$500 million.

Jim shuddered and picked up the check on the table.

This is the largest amount of money he has ever touched in recent years.

As long as he agrees to Bill's request, then the $500 million is his.

At this moment, Jim took a deep breath.

He knew it was Bill tempting him.

In his heart, he also warned himself that he must hold on and not be tempted.

Eventually, however, Jim trembled and put the check in his arms.

Perhaps, Bill is right. Netscape is a thing of the past, even if they win the lawsuit, what can they do?

……

Reality is often more exaggerated than the movies, and many people already feel that splitting Microsoft in two is like a blockbuster movie.

However, after the blockbuster ended, people didn't expect that he would have a sequel.

Microsoft, which was split in two by the federal court, chose to appeal, which was nothing special about it.

However, after Judge Wilson transferred the case and Netscape suddenly released the water, Microsoft won the final victory.

Yes, the judgment of the highest federal judge in the United States did not establish the Microsoft monopoly case.

At the same time, the Supreme Court also reversed the previous judgment that split Microsoft in two.

Once again, there was an uproar around the world.

People can't believe such results.

Before he vowed to split Microsoft in two, but now, Microsoft has not lost any privacy.

The contrast between the front and back is staggering.

It's just that, unlike most people's strangeness and surprise, Zhang Ning, who has always stood calmly on the side, is very strict.

He didn't expect that when the government didn't help Microsoft, Microsoft would be able to turn defeat into victory.

"Damn Netscape, they must have taken the benefits of Microsoft."

Don't think about it, anyone can see the problem with Netscape's non-cooperation during the appeal period.

It's just that it's Netscape that sues Microsoft.

If it weren't for the huge impact of this case, Netscape could directly withdraw the case.

However, now it is the same whether it is withdrawn or not, and Microsoft has reappeared in front of the world unscathed.

Although such a verdict has greatly dissatisfied the major autonomous states in the United States, Zhang Ning also believes that Microsoft must have a way to deal with these states.

In the end, the most troublesome, I'm afraid, is to count yourself.

What Bill said last time, Zhang Ning did not forget it.

To be Bill's enemy, to be Microsoft's enemy, it's an absolute nightmare for all businessmen.

Sure enough.

After Microsoft won the antitrust lawsuit, Microsoft's first move was MSN in China.

Previously, Microsoft had been worried that it was deeply affected by the monopoly case, and even if it later made the idea of monopoly, they had to stop because they lost the lawsuit. However, at this moment, Microsoft, which has no worries at all, has thoroughly demonstrated what it means to be the king of software.

Just a command, all windows Chinese version of the operating system, the whole line is bound to msn.

Although this binding, it did not immediately improve the users of MSN.

However, Zhang Ning knows that as soon as MSN bindings come out, MSN will fully open a station with QQ.

Moreover, from the perspective of later generations, it is precisely because of this binding that QQ and MSN have fought a war for nearly 10 years.

In the end, it was only after 2010 that the winners and losers were divided.

However, even so, after 2010, MSN still has a certain market.

A strong sense of crisis flashed in front of Zhang Ning's eyes.

He's up against a Big Mac, he's up against an opponent who's 100 times stronger than himself.

Whether it's money, or resources.

At this moment, Zhang Ning was almost overwhelmed.

In particular, when the Microsoft army is overwhelmed, and with their public opinion offensive, it is almost like a crushing war.

As the media says.

There is no place in the world that Microsoft can't get into.

Moreover, the media has given countless examples.

In 1994, Microsoft felt that it should have its own browser on its operating system, and IE came out.

In 1998, Microsoft felt that people who used their own operating system had to use their own data libraries, and SQL came into being.

In 2000, Microsoft felt that even the language used to write web pages had to be monopolized by itself. Technology emerged.

And, under the influence of Microsoft's WinWos system, he did it.

Today, Microsoft feels that not only the operating system, but even all the software that runs on the operating system, can be developed by Microsoft.

And so, MSN came into being.

Thus, mediaplay came into play.

Even the typing software Smart ABC is a Microsoft product.

Perhaps, you think, this is all that Microsoft has. But in fact, it's just part of Microsoft.

Microsoft has entered almost every software industry except the PC hardware industry.

Firewalls, anti-virus software...... There is also Microsoft.

If Tencent in later generations is a big monster, it is an Internet company that does everything.

But compared to the business involved in Microsoft, Tencent is still just a newbie.

However, Zhang Ning will not wait for death on the spot.

He also doesn't want to learn from Ma Huateng in later generations and fight with MSN for a long time.

If you want to extinguish, you should extinguish it as soon as possible, otherwise, any wind and grass in the future may have an impact on the current QQ.

Just like the 3Q war in later generations, as soon as such a war broke out, MSN immediately seized the opportunity.

"Fight."

A word, coming out of his mouth, Zhang Ning immediately quickly wrote a small piece of software.

This little software is also instant messaging, however, its version is not the same as the QQ version.

This version is specially designed by Zhang Ning for game users.

Yes, the game users that Pony Ma found when he launched the MSN group chat feature inspired Zhang Ning.

In this world, the number of instant messengers is not the largest, and the number of gamers is even larger than the number of instant messengers.

This is also the reason why the Legend of Jingu Qunxia broke through 1 million online at the same time early, but QQ did not.

If these gamers are turned into instant messaging users, there is no doubt that the number of instant messaging users will skyrocket again.

Originally, it was a bit difficult to turn gamers into instant messaging players.

Because among the players who are starting to get into the game, they have not known QQ before. Even if there are advertisements every day, they ignore them.

However, Zhang Ning still thought of a way.

He is going to write a version of QQ in the game, and he will embed this QQ into the game.

That is, the friends, chat, social and other functions in the game are replaced by QQ in this game version.

This is a very innovative idea.

However, it is also a very dangerous idea.

Undoubtedly, it is a very quick road to expand the instant messaging users with the guò game.

In addition, the current penguin has more than one million simultaneous online users and nearly 9 million active users.

However, there is an even more dangerous signal, in the domestic game market, there is not only the Legend of Jin Gu Qunxia.

Legend, Journey to the West, Sword Network Love, Red Moon Continent, City of Heroes, Battle of Tanks...... They took away a lot of users.

Zhang Ning, who knew this well, had turbulent waves in his heart.

However, he still took this step firmly, and he decided to convince all Chinese game companies.