There are only individuals who betray the class, there is no class that betrays interests.

When the federal government conducted an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's operating system, in fact, both the federal government and Microsoft felt aggrieved.

Because Microsoft doesn't want to be forcibly split by the Federation, and the Federation doesn't want to split Microsoft.

Why?

That's not because Microsoft exists, it's in the interests of the Federation!

As a capitalist country, the federation does represent the interests of the bourgeoisie, but they will not be subservient to the big bourgeoisie, who control the vast number of means of production, because in addition to a few individuals, there are also the vast masses of petty and petty bourgeoisie in the whole country, as well as countless ordinary people, and when these people can provide votes, they will defend their own interests.

Therefore, coordinating the interests of all parties and playing with the way of balance is the key to some people's butts sitting firmly.

In less than 100 years, the total industrial output value of the Union soared from 6 percent of the world's total, surpassing France, Germany, and Britain, and soaring to the world's first.

However, at the same time as the rapid economic growth, monopoly also followed, and during the reign of the 18th Grand President, the monopoly consortium made other large, medium, and small bourgeoisie miserable, and the common people became victims of high premiums.

The most typical is the Rockefeller consortium, with Standard Oil having a monopoly on 25 percent of the federal crude oil production.

If that's all, then forget it, and the most important thing is that 90 percent of the Federation's oil transportation capacity and 95 percent of the oil refining capacity are also within their control, so absolute pricing power has become their toy.

Then, the Antitrust Act was born, and the Seven Petroleum Sisters were born.

This move was a representative of the advanced at the time, or even now, it is a classic case of the free market, because Standard Oil monopolized the entire market, making the whole industry dead and making the people feel unfair, but after the split, effective competition can inject vitality into the economy.

In this way, the federation, which has tasted the sweetness, has stepped up its efforts to attack various monopoly consortia.

In four or five years, Alcoa was forcibly split up because of its monopoly on the aluminum market.

In '84, the telephone and telegraph were forcibly dismembered because of their monopoly on the telecommunications industry.

When the Federation stabbed the big capital to death with a knife, the high-speed economy made them smile!

Because it is in their interest to lead the Commonwealth to continue to grow!

Since stabbing the monopoly to death can make the federation develop better, it shows that the antitrust is correct!

But just when the Federation wants to continue to play this trick to stimulate the faster development of its own economy......

A series of major events that are enough to change the pattern have appeared.

The hairy bear has disintegrated! The global economy is integrated!

The internet is here! The virtual economy was born!

In the past, when the federation was fighting with the woolly bear, the world economy was still the real economy, whether it was oil or aluminum, those were things that could be seen and felt, and the technical content of producing these things was very low, even if those monopoly giants were dismantled, those new companies could still earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country.

But that changed when capital flows were liberalized, the One Europe Act came into force, the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) was born, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was established, and the construction of the ASEAN Free Trade Area began.

Because both big and small capitalists have seen infinite possibilities from the vast global market!

As a global hegemon, they have a huge amount of money and leading technology, in this case, knock on the door of those backward countries, it is not too simple, the point is that many backward countries think that advanced technology, or they eliminated the backward productive forces, so that the backward technology first earns a wave of foreign exchange, and then to the backward countries to emphasize upgrading, let them replace the equipment, so that the capital can make more money!

Not only that, but they are not afraid of being surpassed!

With this in mind, countless capitals in the Federation began to invest abroad.

But the problem is that as soon as they go abroad, they find that they can say a word to others that they haven't seen for a long time!

Because of competitors, it is their own people who are also special codes!

All the capitalists who are fighting to the death in the federation want to get a new piece of the cake!

So, the problem comes.

These capitalists compete at home, but they stimulate their own economy, but they compete abroad, who does that stimulate?

Eagle Sauce was confused.

But soon, the crazy investment of the rest of the world in the Federation woke up Eagle Sauce!

Without the monopoly oligarchy, they will be defeated and defeated!

The reason for the existence of the anti-monopoly bill is not to want a single monopoly in a certain market, because it is not conducive to the development of the country and the economy, but what if the single market changes from a single country to the whole world?

Only the company that completes the internal monopoly first will have the ability to suck the blood of the whole world!

So, many people say that after the disintegration of the hairy bear, Eagle Sauce was confused.

At the same time, these people believe that the reason why Ying-chan is confused is that she suddenly became the number one in the world and has no goal.

But in fact, this confusion does not mean that they have no enemies, but that they find that the world is full of enemies!

If the telephone and telegraph had not been split, then when the global economic integration was officially finalized after the disintegration of the woolly bear, the telephone and telegraph would have been able to frantically acquire the world's telecommunications companies!

As long as you master 50% of the global market, no! Forty percent! Even thirty percent!

At that point, there will only be one voice in the world!

Make America Great Again！

Oh no, they didn't have to shout this slogan anymore at that time.

But now?

European telecom giants are crazy to merge, and their own telecom giants are half dead!

So, on June 28, 1994, the federal Congress passed a bill that would allow local telephone companies and cable companies to enter each other's business scope, ostensibly to stimulate competition in telecommunications services, but after the bill was introduced, Viacom's telecommunications companies merged frantically to regain their leading position in the world, and not only that, but they also allowed Murdoch to move the company from Canada to the United States in order to maintain his dominance in the media industry.

