082 Ballmer's response
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Obviously, this was another embarrassing question, and everyone at the scene was silent. Even Wilson, an expert in artificial intelligence who has just spoken eloquently, is not talking.
In the bright conference room, the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
"Then Mr. Terry Myerson, why don't you answer my question!" In the end, Ballmer chose to name him directly, and his tone was even more angry, and he even directly called this the full name of the head of the Indos division.
Terry Myerson was also depressed.
The result of going to China to negotiate with Wang Zhengyu was enough to make him unhappy. After the results returned, the research on the Dragon Shield system also reached an impasse. If Ballmer's feeling when he watched the video just now was anger, then Myerson's feeling was aggrieved.
As a technologist with a lot of ego, what could be more uncomfortable than feeling technologically inferior to a competitor? According to his mood at this time, he naturally didn't want to talk, but now that he was named by the president, he couldn't pretend to be an ostrich.
After pondering for a moment, Terry Myerson spoke: "Mr. Ballmer, the research on the Dragon Shield system has made some achievements, but the results may not be satisfactory......
"Okay, I'm not going to listen to you report on the research process, I just need to listen to you tell you about the results! Do you understand the results? Ballmer interrupted again.
"We have an initial solution, but we have to upgrade the system to make it happen!" Depressed, Myerson simply let go and spoke directly.
"Have to upgrade your operating system? Can't be solved in the form of a patch? Ballmer dissatisfied.
Although he was dissatisfied, his tone was much more relaxed.
No way, this is already the best news he has heard today, at least the technical department already has a plan to deal with the Dragon Shield system, although it is very troublesome. After all, the in8 system has only been launched for a little more than two years, and the user's reverse is not good, so the launch of a new system at this time is unpredictable. But it's better than not being able to think about it.
"Actually, we are working on a patch package on the new system, but this patch package is a bit large and not suitable for online upgrades!" Terry Myerson snapped.
"Oh? How big is it? Ballmer asked.
Terry Myerson hesitated for a moment and replied, ". ”
“?” Again, Ballmer didn't feel calm.
This means that in order to ensure that the indos system can bypass the protection measures of the Dragon Shield system, and grasp some basic information of the user, such as whether to use the genuine version, etc., the price paid is to add a patch package of one-third the size of the original system to the original system.
This is ridiculous.
It's no wonder that these people don't recommend patching this problem directly......
But is it possible to add such a patch pack to the new system?
Although Ballmer is not a president with a technical background, he also feels that it is unreliable.
A new system that has not yet been on the market inexplicably has to add a huge cumbersome first, regardless of whether this patch is good or not, but this volume is indeed amazing enough, the new operating system that has been researched and perfected for a long time, adding such a huge patch package, will definitely affect its own system performance, which is simply beyond doubt.
"This is the solution you've been working on for so long??" Ballmer really felt angry, and the mood that had just eased a little became excited again, "So, is it possible that if the Dragon Shield system is upgraded for our patch pack, you are making a bigger patch to deal with it?" I believe that in the near future, our INDOS may not be the best system in the world, but it will definitely become the largest system in the world! ”・
Ballmer's remarks left a group of engineers speechless and embarrassed. Speaking of which, it's true that they weren't good enough, but then again,.
Seeing everyone's demoralized look, Ballmer also felt that today's words seemed to be a little too much. But whatever, the future of the Indos system is still in the hands of these technical people. So Ballmer suppressed his anger, softened his tone and said, "Okay, maybe we should change our thinking." Myerson, you negotiated with that Chinese man, do you think it is possible for us to cooperate? Or we can invite his company to work together on our next-generation operating system. ”
Ballmer said these words in the calmest tone possible, but it was no less than a thunderclap in the ears of everyone present. Collaborate on a next-generation operating system? Share the INDOS source code with other companies? Or is it a Chinese company, are you kidding? This is more than 30 years of Microsoft technology accumulation! This is definitely not something that Ballmer can decide alone!
After the shock, I was even more ashamed.
