"Mr. Fan, don't you know?" Jiang Tong was a little surprised, but he still told Fan Wuxian about the origin of BSA.

In Chinese mainland, Microsoft has an important agency, BSA. Previously, BSA could also be seen in various cases involving software piracy and infringement of Microsoft Corporation. BSA claimed that it was entrusted by the right holder to file a complaint with the National Copyright Administration and the Ministry of Public Security about the infringing activities of the parties concerned, and the right holder was Microsoft Corporation.

BSA's members include a number of software companies, and BSA is also known in the industry as Microsoft's anti-piracy spokesperson.

In fact, BSA is the abbreviation of BusinessSoftareAlliance, which was founded in 1988 and has branches in 80 countries and regions in major regions around the world. In 1997, BSA set up a representative office in China, and also set up a hotline for reporting pirated software 800 in China.

Whose interests does BSA represent?

BSA's own statement is that BSA is currently the face of the world's leading software developers, and its members include Microsoft, Intel, Dell and other famous companies. BSA educates computer users on software copyright, advocates policies that encourage innovation and expand trade opportunities, and combats software piracy.

Jiang Tong said to Fan Wuxi, "But in fact, there are only about a dozen official members of the BSA global surname. Including Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley, Borland, Symantec, etc., among which Microsoft accounts for more than 90% of the total turnover of all its members. ”

In other words, BSA is not at all representative of the global software industry. Among the thousands of PC software vendors in the world, BSA actually represents only a dozen of them? Fan Wuxi immediately grasped the key issue and said thoughtfully.

"That's right, Mr. Fan, you are really wise, and you immediately saw the crux of the problem." Jiang Tong said with a smile, "If it weren't for my studies, I once did a survey on the international software piracy industry and knew some of the inside stories, and I would probably have been confused by the BSA's statement." ”

Fan Wuxian nodded, and said in his heart If this is the case, BSA is actually pulling the banner as a tiger skin, and it cannot represent the entire world software industry at all, in fact, it is just a spokesperson supported by Microsoft, and at the same time, in order to expand its influence, he has pulled in several of his partners who have no conflict of interest, which can be regarded as a strong momentum.

Thinking of this, Fan Wuxian immediately thought of a question, if the BSA negotiated with the domestic political axe under the banner of industry spokesperson, and put forward some conditions on the issue of pirated software, it would naturally be to protect the interests of a few large groups, rather than the interests of the global software industry alliance as they claimed.

It is absolutely impossible for such an organization with obvious commercial interests at the beginning of its establishment to stand impartially in safeguarding the interests of the software industry, but it will certainly have obvious interests to appeal.

Nowadays, several domestic users of piracy companies who have been accused have actually been manipulated by BSA, but the political axe has been very slow to respond to this matter, and has been kept in the dark like Fan Wuxi, without thinking that BSA has always had the problem of overvaluing China's piracy losses.

Jiang Tong saw that Fan Wuxian was more concerned about this matter, so he went on to explain, "In fact, I have also researched that the BSA has maintained a piracy rate of more than 90% for China for two consecutive years, which is impossible. Here, the BSA data is not correct, but rather a change of concept. According to BSA statistics, the market size of China's software industry should reach 2 trillion yuan this year. Can a software industry account for 25 percent of a country's GDP? This is clearly problematic and is a matter of the position of the BSA itself. I once conducted a survey on China's software piracy rate, and the piracy rate in China is not so high, and the piracy rate of the entire software industry last year was about 20 percent, resulting in a loss of about 50 billion yuan. ”

Fan Wuxian nodded, and calculated in his heart for a while, in this way, Microsoft's annual loss in China on the issue of pirated software will definitely not exceed one billion yuan, and this algorithm is based on the assumption that these pirated users will buy Microsoft's operating system.

In fact, if Microsoft really cracked down on piracy from the beginning, instead of allowing piracy systems to flood the market, there would be many free systems that would be applicable to everyone, and it would be impossible for them to suppress other systems through this means to the point that there is no room for survival and can not be fully developed.

