"We're doing it in two main ways. Pen "Fun" www.biquge.info Brad Swarberg said: "Positive - Polestar is resolute Netscape_Navigator head-on. ”

"Isn't Netscape desperately trying to stuff as many new features into its products as possible to attract users, and Zheru Software is not weak, assembling a complete set of software packages including a web browser, an email client, a news client, an address book, a download manager, an HTML editor, an IRC - Internet relay chat client, and so on, raising the bar for browser solutions in terms of breadth. ”

"As for the vertical function of the browser itself, we mainly play the card of supporting the complete technical standards of the World Wide Web Consortium, as well as the stability of the program during operation. ”

"After all, Zheru Software's status in the industry is not comparable to Netscape - they can ignore reputation and make program crashes commonplace, and we need to treat poor code as a flood of beasts to ensure excellent product quality,"

"At this stage, the development of browser technology is indeed dizzyingly fast. ”

"Netscape, for example, almost every six months, adds a major version number to a product by 1 - this is less than two years, and the current Netscape_Navigator version is about to reach 4. ”

"In contrast, Zheru's Polestar is a bit conservative. ”

"But we're not really indifferent, but we're using browser plug-ins, a way for everyone to participate in the production, to bring the endless new features to Polestar's platform. ”

"In doing so, we're handing over the endless development of new features that aren't really essential to a much larger third-party software developer, without having to pay any salary – which is the main technical driver behind browsers with Polestar kernels. ”

"I don't believe it - Netscape's development department is working overtime to roll out new features, and it can match the workload of thousands of programmers?"

"Not to mention Netscape, even Zheru Software can't stop such crowd tactics. Tang Huan immediately laughed, "However, I think Netscape should be imitating the design of browser plug-ins." ”

"Even then, it took a lot of time – after all, we had to put a lot of effort into making Polestar an open browser plug-in. "At the moment, Polestar and Netscape_Navigator, as well as other browsers, are in a mess, and it seems to be very lively, but this is only a frontal battlefield, and the side battlefield that is not much noticed by the public - web server software, is the key to victory." ”

"Especially for Netscape companies with a single product line, web server software is the main source of revenue - as long as this road is cut off, the happier it jumps now, and the more painful it will be to die of blood loss. ”

"Specifically, my measures on the side battlefield have two key points - marketing, combining web server software and database EBase and other other products into a complete set to snipe Netscape's web server software at a preferential price and log in to the Fangyuan computer platform Netscape_Navigator; Flash, an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use website development trio, the web pages produced are not supported. ”

"You're really ruthless. Tang Huan shook his head and smiled, and then turned the topic to other aspects.

Zheru Software Company is so big, no matter how important the browser is, it is only a link in the product line - Tang Huan began to ask about the security of Zheru's product ecosystem.

Now, the personal computer in terms of hardware has been equated with the Fangyuan personal computer, similar to the original time and space when the word personal computer is mentioned, people first think of the IBM-PC compatible machine, not the Mac machine.

The difference is that, compared with the original time and space, Fangyuan personal computers were not kidnapped by microprocessors, but in turn controlled microprocessors - Intel's x86 family microprocessors are still the same old and meet the requirements of the general public, while Zheru's RISC microprocessor Holder replaces the Motorola MC68000 series that was defeated without a fight, providing suitable "brains" for high-end personal computers, as well as educational computers that emphasize power consumption ratio and cost performance.

On this basis, Zheru software naturally dominates the Fangyuan computer platform - from operating systems, programming development tools to office software, databases, and so on.

This unified pattern has brought financial resources to Zheru, brought various conveniences including the same user interface to users, and at the same time, it also brought a comprehensive research to technology enthusiasts.

Zheru Software's products, such as the operating system StudiOS, are certainly not a little stronger than Microsoft's Windows, but they can't stand up to being the target of all hackers, and they are not observed and studied by people with a magnifying glass all the time.

In particular, the rapid development of the Internet has brought great convenience to technical communication - for example, when a person finds a bug, he may not need it for a day, and the global circle knows about it.

As a result, software platforms such as StudiOS, the personal computer operating system of Zheru, are attacked every day, and it seems that the computer security problem has become the hardest hit area - maybe one day, this volcano will erupt!

Computer security companies like Symantec can't be expected to solve this situation, they need to be their own, they must fight for themselves, and Zheru Software must also pay more attention to it.

You know, even now, the real buyers of operating systems are the enterprise market, which has higher and higher requirements for the security of computer systems.

……

Zheru Software Company only regarded Netscape as one of the many competitors that it normally dealt with, that is, it attached considerable importance to strategy, but Netscape regarded Zheru Software Company as the number one enemy related to life and death, and went all out to find a fighter.

Jim Bucksdale, the CEO of Netscape, was listening to the marketer's work report, his face was blue and his mood was extremely bad.

