Netscape's spacious press conference hall was already crowded with reporters armed with long guns and short guns. Mark. Anderson, dressed in a fitted and delicate suit, strode onto the podium. After a click flash, he said with a smile on his face.

"Good morning friends from the media, thank you for coming. Today, Netscape is launching a revolutionary software product, the much-anticipated Netscape Communications. ”

Mark. Anderson pointed behind him, and the projector on the roof immediately shot out a beam of light and projected it onto the screen. A software interface emerged, and he introduced it slowly.

"Netscape Communication is an instant messaging software developed by Netscape, as long as the two parties are connected to the network, no matter how far apart they are, they can exchange information and transfer files in real time. It uses a peer-to-peer transfer method to see if a contact is online at any time. Provide a group function, which can communicate with multiple people at the same time. Users can import their own mail contacts from Netscape mailboxes after authorization. At the same time, you can use other people's IDs to add new friends through the search function. Although this release is a bate version, it is already very complete in terms of functionality. In future releases, we will continue to add audio and even video transmission functions......"

The picture on the screen follows Mark. Anderson's speech was constantly changing, sometimes with explanatory text and diagrams, sometimes with screenshots of software products, or concept pictures of subsequent versions. It wasn't until half an hour later that he finished his introduction to Netscape communication software.

Then, according to the host's arrangement, the press conference immediately entered the question session. For a while, there was a forest of hands raised under the podium. Mark. Anderson glanced at a random reporter.

The reporter who was called stood up. Holding a pen and paper, he asked neatly, "Hello Mr. Anderson, I am a reporter for Silicon Valley Computer Weekly." There are rumors that Netscape Communication is a plagiarism of Six Ears IM. What do you think about this? ”

Mark. Anderson secretly raised his eyebrows, and said with a relaxed smile: "Netscape Communication has set up a development project team six months ago, and at that time, the six-ear IM has not yet been released, how can we plagiarize?" It is said that the six-eared IM was designed and developed by a group of programmers from Chinese mainland, and it makes no sense that we Americans should copy the technology of the Chinese, right? What's more, many implementations are common to computers, for example, if you want to use a computer, you must have a boot button, you need to have its URL to access a website, and you need an audio output device to listen to a piece of music......"

He thought about it. He added: "Some designs are necessary for the realization of software functions. These things have commonalities, I'm afraid they can't be classified as plagiarism. ”

The reporter of Silicon Valley Computer Weekly was stunned, and hurriedly asked: "So, Mr. Anderson admits that Netscape Communication and Six Ears IM have similarities?" ”

Mark. Anderson frowned slightly, and immediately denied it with a strong attitude: "Netscape Communication is a completely independent product, and it has not been affected by any software on the market. ”

The host hurriedly came up to play a round and stopped the reporter's question: "Okay, that's all for this reporter's question." I now invite others to continue their questions. ”

Mark. Anderson pointed to another reporter, who stood up and asked, "Hello Mr. Anderson, I'm a reporter for Internet Times." In the face of the first-mover advantage of the six-eared IM, does Netscape have the confidence to surpass them? ”

Mark. Anderson smiled and nodded. "Our Netscape communication has a lot of better designs than the six-ear IM, and I believe that users will make the right choice." ”

"Mr. Anderson, I'm a reporter for the Online Bulletin. In what ways does Netscape Communication have more advantages than Six-Ear IM? ”

"I guess it's something obvious!" Mark. The corners of Anderson's mouth turned up slightly. Smiled: "I only want to say one thing, I can prove that Netscape Communication is a better software than Six-Ear IM." All of our development engineers are Americans, and they have graduated from the best universities in the United States. Always chase and create the most cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements. We are not primitives who came out of a small ravine, but the operation of the Internet industry in the United States. ”

He looked around and said proudly: "We certainly understand the needs of Americans better than the Chinese." ”

……

Seattle, in a conference room at Six Ears Software. In front of the long conference table, it was already crowded with programmers from the technical department. A large-screen TV hanging from the roof of the conference room was broadcasting Netscape's press conference. When Mark. When Anderson suggested that there was no need for Americans to copy Chinese techniques, the entire conference room boiled.