In this case, Microsoft's INDOS series of operating systems will definitely not have the current market share.

It can be said that Microsoft used extremely despicable means to attack its opponents and create its own dominance. In this process, there are naturally many accomplices in the service of it, such as BSA, which is completely a lackey raised by Microsoft.

"For now, if all domestic pirate users were to use Microsoft's genuine system, Microsoft would not be able to earn more than 10 billion yuan, instead of the 200 billion yuan they advertise." Jiang Tong said.

Fan Wuxian nodded and said, "Well, I understand, in fact, BSA has been misleading the domestic political decision-makers, making them think that Microsoft has really lost a lot of money in the mainland, and the specific reason behind this is that Microsoft, as a tool to suppress China's intellectual property rights in China and the United States, hopes that its bargaining power will be more important, in exchange for some of its own interests will not be infringed." ”

After listening to this, Jiang Tong thought for a little and then suddenly said, "President Fan's idea is going further, so it seems that Microsoft's anti-piracy action is not simply to increase its market share and sales performance in Chinese mainland, but to reduce the punishment of Microsoft's monopoly position by the US political axe, and make a conditional exchange." ”

Recently, the accusation of Microsoft's monopoly position in the United States has been established, and if according to the court's opinion, Microsoft is likely to be divided into four or six to ensure that they will no longer pose a monopoly threat to the market, so that other software manufacturers can get a fair chance to develop.

But Bill Gates is not a vegetarian either, and as soon as his brain turned, he immediately thought of the intellectual property negotiations between China and the United States, by compromising with the political axe, his company will act as a general's chess in the Sino-US negotiations, in exchange for the political axe not to split Microsoft, and let him continue to maintain a monopoly position in the market.

Of course, this negotiation may be only known at the highest level, but it is still possible to find clues from his actions in a series of market operations, as well as the analysis of the overall international situation and the situation of the software industry.

Fan Wuxian figured this out, suddenly smiled, and said in his heart This time, he has a way to resolve the dissatisfaction of the high-level for his interference in the incident of Vice Mayor Chen of Shanghai, but he didn't expect that the nephew recommended by Jiang Luo could actually make his thinking clear and figure out such a thing.

"Very good, I'm optimistic about you!" Fan Wuxian smiled and said to Jiang Tong, "Well, our company's affairs, nothing else, you just do it well, although now it is to give you a nominal high-level, but if you do a good job, it is also very promising to become a real high-level." All in all, it's all up to you. ”

Jiang Tong expressed his gratitude to Fan Wuxian for his appreciation, and then asked, "Are there any taboos in the company?" ”

"Taboo?" Fan Wuxian thought about it for a while, and didn't feel that his company had any taboos, but he just looked at Jiang Tong's appearance and felt like a little white face, which would inevitably arouse the interest of some female employees, so he replied seriously, "There is nothing else, just remember a little, rabbits don't eat grass next to the nest." ”

Jiang Tong listened to Fan Wuxi's words, but there was no great surprise, after all, office romance is taboo in many large companies, and such a thing requires to appear in a large company like PCFANS Club, but there is nothing to be picky about, after all, he was directly promoted to the top of the company this time, although now it is only nominal.

Jiang Tong thinks that as long as the rewards and punishments in the company are clear, and if you can achieve fairness and fairness, with your own ability and strength, if you want to be a real high-level, there is still a great opportunity.

Of course, there is an exception, that is, it seems that Mr. Fan likes to provide for some young and beautiful girls in the company, and he often promotes them exceptionally, but he doesn't think there is anything wrong with this.

After all, if you don't let a little girl sway in front of you, do you want to put some old men who are all in shape in the house? That's not the way to be a boss.

However, after thinking of this, Jiang Tong also reminded himself that he should not get carried away, listen to others' persuasion, and eat a full meal, since Fan Wuxian warned himself not to eat the grass on the edge of the nest, then he would follow his words. Otherwise, once you cut Mr. Fan's boots one day, it will be unlucky, even if Jiang Luo comes, he can't find any reason to defend himself.

(To be continued)