I saw that the other party complained helplessly: "When we encounter the same project with Zheru Software Company, the other party often packages with enterprise products such as database EBase, mail server, Zerone_Exchange etc., and gives a discounted price, which makes tens of thousands of dollars of Zerone_Internet_Services - Zheru Internet services are like giving away for nothing, and we can't resist it at all." ”

"Those small and medium-sized companies in demand, when purchasing, the first consideration is the overall cost of ownership, as soon as they see that there is something to be given away for free, they are almost tempted away without thinking about it - after all, Zheru's brand has been in business for more than ten years, and it is already very authoritative. ”

"Enough, I didn't call you here to listen to these excuses to get away from responsibility. Jim Bucksdale finally couldn't help it, and turned on the foaming star rampage mode, "A bunch of idiots, the job is so good, is it necessary for the company to pay you a good salary? I don't believe it, when Zheru and IBM competed face-to-face, did they complain like that?"

Glancing at the speechless subordinates, Jim Barksdale shouted in a fierce voice: "Let me ask now, is our web server software a unique solution on the hardware platform of Sun Microsystems?

"In the final analysis, everyone is the same routine, but why is the product sales of the Sun Microsystem hardware platform not rising but falling recently?"

The sales supervisor blushed and explained: "Although we have a cooperation agreement, but no matter how closely we cooperate with Sun Microsystems, Oracle and us, they only give a lower discount, where can it compare with the tacit understanding between Zheru and Fang Yuan? Sometimes, they can even quote the overall solution including hardware and software at a low price that we can't take at all when only one party is present! The customer was abducted on the spot. ”

"I think that not only is the sales of our products not going up, but I am afraid that the performance of Sun Microsystems and Oracle is not good. ”

"You think, all you want is to find a decent reason for your incompetence!" Jim Barksdale slammed the table, not accepting the explanation given by his subordinates, and reprimanded bitterly: "Now, there are at least 100 .com websites opening every week in the United States -- such a large market space, you tell me, can't compete with the competition." ”

"Unless, our web server software, like browsers, goes the free road -- to increase market share first. I don't know who muttered in a low voice, which was particularly harsh in the huge conference room.

"Fart, whose enterprise software is given away for nothing? No sales revenue, where do you get your salary?" Jim Bucksdale angrily picked up the coffee cup in front of him, and wanted to throw it directly on the head, but his eyes swept around, but he couldn't find the nasty guy who was talking nonsense.

"Adjourned!" Jim Bucksdale slammed his cup down on the table, "and when I get back, everybody will write me a work report." ”

When his subordinates left one after another, leaving him alone, the CEO, who was sitting in the middle position, showed fatigue. Frustratedly scolded "damn monopoly", which was an excuse to talk about comfort.

……

Compared with the complaint of Netscape, which only hanged itself from a tree, Microsoft, which has a rich enough product line, is still optimistic, and Gates is in a brighter mood, because of his own operating system, has made a crucial breakthrough.

Just this summer, Windows_NT was finally rated by the National Security Agency as meeting the C2 rating of the Trusted_Computer_System_Evaluation_Criteria Trusted Computer System Evaluation Standard, known as TCSEC.

The United States, which has always regarded high technology as its lifeblood, has spared no effort in the field of military security and has launched a complete set of "rainbow books" on various standards -- the "Orange Book" launched in 1983 as the evaluation criteria for trusted computer systems.

The evaluation criteria for the evaluation of trusted computer systems divide the security of computer systems into four levels from low to high -- D, C, B, A; under each of them, they define the corresponding levels from low to high according to numerical numbers such as 1 and 2 -- each high level includes all the security requirements of the lower level.

Specifically, Class D is the lowest level of security protection - an operating system that belongs to this level is like a house with a wide open door, and anyone can enter and exit freely~, which is completely untrustworthy.

To give a straightforward example, a personal computer with the DOS operating system installed is a D-level - anyone can do whatever they want as long as they turn on the power and start the computer normally.

Above the D level is the C level, which is divided into two safety sub-levels from low to high - C1 and C2.

One of the most understandable features of the C1 level is that in order to use the computer, the user needs to enter the registered account and password, and the system uses the account and password to identify whether the user is legitimate, and determine what kind of access the user has to the program and information.

In addition to the features of C1, the C2 level also has an access control environment.

The difference between the two can be illustrated with a less accurate, but very vivid example, that is, almost everyone has an Android smartphone after more than ten years of time and space - ordinary people feel that they have all the operating rights, but in fact there is a "root" level.

Zheru's operating system has long passed the C2 assessment, and now Windows_NT has finally caught up, how can Gates not be happy?

You must know that from now on, Windows_NT will be able to straighten their backs in the enterprise market, and they will even be qualified to worry about national defense projects.

However, Gates didn't have long to be happy before he was frowned upon by the technological dynamics in another field.

EA's next-generation home TV game console is being disclosed more and more information, and one of the things that has been determined is the 64-bit architecture.

Others may not know, but Gates knows in his heart that EA's software architecture is also in the same vein as Zheru.

It's fair to say that Tang Huan has done it, making his software ubiquitous — and Gates is still working toward that goal.

The launch of the 64-bit architecture of the Xiaobawang game console naturally means that the original high-flying 64-bit software system has begun to put down the shelves and enter the consumer field.

In this regard, Gates had to think -- is this a test of Tang Huan's competition gap in the industry?