Chapter 799 Antitrust
Zhang Chen's words made the entire audience boil.
The flash of the media at the scene has come and gone, and the recent Matrix acquisition of Apple has been full of twists and turns, and there is news that Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison are going to join forces on Apple's MBO. Zhang Chen's first sentence after coming on the court was this, is this a declaration of war against Jobs?
Especially the last sentence "with the unanimous support of the Apple team", has Matrix successfully divided the Apple management team and isolated Jobs?
Apple supporters at the scene were indignant, and some Apple passers-by also shook their heads secretly. Most people don't have a good feeling about infighting, even if they win in infighting, they will lose a lot of popularity in a high probability, but the loser will get a lot of sympathy.
That's what the human psyche is.
One of the big black spots in Jobs's life was to drive Wozniak out of Apple, and even twenty years later, there are still Jobs' black fans who make a fuss about it.
Zhang Chen ignored the hustle and bustle of the audience and continued: "OK, let's get to the point. We all know that Apple has really had some difficulties in the last few years, we have been on the wrong path and we have paid a heavy price for it. Steve's return has put Apple's development back on track. Speaking of this, Zhang Chen stopped and took a sip of water.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, Zhang Chen and Jobs's mutual hatred was a major highlight of the two companies' press conferences, and now that Matrix has successfully acquired Apple, why did it start to say good things about Jobs?
Zhang Chen took a sip of water and continued: "But that's just that, it's not enough, Apple wants to revive, and there are still a lot of things missing." We need a higher inventory turnover rate, a more responsible after-sales management system, a more integrated supply chain system, more channels, a more effective R&D team and more real genius engineers and scientists... We need so much. ”
"Also, we need a better operating system. ”
A better operating system? Everyone pricked up their ears, what does it mean? Could it be that Zhang Chen wants to abolish Apple's OS, and Apple's original product line should also use indos?
Speaking of this, Zhang Chen paused, and the audience was at a loss.
Even the Apple supporters who were most disgusted with Zhang Chen, before that, rationally speaking, believed that Apple's acquisition by Matrix might be a good thing.
But only if Apple is independent.
At the very least, Apple's operating system independence should be preserved, and indos cannot be used.
In this day and age, Apple's supporters all have one thing in common – they hate and even hate everything about Microsoft, especially Indos.
Not open source and monopoly is Microsoft's original sin.
Since the day Apple was born, it has appeared as a rebel, which is also a path that many small companies will choose.
Many people say that Apple is great because even though it has become a big company, it still has a rebellious spirit, so it can launch a series of products that change the world, such as the iMac, iPod, iPhone, etc.
This statement is not true.
In fact, before the launch of the iPhone, Apple was a small company.
Of course, this small is relative, relative to Apple's opposite, the blue giant IBM, and the operating system monopolist Microsoft.
When Microsoft's market value exceeded $620 billion in 99, Apple, which had launched the iMac, had a market value of only about 10 billion, and the gap in turnover was dozens of times.
Therefore, Apple's supporters, not so much in favor of Apple, are in favor of all the forces that oppose Microsoft, including UNIX and Linux.
The fruit powder of this era is much more technical than the apple face powder of later generations.
One of the reasons they oppose Matrix's acquisition of Apple is that Matrix belongs to the intel camp of indos+intel.
But now, with their fears coming true, some of Apple's supporters are ready to lash out.
"Yes, Matrix-Apple deserves a better operating system. Therefore, Matrix will raise the OS system development sequence to the highest level, and the OS will receive the greatest financial and human support from Matrix. ”
Everyone was stunned, what do you mean?
Technology media reporters reacted very quickly, and as soon as Zhang Chen's words came out, they immediately began to write their laptops.
They all had a name for the report: Microsoft's Challenger.
And many Apple supporters have mixed feelings in their hearts.
The good news is that Microsoft can't dominate the world for the time being, and there is always a competitor competing with Microsoft.
What worries is whether what Zhang Chen said is reliable or not, and whether it will never be effective, and the so-called new operating system will end without a problem.
However, Zhang Chen may have deliberately kept the new operating system secretive, and did not discuss the topic further, instead introducing the details of the integration of the two parties after Matrix's acquisition of Apple.
This includes the integration of the supply chain, Apple will share the same supply chain with Matrix, Apple's product line will be further optimized, and Tim Cook will be promoted to the top person in charge of the entire supply chain system of Matrix-Apple, fully responsible for the optimization and integration of Apple's and Matrix supply chains.
On the marketing side, Matrix and Apple will share the channel system, and Apple's new products will also be settled in the Matrix Store in the future.
Zhang Chen's part of this part has a lot of dry goods, but it sounds very boring, if it is not for industry people related to vital interests, just as an ordinary technology enthusiast, it will inevitably sound boring.
But all Matrix supporters believe that as long as Zack appears, he will definitely surprise everyone at the end, definitely.
Sure enough, when Zhang Chen's part was about to end, Zhang Chen said: "Oh, there is one more thing. "There were.
When Zhang Chen said this, the Matrix supporters who had been holding back the whole scene erupted in thunderous applause and whistles.
Zhang Chen smiled and made a quiet gesture: "Everyone knows that the most important thing in Matrix will be named after i. ”
"A year ago, we brought you iCom, half a year ago, we brought you iBook, and in the future, we may have more i-series products. And today, I'm going to introduce you to the same very important i-series, oh, but it's not a product. ”
Everyone present was full of appetite and waited with bated breath.
Zhang Chen sold the pass for a long time, and smiled slightly: "Please welcome the iCEO of Matrix-Apple, Steve Jobs!"
Everyone including media reporters, people eating melons at the scene, supporters from both sides, and developers stood on the spot.
Steve Jobs?
Didn't Jobs set up his own business?
Aren't Zack and Jobs incompatible?
What the hell is this iCEO?
Just when everyone was stunned, Jobs in a sky blue suit appeared on the stage, Zhang Chen and Jobs hugged each other, and handed the microphone to Jobs.
"OK, guys, I'm Steve Jobs, the iCEO of Matrix-Apple. Jobs smiled charmingly and nodded to the audience.
Well, Tiger pounce SKR, kind of interesting.
(End of chapter)