Then, on November 30, 1999, Exxon and Mobil completed the merger, and on October 9, 2001, Chevron and Texaco announced their merger, followed by the acquisition of Gulf Oil.

On the surface, the re-merger of the Seven Petroleum Sisters is normal business competition, but the fundamental purpose of their merger is not to cope with the impact of companies from other countries under economic globalization?

If these companies can't even occupy the local market, as if they are scattered on the side and have no fighting power, then when other capital invades, won't the entire domestic market be owned by others?

And how could this kind of thing be what Eagle Chan wants to see?

So—

"The DOJ's antitrust investigation into Microsoft's operating system is actually a joke."

On the other end of the phone, Steve Jobs was expressing his opinion, "Unless the Department of Justice is occupied by spies from other countries, they can't tear down Microsoft, because once they tear down Microsoft, it means that they give other countries more time, time to develop operating systems, time to catch up with us." ”

"In the past, the anti-monopoly split was because of the unity of the market, in the single market, monopoly is not conducive to economic development, but in the situation of globalization, only monopoly can maintain its own market position, because the best way to destroy an industry in other countries is not a technical blockade, but a dumping in trade!"

"Dumping the products of the corresponding technology!"

"Occupy the markets of other countries by dumping, squeeze out their market profits, and in the case of unprofitable conditions, their companies will not carry out independent research and development, so that they can achieve disguised control of the single market!"

"And this kind of dumping, only monopolies can do, since Microsoft has been able to dump its own Windows system to the world, then the Department of Justice will not be crazy to hold on to this issue!"

"Because for them, continuing to build companies that can monopolize the global market in other industries is the most important thing to do at the moment, and staring at Microsoft is a waste of time!"

"What's more, Microsoft already accounts for more than 11 percent of the Nasdaq stock market."

"If you attack Microsoft, you will attack the economy."

While the three old men were discussing Microsoft's acquisition of Yahoo, Apple's godfather also called Roland.

When Roland learned that almost no one inside and outside the circle thought that Microsoft would be broken up by the Ministry of Justice, the word show came to mind, and when he learned that these guys also believed that industry monopoly was the only way out for the company in the future, emotion came to his heart.

Because he knew that the judgment of these guys was right, in the case of economic globalization, only by first achieving the monopoly of the industry in his own country could he expand outward and suck the blood of all countries in the world, so the Qualcomm tax appeared.

And when those small capitals who were overwhelmed by Qualcomm united to sue Qualcomm, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Defense took action at the same time to suppress the antitrust judgment of the federal court.

Why?

It's not because Qualcomm can suck the blood of the world!

This is in the interests of the Federation!

In this way, no matter how happy the small capital is, it can only wait for death.

Because even if they support them, they can't suck the blood of the world, and if they can't suck the blood of the world, it is equivalent to giving the market to others, and once they give the market to others, isn't it just waiting for the opponent to harvest their own industry?

Federal GG and small capital GG, the ghost knows how to choose!

The same is true of the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.

In '94, Airbus's orders surpassed Boeing's for the first time, reaching 48 percent of the global market share, while Boeing only had 46 percent, and in this case, in '96, Boeing demanded the merger of McDonnell Douglas, and the federal courts and the Department of Justice did not even dare to fart!

Why?

Don't you hope Boeing can swallow the global market?

In this case, there is still a lot of infighting!

Therefore, monopoly and anti-monopoly are never about upholding justice, but about safeguarding higher interests.

However, even if we know that under economic globalization, industry monopoly is the best embodiment of patriotic capitalists, it does not mean that Roland can accept Microsoft's behavior of cheating itself.

"So, you're calling at this time to tell me that Apple is ready to give up the education machine market?"

"Let Microsoft quickly end the antitrust investigation?"

"And let them swallow Yahoo without a hitch?"

After listening to Apple's godfather's paraphrase, Roland was a little ......

Well, he didn't know how to describe his feelings.

When I first invested in Yahoo, I just wanted to make a little money;

Later, I went to Microsoft, just to make myself better at cashing out;

then invested in Apple, just to give himself the confidence to wave;

Later, he reached a game development agreement with Microsoft, just hoping to tear down Sony;

Although his personal goals have been changing, Roland swears that he never thought that his push for Microsoft to swallow Yahoo would actually bring a blow to Apple, this unknown may be the butterfly effect after his intervention, or it may be the unknown blind spot in his memory, but no matter what the situation, such a change makes his head big, because ......

The problem currently in front of him is unsolvable.

No one has ever been afraid of Microsoft in this era.

And the behavior of those guys who turned their faces and didn't recognize people made him feel the cold-bloodedness of capital -

I need your property, and if you sell it, then we are friends, and we do business with kindness;

But even if I am a friend, I can't interfere with my own interests, and if infringing on my friend's interests can make me better swallow the industry that my friend sells, then I will do it desperately.

Because, I am capital.

