July 11, 1995, Seattle, Microsoft Corporate Headquarters. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Autumn, Ray, thank you for all you've done for Microsoft these days. Brad Silverberg put two CDs in plastic boxes on his desk and said to Du Qiu and Xu Yongrui: "This is the first batch of Windows 95 pressed installation CDs, let's keep a souvenir." ”

The disc is golden, in addition to the name of Microsoft and windows95, there is a line of thanks to all the R & D staff speech, obviously specially made, sent to the R & D department souvenirs, although only some small work has been done, but after all, he personally participated in a great product that is enough to go down in the history of IT, Du Qiu felt deeply honored, so he solemnly put it away.

"Bill is very satisfied with the IE browser you customized for Microsoft, he was going to see you off in person, but in order to deal with the Department of Justice, he went to Washington on an impromptu basis. Silverberg pouted, made a neck stuck, and then invited again: "Autumn, consider working at Microsoft, Ray, and so do you, Microsoft welcomes great people like you." ”

Du Qiu originally wanted to name his browser IE, but Tuo Wei Zhiqin checked it and found that Microsoft had registered the name, so it was replaced by iView, so in early July, after he and Marin Eller jointly made the browser, it was named Interne as a matter of course, and then directly bundled into Windows95.

"I prefer to live a free life, and big companies are not for me. ”

Xu Yongrui also refused the invitation, but did not say it explicitly, but talked about him left and right, played with the CD, and asked: "Bundling the Internet Explorer into the operating system will be detrimental to the anti-monopoly lawsuit, right?"

"In the browser space, we're just getting started, there's no monopoly at all, and Netscape and your products have a higher share than Microsoft. Silver Berg pulled out a pencil with an eraser from the pen holder and gestured: "Windows is like this pencil, IE is the eraser that comes with it, we just provide a convenient tool for users, no one will sue pencil manufacturers for monopoly, right?"

This analogy is extremely confusing, Xu Yongrui was refuted, Du Qiu smiled slightly, stood up, and said, "Brad, you should appear in court as a lawyer in person." ”

"When I retire, maybe I can start a law firm. Silver Berg also stood up, shook hands with the two, and said, "I hope there will be a chance to cooperate next time." ”

"There will be. ”

After walking out of the office, Xu Yongrui was haunted by Silverberg's analogy just now, and asked, "Mr. Du, according to what you say, wouldn't Microsoft be able to stuff anything into the operating system?"

"The operating system is a platform, not a tool, Brad is stealing the concept, if you want to make an analogy, you should compare Windows to the land, IE to the seed, Microsoft is doing this, forcing users to only choose their own seeds to farm, which is a typical monopolistic behavior. Du Qiu turned his head and saw that there was no one behind him, so he continued: "Microsoft currently has zero market share in the browser market, so it will not attract the attention of the Ministry of Justice for the time being. ”

After the release of Java on May 23, Sun caused a huge sensation in the global IT industry, and the slogan of "once written, run everywhere" made all programmers think about it and be excited, you must know that in 2016, there were only two or three mainstream operating systems, and the porting work could make programmers head as big as a fight, and in 1995, all kinds of operating systems flew all over the sky, especially on the server side, IBM, HP, Sun, DEC and other major companies have their own exclusive operating systems, and after a program is written, it has to be ported constantly, which not only makes programmers miserable, but also wastes a lot of resources.

However, at this time, Java has just been released, and even the basic development tool JDK has not been formed, it can only be regarded as a toy, let alone have practical applications, Xu Yongrui is a little skeptical, and asked: "Java?"

"Java is like putting a rug on top of the operating system, a program is like a toy on a rug, and porting is like dragging a rug from one room to another. Du Qiu made a hammer gesture and explained: "This hurts Microsoft a lot, and they will definitely think of nailing Java to Windows, which will directly violate the antitrust law of the United States, because Americans like to pay attention to free choice." ”

Xu Yongrui understood, shook the windows95 disc in his hand, and said: "In this case, Microsoft's prospects are not very unfavorable, regardless of Java, competitors are up, take care of Java, and the Ministry of Justice will fine." ”

"Microsoft has a lot of money, and it's not so easy to surrender. Du Qiu walked out of the office building, looked back at the inconspicuous building, and then plagiarized a famous quote from an elder, and sighed: "The fate of a company, of course, depends on self-struggle, but it also takes into account the historical itinerary." ”

It is true to consider the historical itinerary, Microsoft's integration of browsers in the operating system, and the secret development of J++, which is incompatible with Java, formed a de facto monopoly, and was sued by the US Department of Justice, and in 2000 the split was almost a foregone conclusion, two things happened in 2001 that made it turn over.

One thing is that the Internet bubble burst, the NASDAQ is mourning, and the US Government is worried that after Microsoft is broken up, it will further cause turmoil in the stock market and cause a financial crisis; the other thing is that in the US presidential election, Clinton of the Democratic Party stepped down, and Bush Jr. of the Republican Party came to power, and the Republican Party received tens of millions of dollars in political donations from Microsoft.

It would be nice to fan the flames and have Microsoft break up before the dot-com bubble bursts......

It's almost an impossible task, but when it's done, it's very exciting......

Jennifer, who had been waiting outside, drove over in a Chevrolet SUV, opened the window and asked, "Autumn, can I go?"

"That's it. ”

Du Qiu opened the door of the back seat, sat in front of him and Xu Yongrui, and saw a yellow man sitting in the passenger seat, with very short broken hair, wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt, tattoos on his arms, slender figure, three-dimensional facial features, and looking tough, so he said hello and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is my friend, Jenny-Shimizu. ”

Japanese?

"Empty you, wow. Du Qiu greeted in Japanese, and the man turned around and replied in English, "I grew up in the United States and don't know Japanese. ”

The voice sounded a little sissy, Xu Yongrui lightly touched Du Qiu, and reminded in Chinese: "It's a woman." ”

Du Qiu took a closer look and found that although the contours of his face were very manly, the lines were softer, and his breasts were slightly raised, he was indeed a woman, and it was a somewhat familiar woman, he thought for a while in his mind and asked, "Are you a model?" ”

"Autumn, I thought you programmers didn't like fashion, but I didn't expect to know Jenny. Jennifer reversed her previous seriousness and introduced with a smile: "Jenny is a supermodel and has been on the covers of many magazines. ”

Oh, that's right, it turned out to be her......

Jenny-Shimizu, translated into Chinese as Jenny Shimizu, is a hot Asian model in the United States in the 90s, and a famous lesbian, who once had a love history with Angelina Jolie and Madonna, Du Qiu had seen a movie she acted in with Angelina Jolie before she crossed over, so it felt somewhat familiar.

No wonder Jennifer felt weird when she kissed me that night, she was about a lesbian too...... (To be continued.) )