Chapter 188: The Microsoft Crisis
Linux, the founder of the Linux kernel, is still relatively civilized. He can only secretly feel sorry for the fact that Linux is likely to end like minnx in the future, but in terms of his ambition. He would prefer to see the emergence of the kernel of the Tang Dynasty, because this is the progress of the operating system and the progress of the times. He is happy to accept everything that is good in the future. Of course, he is more in favor of the open source of the Tang Dynasty kernel and the liberalization of software.
It is precisely because Linux advocates software freedom that Linux hates Microsoft more.
It can be said that Microsoft's monopoly has directly set back the development of the desktop system by five years. Many genius desktop ideas have also been buried by Microsoft's monopoly. Now that there is a Tang Dynasty core, I believe that such a situation will soon be broken.
It will still take some time.
The day when the operating systems of various countries appear, it is the end of the era of Microsoft's empire.
It won't take long, it'll be visible soon.
On the same day, Microsoft stock won Monday's opening after a double holiday.
Open 19% lower.
In the face of the birth of the core of the Tang Dynasty, this super big bad news. Microsoft stock opened 19% lower, telling you that Microsoft seems to have been hit hard. And, after opening low, it has been falling slowly, although there is a pull up in the middle, but the strength is not enough, and it has entered the downward path. This also caused Microsoft's stock to fall the most since the beginning of the day, which was the worst since the dot-com bubble.
It is worth noting that these stocks are not ordinary retail investors, but major institutions, enterprises, and large investors. Because it is these institutions that they can see everything clearly.
For retail investors, they have always been firm that Microsoft's monopoly can be maintained.
In the face of overwhelming trading volume, countless institutions and funds began to sell Microsoft's stocks, for fear that if they were not careful, they would be doomed. In fact, with such a large amount of money, it is very difficult to escape like crazy. Under normal circumstances, international funds will slowly pull up and flee, even if they fall, they will smash the huge number of stocks in their hands in the slow decline.
However, now most of the institutions in the capital have been panicked by the appearance of the core of the Tang Dynasty. All of a sudden, they sold Microsoft's shares. The fund company, which was relatively calm, saw that all other institutions had fled. There are also some who can't stand, and if they don't flee now, they won't be able to escape when no one picks up the goods. So, he also joined the army of fugitives.
"H, my friend, how are you doing?" ”
Chen Jiayi received a phone call, which was from Soros, the president of the Quantum Fund, and now he has long recovered from the 911 incident.
"Very well, Mr. Soros, is there any good investment you want me to participate in?"
"NO, NO, NO, MY FRIEND, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M IN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW."
"What's the trouble?"
"Well, you listen to me. I have a lot of Microsoft stock in my hands right now, and you know, right now Microsoft's stock is plummeting, and you say, what should I do? ”
One of Soros's two failed investments was to invest in stocks, moreover, in Internet stocks. For a supergiant like Microsoft, it is naturally one of the stocks that major fund companies must match. Although the quantum fund does not follow the usual path, it also has a lot of allocation. It's just that when the Internet crisis came, Soros suffered a big loss. It is seen that the electronic information reform that has come from China has spread to the United States.
As a result, internet stocks have been performing well recently.
Soros estimated that as long as the price rose to a reasonable position, he would sell these stocks to make up for the failure of his last investment. It's just that I didn't expect that the core of the Tang Dynasty was released. Microsoft's stock was defeated, and countless institutions fled without hurrying. In this way, the Microsoft shares held by the quantum fund have been trapped again.
"Haha, I see."
Chen Jiayi laughed, "It seems that old friend, you are here to ask for guilt." ”
The core of the Tang Dynasty was made by Chen Jiayi, and naturally, Soros was also covered by Chen Jiayi. "Why, I'm only going to Yu for advice."
For this wizard of the electronic information industry, how dare Soros ask the guilt. Moreover, he has been investing in the financial markets for decades. It is also impossible to blame someone else for the matter. "I think you should investigate Mr. Buffett to see if he has sold stocks. Among Microsoft's shares, Warren Buffett's fund company holds no less shares than Soros. , "Chen, you're so right, thank you for the idea you've given me." However, I also want to ask what you think of Microsoft. ”
Soros used to speculate every day, and he naturally couldn't compare to Warren Buffett for stock operations. Now in the face of Microsoft's plummeting, he knows that now is not the best time to ship. Even if eighty percent of the institutions escape, Soros will not evacuate now. However, he is still very worried if he does not leave now. So, he made a phone call to Chen Jiayi. I hope this mysterious guy from the East can give him some advice.
