Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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It must be admitted that the hardware system nc and the software platform Netscape browser looked at each other and separated from the script in Tang Huan's memory, but he was not too surprised.

It can only be said that Tang it is too powerful, invisibly, drove some competitors to the same corner, of course, he will spontaneously cling together.

"Perhaps, it's more convenient to put them on a plate!" After Tang Huan muttered to himself, he turned his attention to an interview with a character in the back.

This report enthusiastically introduced Mark Anderson, the executive vice president of Netscape, who described him as a "prodigy" who relied on his own efforts to fight from a country boy to an Internet waver.

After Tang Huan finished browsing quickly, he put the magazine aside.

Judging from his experience, this is Netscape's advocacy for ipo, there is no need to waste time taking it seriously.

The report of "pc_world" reflects the fierce competition in the industry. Although it is very important, it will not immediately make Tang Huan move and deploy countermeasures personally. After all, he has a large number of executives serving.

Therefore, Tang Huan rethinks about the possible "killing pigs" of Wall Street against Silicon Valley under the bull market.

In the final analysis, when Wall Street insists on taking away immediate benefits, it will conflict with long-term managers.

In the case of Fangyuan, the performance of the handheld computer has always been unsatisfactory, but Tang Huan and John Chambers have been patiently nurturing them; if according to Wall Street’s temperament, a new helm is replaced, It is very likely that for the sake of a good-looking financial report, it was immediately cut off.

Besides, AT&T, which has been targeted by Wall Street, would be able to make money immediately if it really splits the communications equipment, but at the same time the two lose the long-term operating advantage that cannot be replaced by the integration of resources.

In the original time and space, Wall Street during this period was eager to spin off, speculate, package, and go public, instead of helping companies to do their business well.

Take American Telephone and Telegraph Company as an example. After it spun off a communications equipment company, Lucent, it carried out a second spin-off, splitting long-distance telephones, mobile phones, cable TV and Four broadband communications companies, as a result, a century-old enterprise, the end of life-long-distance telephone business and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company brand, and finally reduced to the Southwest Bell's lunch dish that was dismantled by the Department of Justice.

If this routine is applied to the Fangyuan company, which is also ranked in the top ten by market value, it is completely predictable, and the next ending will be similar!

Without the rapport with Wall Street, it is impossible for me to sit in the position of the richest man for so many years.

But if something like AT&T does happen, how should I choose?

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After Tang Huan returned to Silicon Valley, he was planning to hang out at HP headquarters, but he got another industry news-Sun Microsystems announced the official launch of Java technology; almost at the same time, Netscape announced its own browser product. , Will support java technology.

Looking at this posture, another alliance was formed.

In all fairness, Tang Huan doesn't look down on Java at this stage, but he still can't resist the trend of conceptual hype in the Internet age, and the aggressive trend spawned by him-the richest man is also afraid of the panic that may appear!

"Recently, Sun Microsystems and Netscape have frequently interacted with each other. It should be to discuss Java technology." Charles Simeone speculated: "In addition. IBM, HP, dec, Apple, Oracle, Microsoft and other companies have also followed suit. Evaluate and consult on it."

Tang Huan did not immediately answer Charles Simeone, who was impatient, but quickly scanned the documents brought by the other party, and finally slowly said: "In terms of functions, java technology is not a big deal. The key is still the concept. Herding effect."

Charles Simeone nodded again and again, "Isn't it? The functions that java technology can achieve have their counterparts on our platform, but they are like rumors that confuse people and disturb the development community."

Tang Huan pondered: "Big companies such as IBM and HP are interested in Java technology. The main starting point is nothing more than cross-platform. It must be admitted that we have restrained ourselves at this point."

The motivation for the birth of java stems from Sun Microsystems' optimistic view on the prospects of smart home appliances such as set-top boxes, phones, alarm clocks, and multi-function ovens, and it wants to take the lead in creating a universal software platform that ignores hardware differences.

The biggest limitation of this type of embedded system is that the hardware resources are extremely limited, resulting in the existing results on traditional computer systems that cannot be copied directly.

For example, the allocation and release of memory resources necessary for program operation can cause programmers to vomit blood.

Therefore, on the basis of C++, Sun Microsystems has transformed pointers, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, and other overhead features, and added mechanisms for automatic memory allocation and recycling, and finally formed a new programming called "oak" Language, and built a demonstration platform including an operating system called "green", oak programming language, runtime library and other elements.

In the beginning, the hardware system that oak faced was a handheld computer. After all, everyone had no objection to the prospects of this type of product. It was nothing more than the level of semiconductor development that could not provide components with sufficiently small dimensions for the time being.

Taking the diligent Fangyuan Company as an example, Sun Microsystems transformed the oak team into a subsidiary called "firstperson" to operate.

It is a pity that not everyone can burn money without changing their faces to survive the dark stage before the market's prospects are bright; especially after the bid for the cable TV industry's set-top box technology solution was defeated, the firstperson was cancelled and the team merged back to the sun Microsystems, oak research and development results have been temporarily shelved.