Most of you here are old Microsoft people. is a senior system engineer at Microsoft, so many people have made it difficult for a Huaxia self-developed operating system, and even let the current president say such a thing, which is really no different from being slapped twice.
And Terry Myerson, who was asked, was even more afraid.
He is currently the head of the INDOS business unit, and he is already primarily responsible. Ballmer is not holding him accountable, but it is a question that is difficult for him to answer.
So he thought about it for a long time before he said carefully: "I don't think it's possible to cooperate." There are two reasons for this, first of all, from a technical point of view, we have carefully studied the Dragon Shield system, and it is certain that the opening environment of this system is completely different from that of INDOS. It is an operating system based on a completely new programming language. It's not assembly, it's not C, it's not any programming language that we know, and after disassembling some of the modules, we're pretty much certain that the system is based entirely on a square-word programming language, which is one of the things that slows us down. ”
Terry Myerson glanced up at Ballmer, who seemed expressionless, before continuing: "Secondly, I've dealt with the legend that the founder of this system is the owner, and I think he seems to have a preconception about Microsoft. I don't think I'm interested in cooperating with a new generation of operating systems! ”
After listening to Terry Myerson's words, Ballmer didn't speak immediately.
At this point, Ballmer was really tired.
According to his original plan, in three months, he can say goodbye to the position of president of Microsoft and take a back seat. But now, when he was about to retire, such a Huaxia company appeared without warning, disrupting all his plans.
No, maybe it wasn't without warning, but I was patronizing the joke of watching Apple at the time, and now I guess the crooked guy is thinking about watching our joke, right?
Ballmer had clearly not taken what he had just said seriously. It's just nonsense that people subconsciously want to evade responsibility after feeling tired. The source code of indos is absolutely impossible to share with others, not to mention that it is still a Chinese company! At least not in his hands.
After a moment of weakness, Ballmer immediately perked up. began to take out his usual ability and began to give orders.
"Well, in that case, the heavy responsibility is still on your shoulders. I hope you will try your best to find a feasible way to bypass this Dragon Shield system. In addition, I would like to ask the board of directors to carry out all-round cooperation with Google in the field of artificial intelligence, please be prepared! Well, that's all for today! With that, Ballmer got up from his seat and walked towards the door of the conference room.
"In addition, I would like to conclude by saying, gentlemen, please take our Huaxia counterparts seriously, it is clear that the technology they have mastered is not lagging behind our thirty years of accumulation, or even surpassing!" After Ballmer said this, the person had already walked to the door of the conference room, and then he finally glanced back at the programmers in the conference room, sighed, and walked out of the conference room.
Ballmer didn't stop at the Systems Research Institute and went straight back to his office. Sitting in his chair, Ballmer's hand was placed on the pager of the call secretary several times, and finally he put it back, and after a long hesitation, he took out his personal mobile phone and dialed it.
"Hey, my old friend, Eric, it's been a long time since I saw you!"
"Oh, that's not right for you to say that, can't friends call once in a while to say hello?"
"Well, now that your tech director has already reported to you, what do you think? Do you want to wait for Qiandu to encroach on Google's territory? ”
"Trust me, don't put your hopes on that. Although our engineers had the same suspicions, I rejected them. Think about the mobile phone software that bothers Apple, and think about the Dragon Shield system that bothers us. I'd rather believe it, otherwise when Qiandu really stretches out his tentacles from Huaxia, it will be too late to react! ”
"Yes, we all understand the value of technology! Don't you think the time has come when we must have a comprehensive and unreserved cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence in the future? ”
"No, no, no! Cooperation is based on fairness and reciprocity! Please believe that Microsoft will show the greatest sincerity to facilitate this cooperation, and you should also look to the future, otherwise it will be too late to regret it! ”
"Of course! Well, I'll be meeting with the board of directors in the near future to discuss the details, and I'm waiting for your good news! ”
Putting down the phone, Ballmer took a deep breath, and then rang the pager on the desk: "Lisa, help me pick up Mr. Felton, President of Microsoft Greater China!" ”
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