"Mr. Soros, there is an old Chinese saying. It's called, a hundred-legged worm, dead but not stiff. A behemoth, how can it be said that it will fall if it falls. I think after tomorrow, there will be an announcement from Microsoft. ”
Although the Tang Dynasty kernel was released, it will take several years to build the Tang Dynasty kernel into a desktop operating system. And most importantly, in the course of these years. Microsoft's profitability will not decrease, and even, in the next few years, Microsoft can find other ways to crack it. If you are only busy running now, even if you do, the loss will be huge
"Thank you, my friend."
With words of thanks, Soros hung up the phone.
Microsoft Headquarters.
Bill is calling off a company meeting.
On the day the Tang Dynasty kernel was released, Microsoft had already received the news. In addition, I have been studying how to deal with it. However, now is obviously not the time to deal with the core of the Tang Dynasty, and they also have to maintain the stability of the stock market. "Tell me, my dear man, what to do now."
Bill's face was gloomy, and everyone here obviously knew that Bill was in a bad mood right now. But Bill is still Bill in the end, he has been in business for decades, and I don't know how many hardships he has encountered. Although this time the crisis was bigger than any before, the more the crisis, the calmer Bill became.
This habit is very good, because when you are calm, you can best come up with a way to sheath.
"BOSS, I think, the problems in the stock market are not actually problems, tomorrow we can predict in advance such as the 2001 annual report. I believe that the market will have a good ending under the leadership of this news. "Well, you're right. It's just that how do we solve the core matter of the Tang Dynasty? ”
The stock market is a numbers game. The impact of the positive and negative is very obvious here, and now Microsoft's performance has increased by 50% compared to 2000 after the release of the NP system, and the market share in China has increased significantly. It is expected that the profitability of the Chinese market will continue to maintain rapid growth in the future.
If it continues to develop at this rate, as long as Microsoft does not make any mistakes in the general direction, it will monopolize for more than ten years, and there will be no problems at all. It's a pity that the emergence of a Tang Dynasty kernel broke the myth of Microsoft's undefeated.
"Tang Dynasty Company, it's really amazing."
Recently, there is a company in China that is in the limelight and has achieved good results, although Microsoft has noticed it before, but for Bill, there are many companies like Tang Dynasty in the global market, and Bill has not paid much attention to it. But such a company has developed a system kernel program that is even more perverted than the Linux kernel.
Even so, if it is developed, it will be fine.
Tang Dynasty Company did not use it secretly at its own price, but published it all over the world like the Linux kernel. There are two kinds of people who can do this, and one is extremely stupid. With such good technology, why not take advantage of it yourself. The other kind is a person with great wisdom and courage.
Obviously, the CEO of the Tang Dynasty Company is exactly this kind of person with great wisdom and courage.
In fact, the technology of many enterprises is only stronger than Microsoft.
Just like Tian BU, his technology is more than a little bit better than Microsoft. Regardless of whether it is software technology or hardware technology. The four BU said second, no one dared to say the first to ask, is there any other company that has the ability to help Apollo land on the moon like the four BU?
Even Apple's technology is only better than Microsoft's. Don't say his MP3, it's his operating system. In many areas of innovation, it is much better than Microsoft. Even, Vi Lao. -- In the operating system, there are many Apple system settings. Just like the window, it is Apple's creativity.
Unfortunately, most of these companies hide their technology for fear that others will take it. Moreover, in order to resist Microsoft, Apple computers actually banned the use of Microsoft operating systems on Apple computers. In addition, CUP does not use Intel, but only uses a CPU tailored for it by IBM. From this it can also be seen why Apple has been losing money in recent years. That is because Apple has such and such a retreat, which makes ordinary consumers discourage the intention of buying Apple computers. He's just a brand at best, and he's just looking at it. As for using it, you can consider other computers.
Even if the PSu system has been performing well recently, Microsoft doesn't really care. With the current Linux kernel, you can only walk in the direction of the server. Although there is some entertainment, it is simply not enough compared to the average user. So, Microsoft isn't worried. Unexpectedly, a multi-faceted system that is even better than the Linux kernel suddenly launched to the world.
Moreover, this way of promotion is still in the way of freedom, open source and sharing, so that the speed of its spread has been maximized. It only took a few days for almost any of the world's more famous companies to know about his existence.
This step is more subtle than Microsoft's piracy strategy in China. Bill really doesn't know, after a few years, a number of well-known companies in various countries jointly launch an operating system based on the core of the Tang Dynasty, what should Microsoft do?
"I think we can build an operating system that is stronger than the current Windows on the basis of the Tang Dynasty kernel."
That's what I'm suggesting.
"What you said made me feel bad. However, this is a good suggestion. ”
Bill didn't dismiss Int's suggestion, but thought about it and finally nodded. He had to admit that the Tang Dynasty kernel not only inherited many advantages of the Linux kernel, but also made a relatively big breakthrough in terms of entertainment.
"Moreover, we at Microsoft also have one of the biggest codes."