Currently, the U.S. Department of Justice is following the U.S. Department of Justice in besieging Zheru Software in the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Wassen, Iowa, Florida, Connecticut, Utah, Kansas, West Virginia, and Minnesota. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to California, the most populous and third-largest state where Zheru Software is located, the stronghold of the Democratic ~ Nationalist Party, which did not join, Texas, the second most populous and second-largest state, the stronghold of the Republican Party, did not join.

One of the main reasons for this is that the "Silicon Mound" of Zheru Software in Austin, Texas, has the largest investment in the United States after the "Silicon Valley" in California.

In addition, Texas Governor Boushi has made it clear that he sympathizes with Zheru Software.

Joel Klein turned his gaze to a map of the United States hanging behind him, the red and white colors on it, like the battle during the US presidential election -- every state is in line with interests and lobbying.

Joel Klein is sometimes so excited that he shuddered to be able to lead such a magnificent antitrust war.

Joel Klein turned his gaze back to the PC on the table, which installed StudiOS, the operating system of Zheru Software; There is also a handheld computer next to it, which also uses an embedded version of StudiOS to provide the functions of a personal data assistant - using the products of Zheru Software to do the lawsuit of Zheru Software, which is absolutely ironic.

However, Joel Klein has no regret in his heart - doesn't the ubiquity of Zheru Software just show its monopoly? It's peace of mind to tell it!

At this time, the PC workspace, which is called the desktop by Microsoft Windows, pops up in the lower right corner with a prompt saying "The latest email has arrived".

It was supposed to be a colleague from the Ministry of Justice stationed at the headquarters of Zheru Software on the West Coast, who sorted out new information from the intercepted documents.

Thinking of this, Joel Klein couldn't help but lift his spirits.

Sadly, Joel Clay was soon disappointed - the latest arrival in his mailbox was a batch of irrelevant emails.

"Damn spam." Joel Klein muttered as he deleted.

Still, there were two emails with attachments, and Joel Klein took a special look at them.

One of the emails was titled "Job Search" and the other was titled "I_Love_You".

Joel Klein thought the former was a job seeker who had submitted the wrong resume, and the latter was a greeting from a friend or relative.

But after a quick glance at the body of the email and clicking on the attachments, Joel Klein decided that none of them were really irrelevant to him, so he deleted them to the trash.

Having done all this skillfully, Joel Klein continued to prepare the relevant documents for the antitrust lawsuit.

Guy, Joel Klein, knows that his direct opponent is very difficult.

The lead lawyer of Zheru Software's legal team turned out to be George Conway. After the previous Netscape sued Zheru Software Company for monopoly, he was invited by US President Bill Clinton to deal with a wave of unsettled "zipperdoor" lawsuits.

Of course, it is impossible for a wealthy financier like Zheru Software Company to find a satisfactory chief lawyer.

After learning that the U.S. Department of Justice and a number of federal states had joined forces to sue their monopoly, Zheru Software hired David Beuys to serve as its lead lawyer.

This is also a very ironic thing.

You must know that David Boyce has received more commissions from the government ~ government before. For example, he was involved in a 13-year monopoly lawsuit against IBM by the U.S. Department of Justice and other companies in the computer industry.

Such a senior lawyer, who often stands on the side of the government ~ government to conduct antitrust lawsuits, suddenly stands on the side of Zheru Software, which is equivalent to an "inner ghost", which not only discourages the US Department of Justice and the 20 federal states that are entangled together, but more seriously, he knows the way of thinking and habitual methods of the government ~ government side well.

Take, for example, David Boyce's first counterattack after becoming the lead lawyer for Zheru Software's response -- protesting against the court-appointed investigative experts, who were biased against Zheru Software and demanded a replacement, caused Joel Klein a big headache.

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In the office of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Thomas Panfield Jackson, the judge in charge of the United States of America v. Zheru Software Inc. monopoly case, was also annoyed.

This is the third time that Philip Software has asked for the removal of the court investigative experts, and Thomas Panfield Jackson has just refused—just kidding, I'm inclined to assume that you are a monopoly, and the investigative experts can still have a position?

As a result, David Boyce, the chief lawyer of Zheru Software, came directly to the door and asked for the trial date to be postponed, on the grounds that it had collided with this year's Zheru Spring Developer Conference -- in addition to the fact that some of the Zheru Software witnesses were unskilled, it was too much of a blockage to fight the lawsuit while holding the conference.

Thomas Panfield Jackson, who was a little impatient, who was listening to David Boyce, who was sitting across from him, absentmindedly moved his mouse and opened his e-mail, where he found two new emails titled "Job Search" and "I_Love_You".

After casually glancing at it and opening the attachment, Thomas Panfield Jackson couldn't help but ask, "Why does the court have to be postponed instead of the Zheru Spring Developer Conference?" ”

David Boyce said with a wry smile: "Today, the Zheru Spring Developer Conference has developed into the most important technical event in the computer industry, and tens of thousands of people have participated in the scene, and it is too difficult to reschedule. ”

Speaking of this, David Boyce took out another document, "This is a petition from some companies participating in the Zheru Spring Developer Conference, and I implore the judge to ensure the smooth convening of this Zheru Spring Developer Conference." After all, round-trip travel expenses and room and board expenses are a big burden for many start-up technology companies. ”

Thomas Panfield Jackson sighed after browsing the so-called petition, "What's the point of Dzheru Software dwelling on these details other than wasting time?" ”

David Boyce replied earnestly: "Zheru Software is defending every aspect of its rights. ”

Thomas Panfield Jackson flipped through his calendar helplessly, "So, what day does Zheru Software think it's appropriate to set the court date?" ”

David Boyce laughed, "It's up to the judges, as long as you can make time for the Zheru Spring Developer Conference." ”

Thomas Panfield Jackson's pen moved around the calendar and asked, "The 27th of this month, is it all right?" ”

David Boyce looked at the schedule on Fang Yuan's handheld computer, nodded and confirmed, "April 27th, no problem." Thank you, Your Excellency, for your accommodatingness. ”

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On the side of Mr. the richest man, there is also a situation analysis map similar to the red and blue map in Joel Klein's office - the East Coast Jingo Iron Horse, which seems to be murderous.

