"Powell, how did you get the time to get here?"

On the 17th floor of the 3 Park Avenue Building in New York, Metcalfe, who was waiting for the arrival of working hours, saw Powell, who was walking this way not far away, and he asked with some surprise.

If anyone can make him feel a little threatened in the Internet field now, it is definitely not his old employer, nor the behemoth Intel, but the Powell in front of him, who he didn't pay attention to before.

"Metcalfe, you can come to Mr. Gate's office, why can't I come, this is not your house!"

In the face of the aggressive Metcalfe, Powell did not show weakness, this classmate who had pressed him countless times, he did not believe that the other party could make him disgraced again this time.

"Aren't you here for your so-called OSI network model, as far as I know, you have been in contact with Mr. Gate half a month ago, and want to hand over your model to IEEE for free.

But you've been rejected, and I think it's better for you to go back to your lab and continue to research and improve than to have time to pester Mr. Gate, and wait until the technology is mature to come up with it, but I think by that time your stuff should have been eliminated long ago, haha! ”

Metcalfe is completely fearless, not to say that the other party is only a reference model, only some approximate technical parameters, even if he has all the detailed parameters, he is not afraid, because he knows that in the application of goods, the emphasis is on practicality.

Their detailed technical model. Even if it is announced, other manufacturers will not follow the implementation, because the model itself is too detailed, with the current technical level, even if it is developed, it will only be a useless goods, and the price must be quite expensive, there will be no market at all.

"I admit that the Internet White Paper that you published with DEC, Intel, and Xerox is very good, and that you have already applied it in some real projects, but that doesn't mean that your technical level is ahead of us. I believe Mr. Gate is wise. He will make the right choice! ”

Powell has full confidence in their OSI Internet reference model, and he also believes that IEEE, an unofficial, non-profit international organization that only promotes the better development of human technology, will ultimately make the wisest choice, because as long as their network model is adopted and promoted. Then the current chaotic situation in which Internet companies around the world are fighting in silos and fighting each other in alliance will be ended. Since then, it has been on the fast track to development.

"Mr. Gate, of course, is wise. I also believe that he will make the right choice, so let's wait and see! ”

At this time, Metcalfe sneered in his heart, Powell's guy was too naïve. What he represents is the entire DIX Group, they want technology and technology, money and money, and relationships, and what can they do with a small Noeller company.

Even if it relies on the help of the upstart in the tech world, Feiyue Technology, this company is only slightly better at computer operating systems, but in other aspects, no matter whether they are against any of DEC, Intel, Xerox, they have no chance of winning at all.

"Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Powell, is there anything I can do for you?"

Gatt was very punctual, and when the second hand turned halfway to work, he stepped on the crisp footsteps and arrived at the door of his office, and Metcalfe and Powell, who were sitting on the side resting and arguing, naturally did not ignore his sight.

Originally, although the two of them had appointments, the interval was still half an hour, but I didn't expect Powell to arrive half an hour in advance so early, since the two had the same purpose, he planned to receive them together, anyway, the result was already doomed.

"Mr. Gate, I believe that Mr. Powell and I are here for the same purpose, to do the results of your IEEE Internet adoption standards......"

As early as the last DIP Internet conference to release the "Ethernet Protocol Revised Version", when Gate, as the president of the IEEE, was invited to participate, he had made it clear that they IEEE will adopt an Internet networking technology as a new technical standard in December.

"That's right, our company is very concerned about what kind of Internet technology your IEEE will adopt as a new technical standard next year, and if I can, I hope to get an answer from Mr. Gate."

As long as the other side adopts the OSI Internet reference model proposed by their company as the technical standard for next year, then Powell can be sure that in the next three to five years, even if they become behemoths like Intel and Xerox, there should be no problem in overshadowing the powerful DEC.

"No problem, we have a clear conclusion on this issue, and I will have the report sent to my office in a moment!"

Glancing at Powell, Gate's tone was kind.

"Thank you, Mr. Gate!"

Powell also noticed Mr. Gate's gaze on him, thinking that the other party was congratulating him in advance, and he excitedly thanked Gate.

Seeing Powell's expression, Gated knew that Powell would be wrong, but the outcome of the matter was to be revealed later, and he didn't mean to explain it immediately.

And Metcalfe's face suddenly became a little more nervous when he saw such a situation, although their skills were very strong and they had made a lot of preparations in advance, but before the final result came out, even if they were 9 into 9 sure, they could not be said to have won steadily.

"Mr. Gate, this is the document you want......"

Not long after Get's phone call, a young and talented staff member walked into Get's office with a bag of papers and handed it to him.

"Cyril, thank you for your help!"

Taking the bag, Git thanked him, and then it was not until he watched the other party leave that he slowly opened the bag and took out a thick document that was about half a hundred pages.

"Two gentlemen, after the discussion and study of our IEEE802 working group, the technical models of the two of you have very obvious advantages over the MCA of Datageneral, Hyperchannel of Network Systems, ARCnet of DataPoint and Omninet of Corvus, SNA of IBM and DNA of DEC.

We all know that although the above Internet models have created their contributions to the development of the Internet, it is obvious that with the continuous development of the times, due to the mutual incompatibility between these networks, the network system that should have become a whole has become scattered, resulting in a large waste of Internet resources, which is the starting point for our IEEE802 working group to adopt new technical standards. In order to overcome the difficulties and inefficiency of interconnection caused by many existing Internet technology models.

In this regard, after our discussion, whether it is the OSI Internet Reference Model proposed by Mr. Powell's Feiyue Technology Company, or the Ethernet Protocol, which is proposed by the DIX Group represented by Metcalfe, these can be very good solutions to the above problems in front of us, and the technical models of both of you have their own advantages.

So I would like to make a proposal to both of you not only on behalf of our IEEE, but also on behalf of me personally, hoping that you Feiyue Technology Company and DIX Group can cooperate extensively with each other in this regard, and everyone will work together to promote the progress of Internet technology. ”

Although after discussion, the members of the 802 working group believed that Feiyue Technology's OSI Internet reference model was more promising, but with the impetus of him and some of the leaders, they finally reversed this result by presenting a large number of practical cases.

But as the chairman of the IEEE, he is still a little reluctant to release the information in his hand, because this information itself is somewhat contrary to the fairness of their IEEE organization, although this is a choice he has to make, but if this relatively unfair result can be avoided, so that the companies and groups represented by these two people can unite, whether it is for them IEEE, or the development of Internet technology in the whole world, or the interest groups they represent behind them, It's all a win-win situation.

"This is impossible, Mr. Gate, we have great confidence in the technical strength of our company, and we are more than capable of doing this complex task on our own!"

Without waiting for Metcalfe to exit, Powell took the lead in choosing to reject Gates's proposal, jokes, they are doing this work, their new boss is telling him to talk about anything, that is, there is no talk about cooperation with others, and the attitude of Yao Fei is very clear about technical standards, and their boss also said that if there is any problem, even if he is looking for him, no matter what aspect it is, especially technically, he will unconditionally give full support.

Originally, this Internet technology model was made by Yao Fei, they just did the meticulous work, and now the boss asked for it, of course, he resolutely implemented it.

"Mr. Gate, we at DIX Group are the same, and we are equally confident in the strength of our Group, which allows us to independently promote the development of Internet technology without the need to cooperate with anyone else or any company......" (To be continued......