Until last year, there were no uncertainties in the prospects of the Internet development. Seeing the impressive dynamic effects shown by the philosopher browser polestar, Sun Microsystems remembered the oak that had been dried for a year, so it took it. It was taken out, repackaged into "java", and launched with the concept of "Internet programming language" in an attempt to replace philosopher's pascalscript, and even a small web browser hotjava was specially written to demonstrate all aspects.

It has to be said that Silicon Valley has never lacked genius-Tang it has benefited a lot from the concept of hype, and others will naturally follow up in a similar way.

Now, Java has just stepped on the drumbeat of the times.

Take Netscape for example, netscapenavigator, which is challenging the philosopher browser polestar, urgently needs a ready-made programming language to run on its own browser platform to counter the combination of polestar and pascalscript.

In addition, java originally designed for embedded systems, in order to be independent of the hardware platform, the implementation method adopted is: at the software level, a virtual machine containing a common subset of common functions is defined, so that the program code can run in this environment. Then transplant the virtual machine to different embedded systems with a wide range of hardware architectures-up to now, the "write once, run everywhere" gimmick of java meets the needs of the same underlying system for the different Internet.

On the other hand, Zheru Software Company is obviously more conservative.

Undoubtedly, this is not because of the lack of technical research and development capabilities, but the problem that the **** decides the brain. It is impossible for Zheru Software to abandon the Fangyuan computer platform and Zheru operating system environment that have been used for many years, and embrace others instead.

"In any case, this big java alliance cannot be allowed to appear." Charles Simeone gritted his teeth and said: "Java is not only trying to shake the cornerstone of Zheru Software's product line, it may also threaten Zheru's entire technical layout."

"The technology provided by java to the browser is a program called applet logic code executed on the local computer, similar to dll-dynamic link library, without the entry point of'main()', but handed over to the browser to call. "

"Once the application of this model is successful, the influential java will really ‘run everywhere’."

"People have to form a java alliance. We can't stop it. We can't hit the door with a stick." Tang Huan said leisurely: "In terms of weakening its influence, we can take some targeted measures."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled and asked the old subordinates who had followed him for many years, "You see java as a confidant, so you must have a deep understanding of it, and have you found the shortcomings that are most likely to be criticized?"

Charles Simeone nodded, "I believe that for a long period of time in the future, there will be at least two places in Java that will cause serious distress to ordinary users, and even arouse resentment."

"First of all, no matter how Sun Microsystems boasted that java is a pioneering Internet programming language, it can't change its essence as a high-level programming language."

"Since Java is still a high-level programming language, it can't get rid of the support of a runnable environment such as a function library, especially a virtual machine that isolates the differences in hardware platforms."

"In this case, if the user wants to use the java program, it is bound to need a large separate distribution package, and we are all in the operating system, directly integrated with our own programming languages ​​such as c, c++, pascal, pascalscript, etc. Run the library."

"Imagine a new user opens a browser, just runs a java_applet of a few kb in size, but may have to wait for a long downloading step, or an overwhelming installation process, what will his mood be like?"

Seeing the boss smile and nod his head, Charles Simeone continued to preach enthusiastically: "Secondly, it is necessary to talk about the poor performance of java in operating efficiency. This is also not a short-term solution. "

"Our pascalscript is executed in runtime interpretation, and its efficiency is significantly lower than that of C, C++, and Pascal programs that have compiled binary codes in advance. Java is not only an intermediate language, but also a virtual machine execution environment. Once the amount of code increases, the running speed will definitely decrease significantly."

"I think that by seizing these two points first, it should be possible for ordinary users who are greedy for freshness to be temporarily discouraged because they are worried about the trouble in use."

"Of course, in addition to users, we should start with developers and technology."

"Java came from the transformation of C++. Some advanced features of programming still need to be improved step by step to dispel the worries of programmers."

"If you want to quickly get rid of the arrogance of Java's newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers~www.readwn.com~, you have to add head-on attacks on the application side." Tang Huan, who was filled with relief, pointed out: "This time, Zheru Spring Development At the conference, isn’t it important to introduce the technology that supports vector graphics on the browser-right? Then I will further emphasize that in terms of interacting with users, it is enough to make java_applet unnecessary."

"Yes!" Charles Simeone gave a high-five: "Don't Java want to be an all-around champion, then let Pascalscript fight it together."

Then, the high-spirited Charles Simeone tentatively suggested: "Java's automatic memory allocation and recycling, reference replacement pointers, interfaces to achieve multiple inheritance and other mechanisms have attracted the welcome of programmers in the circle of programmers, indicating that the industry is now There is indeed a voice calling for a new high-level programming language to come on stage. Why not release the c# in the laboratory."

"Alright." Tang Huan agreed without thinking about it. "Call Anders Heelsberg over and let's discuss it together."

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After Anders Heelsberg arrived at the scene, he said angrily, "Teacher, Charles, I just saw people sending e-mails in the online developer community, soliciting people to participate in Netscape and Oracle, What kind of technical discussion conference jointly organized by Sun Microsystems is on the first day of our Philosopher Spring Developer Conference."

Charles Simeone was angry when he heard it, "These guys are really unscrupulous. They clearly want to make trouble and intercept our flow of people."

Tang Huan didn't jump like thunder, but tapped his fingers on the table lightly, and said with a playful smile: "Interesting-people are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes. When they go lightly, they can naturally make a lot of tricks."