Tang Huan was squinting his eyes and thinking about it, and the secretary reported that Jerry Brown, chairman of the board of directors of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, and California Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis came to visit.

"Yes, please." After the richest man gave a command, he got up to greet him.

When the three of them sat down, Jerry Brown, who was out of sight, looked around, saw the map at a glance, and immediately quipped: "It seems that the menacing antitrust lawsuit faced by Zheru Software Company is very troublesome even for the richest man!" ”

"I don't bother with specific things anymore, and I don't have any worries." Tang Huan replied indifferently, and then made a pot of tea himself, "It's a coincidence that you guys have come, I just arrived here with a can of Ming Qian Longjing that was flown in from China, let's try it together." ”

Jerry Brown raised his nose to smell the fragrance and exclaimed, "It seems that the reason why Don's mood can be maintained so cheerful is that this fine tea has a lot of credit." ”

Mr. Richest Man shrugged, "At least California, which is not currently in the ranks of states that follow the Department of Justice - of course I have to be content to think wider." ”

Big people like them, the subtext and topic orientation of every sentence have long been accustomed to being naturally full of deep meaning.

Seeing Jerry Brown and Gray Davis coming together, Tang Huan could guess that the two of them had nothing to do to come to the Three Treasures Hall for the upcoming California gubernatorial election this year.

After the Mexican-American War, the United States received the land ceded to Mexico and accepted it into the Union on September 9, 1850, which became what is now California.

In the beginning, the California constitution stipulated that governors should be elected every two years; By 1862, a constitutional amendment was ratified to increase the term of office to four years; Then, in 1990, California's Proposition 140 called for constitutional amendments to limit governors to no more than two terms.

In fact, the politicians who served two terms as governor of California basically went on to find another job after eight years in office.

The most famous of these is Ronald Reagan, who served as governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and eventually became the president of the United States after eight years.

Jerry Brown also served two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983 after Ronald Reagan, but in the process of seeking a higher level of political ~ governance, the president of the United States and the Senate failed in both directions, so he said goodbye to politics and devoted himself to California high-speed rail.

The current governor of California, Pete Wilson, continued to be his governor with peace of mind after playing soy sauce in the 1996 U.S. presidential election nomination stage, but by the end of this year, he had reached two terms and had to abdicate to give way.

It's quite interesting to say, although California is the stronghold of the Democratic ~ Lord, but the governor of California has been controlled by Republicans for a long time - since the end of World War II, except for Jerry Brown and his father Pat Brown, who contributed two eight-year terms to the Democratic ~ Lord, the Republicans have served as Governor of California for other periods of time.

As a result, after the current California Governor Pete Wilson, a Republican~, left at the end of his term, the Democratic Party very much hopes to be able to taste the taste of California governor after a lapse of more than ten years.

Clearly, Gray Davis, the current lieutenant governor of California, has a clear advantage.

As for why Jerry Brown and Gray Davis came together, it is because the two of them have a long relationship - Gray Davis was his executive secretary when Jerry Brown was governor of California.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Jerry Brown led Gray Davis to the richest man to ask for support - although he did not burn money to run for federal governor, he also spent a lot of money, often at least tens of millions of dollars.

Take Gray Davis's biggest contender for the nomination in the Democratic ~ Ortho Party, Al Keygen, who once served as the chairman of the board of directors of Northwest Airlines, and then was very rich, and prepared $40 million for this election out of his own pocket, making Gray Davis the lowest in the approval rating.

At this stage, Gray Davis can only fight back with "his own governing experience cannot be bought".

Sure enough, Jerry Brown followed Tang Huan's words and directly helped Gray Davis and said: "Gray has no experience in governing than any other candidate, and once the election is successful, California's attitude in the United States of America v. Zheru Software Monopoly case will remain unchanged." ”

The richest man looked at Gray Davis with interest, and the other party immediately said: "Zheru Software Company has an important role that cannot be replaced by California's economic development -- of course California must stand on the side of Zheru Software Company." ”

Hearing this, Tang Huan bowed slightly in satisfaction.

There are quite a few people running for governor of California, but it is not so easy to find a satisfactory advocate for interests.

For example, Dan Langgren, the Republican nominee's most promising nominee, advocates punishing employers who hire illegal immigrants.

The richest man is very unimpressed, and Gayman's move will affect the operation of Silicon Valley - wherever there is exploitation, and the high-tech industry is no exception, except that programmers are paid higher, and these people are often "cheap workers" from Asia, including Asia, who may have visa problems.

Seeing that Gray Davis, who was introduced by Jerry Brown, was quite satisfactory in all aspects, Tang Huan made a decision and made a clear statement: "I wish Gray to win this year's California gubernatorial election." ”