In the corner of the conference table, a programmer holding his laptop suddenly shouted, "The website provides a download of Netscape Newsletter!" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shuo stood up, ran over in two steps and one step, and said as he ran: "Yu Qiong, Shao Shiming, everyone came over to take a look at Netscape's products." ”

Behind Zhou Shuo, the programmers of the technical department of the entire Six Ears Software Company surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside.

"Good guy, it's 10M!" The programmer who operated the computer said in amazement.

Shao Shiming stood beside Zhou Shuo, looked at it and said, "They must not have time to do code optimization, and 10M is a big burden on the computer." ”

He patted the programmer in front of the computer and said anxiously, "Hurry up and get it up and running." Mark. Anderson can really blow it, what was developed six months ago, did he have the concept of instant messaging in his head six months ago? ”

The programmer skillfully opens the program installation package, selects the installation path, and installs the Netscape communication program. After a slow load, the program finally got up and running. Although Intel has released the Pentium series of CPUs, the configuration of the computer is still not comparable to the cheapest mobile phones in the future. At this time, most computer memory is only about 8M. At most, a hard disk of more than 300M is the mainstream configuration. A program with a size of 10M is equivalent to 10 G's in later generations. Imagine if the penguin was made to be 10G in size......

"This ......" Zhou Shuo frowned and looked at the interface of Netscape Communication, unable to speak.

He didn't speak, but the programmers of the technical department behind him exploded. For Zhou Shuo, the six-ear IM is just a product, a tool to realize the company's strategy. But for them, the six-eared IM is a code typed out by hand, the crystallization of countless days and nights of hard work. In my heart, I think of it as everyone's biological child.

"This is blatant plagiarism!"

"It's shameless, I designed the icon that indicates the user's status. I didn't even change it, and just used it? ”

"The way to hide the pop-up around the screen is programmed by me, and it doesn't even change the pop-up speed, it's shameless!"

Shao Shiming's face was pressed against the screen, he observed it carefully for a while, pointed to the interface of the software and said angrily: "The button design used here is a patented design element of the six-eared IM. There is also this kind of surface effect, the way the avatar is light and dark, not to mention the way this online list is expressed, all of which is our design. No wonder Mark. Anderson didn't dare to directly deny plagiarism just now, this is not looking for where to plagiarize at all, but looking for where there is no plagiarism! ”

A programmer behind Zhou Shuo hammered his palm fiercely, and said helplessly: "Netscape is clearly shameless, what should we do?" ”

"What to do? Let's sue him, this is our patented design, why let them use it? Another programmer shouted indignantly.

However, someone next to him immediately sighed and said: "People are American companies, we are not familiar with each other, can we win the lawsuit?" ”

Other programmers retorted: "Isn't the United States a democratic and free country, can't it do things according to the law?" ”

The programmer who first asked the question sneered: "Don't be funny, even if you act according to the law, there can be 10,000 ways to interpret a law." Why should people explain in our favor and not in the direction of American companies? ”

Zhou Shuo hurriedly raised his hand, pressed it down, and said, "Don't worry, everyone, let's communicate with Netscape through legal channels first." But I don't think it's going to be very useful, and it's all about the converters and editors we're working on. If they don't hurt Netscape, they won't sit down honestly and negotiate. ”

Shao Shiming straightened up, nodded and said, "That's right, you have to be hard to strike iron." The technical department left two people to sort out the infringement of this Netscape communication, and the rest of the people hurriedly continued to finish the last bit of the editor's test content. We want to use the best software to teach Netscape a lesson! ”

Encouraged by Shao Shiming, the programmers showed their arms and sleeves and shouted indignantly.

"That's right, didn't the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea hurt the Americans in exchange for peace? If you want to be respected by the Americans, you have to let them know how to do it! ”

"Good! If you don't sleep or rest, we also have to teach Netscape a lesson! ”

"That's right, let Netscape know that we Chinese are not easy to mess with!"

With Shao Shiming's order, everyone ran back to their jobs. In the conference room, only Zhou Shuo and Yu Qiong were left for a while.

Zhou Shuo turned his head, looked at Yu Qiong and said, "Let the company's legal counsel send a lawyer's letter to Netscape, and communicate with them first anyway." ”

Yu Qiong nodded, and asked again and again, "Principal Zhou thinks that Netscape is likely to reconcile?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Shuo nodded, sighed and said, "But before it hurts, Mark. Anderson's asking price will be high. (To be continued......)