Gates. Users who were fooled by the media sometimes couldn't tell who was the enemy. Who is a friend, this group of sub-media and reporters are very clear.

Conservative media like Daily Link would rather open their eyes and talk nonsense than offend Song Yang, who is closely related to the Elephant Party and may even be a big moneymaker in the future. Cursing Song Yang, every time he acts as a front-runner to stir up public opinion, it is the donkey-camp CNN, Washington Post, Tennessee and other TV stations that constantly release disgusting news about Song Yang.

  What CNN can do, how can it not be done by a media like daily connection?

Escorted by a group of bodyguards, Bill Gates entered the San Jose Convention Center. As for the sub-questions asked by the media, whether Microsoft is suspected of a monopoly, whether Microsoft will be sued by the American Ministry of Justice, etc. Bill Gates avoided it. not talk.

Bill Gates got on the scene and directly brought the Bigger of the Internet Society to a new height, followed by Netscape, AOL, Yahoo, AltaVista Search, Artisdirect, Lycos, Excite, L90, VCLK, Infoseek, Pest, Penney and other well-known Internet companies were all present, making the conference noisy.

As the proposer of the American Internet Association, Song Yang also arrived with a large group of people this time. When the media outside the San Jose Convention Center saw Song Yang, they desperately took pictures of Song Yang's "camp". .

  Double-click, ICQ, Fortinet, eBay, and Amazon Bezos, who came over, followed Song Yang to the conference center.

  When Song Yang came to the conference center, it attracted the attention of many people. Bill Gates, AOL De Case, Yang Zhiyuan and others couldn't help but glance at the "camp" beside Song Yang.

   Bill Gates, who was sitting with Todd and others, looked at Irene, Wesley, Omidyar, Bezos, and others behind Song Yang, and couldn't help but fell into contemplation.

Before   , Microsoft had been focusing its energy on its arch-rival Netscape, and it had played too hard in the browser market, and Microsoft had relaxed its vigilance against other rivals on the Internet.

But now, Bill Gates found that Netscape seems to be about to be dragged down by Microsoft, but looking at the "Yahoo Chief" in the conference center, who is surrounded by stars, and Song Yang who has already appeared in his own camp. Over there, Microsoft seems to be falling behind again.

Todd on the side of    felt that Bill Gates looked unusually, "Yahoo, Song, it's not Microsoft's opponent now!"

Todd reminded Bill Gates that in the Internet industry, you can't provoke opponents like in the software industry. Now that Microsoft is fighting with Netscape, it can't provoke Yahoo and Song Yang. Otherwise, I'm afraid To be besieged again.

  Microsoft can bundle IE browser, and the system can be incompatible with Netscape browser. You can't block all software such as Yahoo, ICQ, and Fortinet. If you want to kill yourself, you can't play like this.

Bill Gates took a deep breath and nodded. Knowing Microsoft's current situation, it seems to be very bright, but in the Internet industry, it is the one targeted. If Netscape is not killed, Microsoft will not be able to replace Netscape. status!

   After Song Yang entered the arena, he exchanged a few words with Bill Gates, Yang Zhiyuan, Case, Jim Clark and others. They looked at each other and sat down tacitly.

If you stand in the last row of the San Jose Convention Center, you can see that the conference center that can accommodate thousands of people is now full. The famous American Internet companies have all been present, Silicon Valley venture capital companies, Wall Street Institutions, Internet media, journalists, scholars, etc., have all arrived.

  When the host invited from the TV station walked to the stage of the conference center, the conference officially started.

In the last row of the convention center, a bearded man in a peaked cap sat there. As the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly still has a lot of appearance in the Internet industry. He only needs to report The name will definitely be sitting in the front of the media seat.

But today Kevin Kelly sat at the back and chose to use another angle to record this Internet conference. Looking at the front position, he could see Song Yang, Bill Gates, Case and others falling from time to time. Talk a few words.

Seeing this scene, Kevin Kelly couldn't help raising the camera to take a picture. For Song Yang, it seemed too early to publish a biography, but Kevin Kelly wanted to publish an issue for Song Yang. .

The magic of the Internet, the myth of making wealth overnight, is vividly reflected in Song Yang. I think about Song Yang when he went to the Wired magazine office to ask him to meet him, and then look at Song Yang, who was chatting and laughing with Bill Gates. As an Internet trumpeter, Kevin Kelly can't help but sigh again about the magic of the Internet!

Kevin Kelly, who is sitting at the back of the conference center, takes pictures from time to time and writes down some things. Sitting here, he can see some things that he can't see before. America's Internet industry is full of chaos, but who is the leader of the Internet industry Sub-leader?

Just looking at the scene in front of him, Kevin Kelly has the answer in his heart. No matter how many Internet companies there are, there are still only those few people who are the most influential and powerful, just like in Hollywood, where there are many stars. But the most powerful are only a few figures each year.

Thinking of this, Kevin Kelly couldn't help but light up. He was going to launch an issue of the top ten most influential people on the Internet every year in Wired magazine, or the power list in the Internet industry. This list is of course a gimmick. , but if you open this list in the future, you may also be able to find changes in the Internet industry!

  According to the usual practice, the host on the stage is touting a number of companies in the Internet industry. Otherwise, how will the founders of those companies sit on the management committee of the American Internet Society.

  The history of the Internet is very short, but the replacement is amazingly fast. Naturally, there are only a few companies that can be touted. The host touted Netscape as the pioneer of the Internet industry, and Jim Clark as the godfather of the Internet in America!

This is the conclusion of Netscape and Jim Clark's career. He is the one who set off the wave of the Internet. He is the godfather of Silicon Valley. Jim Clark took a deep breath. Miscellaneous, Jim Clark knows that he can still invest in many companies, but when he wants to bring a company to the height of Netscape, it is impossible.

   There is a godfather of the Internet, Jim Clark's status in the Internet arena has been confirmed, even if Netscape loses in the future, this will not change.

After    touted Netscape, he touted AOL, Yahoo, and IE browsers, and it is naturally impossible to double-click the company.

"Double-click Company is the founder of the Internet advertising industry. It has brought the Internet into a new era. There are always a few companies in each era that intentionally or unintentionally changed the fate of the entire industry, and Double-click Company is definitely one of them. In the future, Double-click It may disappear, but the Internet industry will never be able to leave Internet advertising!"

Song Yang felt the complicated gazes from left and right, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit unbearable for a while. He knew that Irene, who was in charge of hosting this conference, would tout the Double Click Company, but to such an extent, it was still a little bit. It was beyond Song Yang's expectations.

   This is to directly tout the double-click company as changing the Internet era and saving the existence of the Internet company. It is just a matter of shouting, without double-click, there will be no America Internet...

   (end of this chapter)