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The World Wide Web Consortium's primary responsibility is to maintain standards, and the task of helping it expand its territory on the Internet is entrusted to another standardization organization, the Internet Society (ISOC), inter_society. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Probably the most well-known organization related to standardization exists in the international_anization_for_standardization - the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO.

This almost all-encompassing non-governmental organization, which includes national standards bodies and major companies in member states, has a bit of an official connotation, like China and Baodao, where there is a phenomenon of conflicting membership because of politics.

In fact, ISO is powerful, but there are other standardization organizations in the world that are equally high-powered.

For example, the International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee (CCITT), an international_telegraph_and_telephone_consultative_mittee administered by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that sets international standards for telecommunications.

For another example, Tang Huan has been mixed into the highest membership level of Fellow - the institute_of_electrical_andelectronics_engineers of Fellows - the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Not surprisingly, these standardization organizations are involved in standards in the IT field.

For example, ISO attempts to define the open_system_interconnection_reference_model of the standard architecture for the worldwide Internet - the Open Systems Interconnected Communication Reference Model, or OSI; CCITT introduced V.32 for modems to communicate full-duplex over fixed lines, IEEE 802 for local area networks, and so on.

All sorts of disputes naturally arise around standards. Sometimes, these standardization organizations have to face and recognize some factual standards.

Take a recent example, the MPEG standard in VCD was adopted by CCITT, and the Fangyuan PC standard was adopted by IEEE. The reason for this is that these standardization organizations have had to compromise in the face of a fait accompli.

As for ISO, there are times when the OSI model is basically concluded to lose to TCP/IP.

The main competitor of the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Society is the inter_engineering_task_force Internet Engineering Task Force, or IETF.

In contrast to the bloated bureaucracy of ISO and CCITT, the IETF, which was founded in early 1986, is humble and responsive, which has led to the popularity of the computer media.

However, Tang Huan is not worried about the fledgling World Wide Web Association and the Internet Society, and he can't resist the proud Internet engineering task force. Guy has recently attracted a large number of professionals who are trying to make their mark on the history of the Internet. After a lot of people, the efficiency of work will soon be "comparable" with the ISO and CCITT that it disdains, so that it cannot keep up with the rapid development of the Internet.

In the final analysis, this kind of competition depends on strength and striking, and Tang Huan has already found a representative, that is, Tim Berners-Lee, who recently left CERN.

At this stage, CERN has developed into the largest Internet node in Europe, which has a lot to do with the cooperation of a number of network projects that Tang Huan has carried out because he has taken a fancy to the environment here.

Tim Berners-Lee, as the representative of the CERN side of the joint project, naturally felt the prospect of the project, so he left CERN again to seek a broader career development.

It has to be said that Tim Berners-Lee's performance is very representative - the elite attracted by the Internet, among whom are not only wealth seekers, but also those who seek to make a name for themselves. How else to say that such standardization organizations are very difficult to do - everyone has their own views on how to innovate and meet the future, and it is difficult to make a difference.

Tang Huan just took a fancy to Tim Berners-Lee's bookish temperament - you go and debate with them, I will support you in the back, anyway, the actions of these standardization organizations can't keep up with the rapid changes in the development of the Internet, first help me occupy a hole, and then fill it with a fait accompli.

Of course, Mr. The richest man can't say that he is so philistine, and he has to encourage: "The World Wide Web, which is completely free and can be easily used by everyone in the world, is definitely a major innovation in the development process of human civilization!" But it cannot be ignored that there are also some people who come purely for the business opportunities it contains. And while we ensure quality, we also need to prevent the wave of commercialization from taking it off the right track - I hope that no matter how it develops, the World Wide Web will maintain its original intention of sharing scientific and technological civilization. ”

Tim Berners-Lee, who was full of ambition, came up with the solution that Tang Huan wanted without anyone rushing, "I will definitely work to improve and maintain the leadership of the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Society to ensure the correct development direction of the World Wide Web." ”

Tang Huan bowed his head slightly with satisfaction, and reminded quietly: "After the World Wide Web has the 'free' quality we give, the 'free' quality will inevitably be the desire of the people, but this thing is often used as a cover by some commercial companies. Therefore, in the process of maintaining 'leadership', we need to have some skills to bring the largest number of participants together to debate. ”

"This first requires Tang to exert its influence in the industry and get more companies to adopt the standard." Tim Berners-Lee laughs.

"That's true." Tang Huan replied with deep understanding: "On the basis of the popular turbo_pascal, Zheru will soon launch a rapid application development tool called Delphi, which uses the Pascal programming language with object-oriented functions to fully support the development of applications, and I believe that developers will flock to it." ”

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While providing technical solutions for the Internet and stimulating user needs, Tang Huan also campaigned for more private networks to be open to the public.

At this level of hardware construction, Pacific Telecom, which Tang Huan can influence, has always been active, but its business scope is limited to the West Coast of the United States, which makes him set his sights on MCI, which is constantly moving closer to him.

The chaos of junk bonds in the U.S. financial market has finally reached the point where it has to pierce the abscesses, and the once glorious kings of financing have been sued in court, while MCI has lost a traditional source of funds, so it seems to be stretched thin, and has to ask for help again.

