Chapter 248: Sanctions
Microsoft headquarters, in a small conference room. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Nadella, Bill and others were there.
The last two days of the end of September happened to be weekends, and Microsoft did not go to work, of course, because of 42 companies, because of the intelligent system, because of Zhilai 2, Microsoft executives did not have a good rest on the weekend.
Eleven is Monday, the legal working day in the United States.
That day, at the high-level board meeting, Nadella and others hesitated, because a plan that would not have appeared on the board of directors appeared by accident and coincidence.
That package, it's called sanctions.
The content of the proposal is clearly not polished to make the wording euphemistic, straightforward, and equally bold.
Microsoft's core business, Windows, is in danger of being permanently replaced.
Microsoft's stock price has been on a sustained decline.
This plan, on the contrary, has made some directors nervous.
Nadella and Bill's hesitation is only because this plan is too bold and too wide-ranging.
Nadella and Bill both have technical backgrounds, and after obtaining the business version of Zhilai 2 through their own channels, they conducted extremely detailed tests in Microsoft labs over the weekend.
Nadella and Beal were present throughout the test.
As a result, it is clear, only better than they expected!
If there is no accident, within a year or two, there will be no PC on the market, and similarly, there will be no Windows PC operating system.
Bill looked at the test results and was silent for a long time, then said, "Windows, perhaps, has fulfilled its historic mission." ”
Oh, yes.
Windows Space is such an excellent system, but under the new intelligent system, it is vulnerable.
WindowsServer series operating system, under JLS1.0, is also vulnerable!
So.
Windows, why is there any need to exist?
Nadella listened in silence and did not say anything.
The update of science and technology may also be a success!
Of course, Bill and Nadella and Microsoft are not going to give up so willingly.
42 companies can do it in such a short time, so Microsoft, can it too?
Polymer materials?
The same research is going on in Microsoft's labs.
However, progress has been extremely slow.
It takes a lot of time and effort to produce a finished product, but Microsoft can't wait.
So, when the plan called sanctions happened to appear at the board meeting, Nadella and Bill also had a hint of excitement in their hearts!
More than a week later, Microsoft's market value has evaporated tens of billions of dollars out of thin air, and now, the old story is repeated.
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Although Google has also joined the battle, Google's losses have been minimal.
For no other reason, Google has more core businesses and more profit points, and generally two things are not likely to make Google hurt.
Google Labs also tested Zhilai 2 and came to a similar conclusion to Microsoft.
Larry pondered in his office, but he wasn't in a hurry.
Google is actually ahead of the curve in some areas.
For example, artificial intelligence.
Google has been working gravity, but it hasn't had any particularly big results.
Alpha Dog is not an artificial intelligence, at best it is just a Go intelligent program with a certain logical algorithm.
It's not comparable to Google's new Android system.
Larry chose to wait and see, but he had a certain plan for the future.
…… Apple.
Brunt.
Even on the surface, Apple's losses are even greater than Microsoft's.
At least in the short term.
Apple lost about $40 billion in market value on September 28 alone, and it still can't stop falling when it opens again on October 1.
Because Apple has the largest market capitalization, although it has fallen less than Microsoft, its market value has evaporated much more than Microsoft, almost twice as much as Microsoft!
This is the worst evaporation of Apple's market value in many, many years.
Apple only has Cook, and there is no more Jobs.
So, Cook's pressure can be imagined.
The iPhone.R is really good, but the Zhilai 2 is even better, making the two almost incomparable.
Cook has seen the measured data of Apple's laboratory, and he can't believe that in just half a year, 42 companies have developed such an excellent product.
It has had a knock-on effect on almost all of Apple's business.
Apple's Mac, Apple's iPhone, are not as smart as ......
…… Samsung.
The market value of Samsung Electronics has evaporated by more than 30 percent, almost halved, and the overall market value of Samsung Group has evaporated by more than 10 percent.
In terms of losses, it is no lower than Apple.
Of course, the Samsung Group has a wide range of businesses.
In general, many businesses will not be affected, such as Samsung's arms ......
However, Samsung Group's most profitable business is probably Samsung Electronics, so Lee Jae-yao is very anxious.
He muttered in his office, "These 42 companies are not my Samsung's nemesis, and they will make my Samsung break their muscles and bones at every turn!"
Where is the future of Samsung Electronics?
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The United States was most affected by the sharp drop in stock prices, in addition to a few companies that stood up and stiffened the bar, there were also three large international IC manufacturers that were inexplicably lying down.
Intel, AMD, Qualcomm.
Two manufacturers that basically only produce PC and server CPUs, and a manufacturer that specializes in smartphone chips.
In fact, since the beginning of the year.
Since the birth of Zhilai 1, Qualcomm has been constantly affected, and the stock price has fallen from time to time.
All mobile phone manufacturers in China no longer buy Qualcomm's chips.
One of the largest markets no longer needs Qualcomm chips, and the impact on Qualcomm can be imagined.
And that's not all.
Qualcomm's chips have always been known for their best performance, smoothest performance, etc., but Zhilai 1 has opened the era of real smart chips.
Qualcomm, that's it, lagging behind.
Of course, in the time that followed, Qualcomm worked with Samsung, with Google, with a wide variety of companies.
Caught up.
Samsung's latest chip, the chip on Google's Nexus, also has Qualcomm's hard work in it.
However, before he had time to applaud, he was ruthlessly crushed.
Intel and AMD are really innocent.
It's just that Microsoft wants to prove itself and hard bar 42 company, and as a result, 42 company has given the entire PC plate to the end.
The great, super-performing CPUs they produce, no one cares about.
Not to mention the PC, let's talk about the server CPU, it can't compare to the ...... produced by 42 company
This, old embarrassment!
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October 9, 2018.
Tuesday.
Microsoft Board of Directors.
Bill finally made up his mind!