In addition, Mr. the richest man has another trouble, that is, his Datang Mobile company, although the scale of users is growing, but it is also suffering from telephone theft.

This is a congenital defect in the existing technology, and the only way to solve it is to completely solve it through upgrading, but the US economy is now in a downward cycle, and the ability to spend on such high-end communication products has made think tanks and management deeply suspicious.

However, before dealing with these affairs, Tang Huan first had to go to Los Angeles to participate in the annual Oscars, in addition to fulfilling the obligation of a Hollywood tycoon, it can also be regarded as thanking him for his so-called righteous words in the "down-Tang" turmoil.

Getting to Los Angeles couldn't be easier, hop on a small business jet from the San Francisco Bay Area and browse a few newspapers. But Tang Huan didn't plan to take such a conventional way of traveling this time, so he found Jerry Brown, chairman of the board of directors of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, and asked: "I want to go to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars, can California high-speed rail send me there?" ”

"Of course, there is no problem in opening a special train for you, and it can be regarded as promoting California high-speed rail." Jerry Brown happily agreed.

After nearly three and a half years, the construction of the California high-speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles has finally been completed, and it is currently busy with various commissionings before commercial operation.

Tang Huan, who knows how difficult it is to replicate the construction speed of a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway of a similar scale in the United States, is full of praise for the leadership of Jerry Brown, the former governor of California.

Jerry Brown, who has been so excited that he can't sleep recently, flatters him from time to time: "It is still Tang who has the courage and does not hesitate to invest money to have this construction miracle; And looking back, at the same time, it greatly avoids the variables that have been significantly generated by inflation in recent years. ”

After finishing boasting to each other, Tang Huan asked curiously, "What are you doing, your eyes are bloodshot?" ”

"Can I not be busy?" Jerry Brown smiled wryly and said, "Now there is a consensus in California politics that we hope that California high-speed rail can be put into operation before the arrival of independence. ”

"Is it for the midterm elections again?" For this kind of face-saving project deliberately created for political purposes, Tang Huan could only shake his head speechlessly. After all, both the state and federal governments in California have allocated funds for the California high-speed rail project, and it makes sense for politicians to reach out within reason.

"The California High-Speed Rail Authority is preparing to test run California High-Speed Rail around Memorial Day, and then begin official operations before Independence Day, just in time for the first week of July, the most frequent period of the year for Americans." Jerry Brown said in his heart: "So, if you want to take the California high-speed rail to Los Angeles this time, it's just a coincidence, and the locomotive that is running on the track every day is running." ”

Speaking of which, Jerry Brown did not forget to suggest: "It's better if you can let the wind out there so that you can make headlines about California high-speed rail and make a national announcement." ”

Tang Huan raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid that under the attention of all people, you will be overwhelmed and go wrong?" ”

"I regard California high-speed rail as my own eyeballs, and I have every bit of it under control, so you can relax." Jerry Brown assured.

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The richest man met this requirement and immediately called his friends: Who wants to have a taste with me and take the California high-speed rail to attend the Oscars.

Almost in the blink of an eye, 15 slots were filled -- the editor-in-chief of Time magazine's San Francisco division, Michael Brown. Moritz, Spielberg and George Lucas in Hollywood, Jerry Sanders, president of AMD in Silicon Valley, and other people from various fields have become guests of the small party in the carriage.

Since Intel brazenly tore up the agreement and withdrew the authorization of Intel80386 and the second supplier of microprocessors thereafter, AMD has been on the same page with it, accusing each other of infringement lawsuits, and has been fighting for several years, until now there has been no result.

These companies represented by AMD that have been issued a relaxed license by Intel in the microprocessor period are not polite at all, that is, a year later than Intel, the same grade of compatible products was launched, and it was also named in the form of x86, which made consumers unable to distinguish between the real and the fake, Intel was even more embarrassed, and swore that the next generation of microprocessor products would never be called Intel80586, unless it could be registered as a trademark in digital format, but it was obviously impossible.

Jerry Sanders, who has always been very yearning for the life of a Hollywood star and bought a mansion in Beverly Hills, likes this kind of occasion to mingle with Hollywood celebrities the most, but he has not forgotten his old business, mentioning the current competition in the field of microprocessors, and inevitably complaining about Intel's unkindness.

Tang Huan frowned slightly and said: "It's not because I have a 20% investment in Intel that I stand on its position, but AMD is no longer an unknown person in the development of today, and there are names and surnames on the global semiconductor factory sales revenue list, and it always has an intellectual property system that completely belongs to its own products." ”

Jerry Sanders scratched his head, "The current direction of microprocessor development makes people suspicious, RISC is in the limelight, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the traditional CISC has an uncertain future." ”

Tang Huan was too lazy to talk nonsense, and pointed out directly: "Now that the entertainment function of personal computers is more and more favored by the market, I think AMD's microprocessor can put more effort into the support of multimedia and video games, and it can be regarded as a characteristic difference from Intel's products." ”

"I'll do an assessment when I get back." After Jerry Sanders replied with a lesson, he solemnly broke the news: "When I went to IBM, I accidentally saw the RISC microprocessor and server they secretly developed. (To be continued.) )