Although Roland can understand Microsoft's behavior, because he himself is crazy about dismembering Sony, when this kind of thing of being bullied by monopoly giants happens to him, to be honest, he is still a little aggrieved.

And at the same time as he asked Steve Jobs what he thought, the answer given on the other end of the phone made him shake his head helplessly - "Apple doesn't want to give up the educational machine market, but Microsoft's settlement agreement doesn't require our consent." ”

Chi Guoguo's answer made Roland laugh, "Yes, we don't need to agree to this kind of thing. ”

Anti-monopoly investigations are basically decided directly by the Ministry of Commerce.

If they accept the settlement, they will acquiesce to Microsoft's continued incursion into the educational market.

In this case, any resistance will be futile, because the above will not listen to you.

In this way, passive acceptance is the only choice, and this result also made Roland very glad that he voted for Google.

After all, anti-Microsoft is still something that has to be done by professionals.

But when Roland was about to hang up the phone, wanting to experience Sony's despair when he learned that he had to cast for "Black Hawk Down", the thought suddenly flashed through him, and he smelled something abnormal, "Wait...... Since the operating system antitrust investigation is a matter between Microsoft and the Department of Commerce, how do you know what kind of settlement they are prepared to submit? ”

That's right, that's where Roland is most confused!

When there was no official news and Microsoft did not say that it was willing to settle with the Department of Justice, how did Steve Jobs learn about the terms of the settlement that Microsoft had figured out?

Aren't you two opposites?

Roland almost asked, 'Did you plant a spy in their company?' ’

After hearing Roland's question, the Apple godfather on the other end of the phone was also stunned.

After a while, he said directly: "William told me this directly." ”

This answer made Roland even more confused, "No...... Why did he tell you this? ”

"Isn't this a secret?"

Such a surprised performance made the other party react, "For others, the settlement agreement proposed by Microsoft is confidential, but for us, isn't this thing a mutually negotiated clause?" ”

"William told us that they were going to escape the antitrust investigation in the name of funding public schools, which was a hint that we could make a price soon! What price do they need to pay in exchange for our relenting! ”

What？

Roland was completely stunned!

Shouldn't this be a direct robbery? How can there be such a routine of reconciling first in private!

And when Roland was speechless for a long time, Steve Jobs, who thought that this kid might not understand, continued: "When I returned to Apple, William invested a sum of money in Apple through Microsoft. ”

"At that time, the agreement we reached was that Microsoft would inject money into the company, and Apple would give up the lawsuit against Microsoft for copyright infringement and the built-in Internet Explorer on every Macintosh in the future, and at the same time, in order to help us sell the phone, Microsoft also provided office support for the Macintosh, and made a technical department for our system."

"Although this is continuing to consolidate their market position, for Apple, their technical support and capital injection are indeed fighting fires, so don't look at the two of us arguing fiercely, but we can sit down and talk......"

"Now, since they want to use the achievements of providing politicians with the education market to avoid investigation, then we can actually cooperate, and I have already thought of the price according to the company's situation, that is, let Microsoft help us win the digital rights of all music companies in the world, the MP3 I told you before, we have already started to do it, and at the same time, we also need to launch a free digital media playback application, according to my plan, when users want to import music downloaded from the Internet into MP3, You have to play apps through digital media, and we sell music there, so we can save users a lot of trouble......"

"Because this is what we all see, Apple's new profit growth point, so I think it is a very cost-effective business to let Microsoft encroach on a part of the education machine market in exchange for them to help us monopolize the portable music device market!"

Rumble!

Steve Jobs' words were like thunder!

It was the Venus that split Roland!

'Is the market monopoly of iPod and iTunes made through Microsoft?' ’

'This, this, this ......'

Roland has no Fuck to say!

That's right!

The success of iPod and iTunes is not really very mysterious!

Countless reports say that Steve Jobs obtained the authorization of digital rights at a very low price with his advanced concept after negotiating with major music companies, but ......

Can a company's digital copyright be as low as 10 million in a package?

No kidding.

Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music, and Bertelsmann are not charity!

The so-called because there is too much online piracy, so these music giants feel that they are willing to spend money to buy genuine Apple is a big wrong, so they will sell the digital music distribution rights at a low price, this kind of argument is bullshit!

Because when Apple went to buy the rights, these companies had already turned Napster upside down!

When the court ruled that Napster's service of providing music to users for free was illegal, the era of spending money to buy songs on the Internet had already arrived, and in this case, the giants who had already eaten the early profits had a bad brain before selling the license cheaply!

The real cheap sale is because of Microsoft's encirclement!

While Steve Jobs was negotiating partnerships with various music companies, Microsoft, which also smelled something was wrong, was also preparing to invade the online music space and moved out of Windows Media Player 7.

But just when the major music giants sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and listened to the offers of both sides in turn, Microsoft, which has deep pockets, suddenly ran away after two rounds of quotations, because they were carrying an antitrust investigation, saying that the Ministry of Justice had added Windows Media Player to the investigation list and asked them to divest it from Windows.

If Windows Media Player is stripped away, then there will be no point in buying the copyright.

This situation made the major music giants confused, and while they secretly cursed the Department of Justice shit, they also set their sights on another bidder, Apple, hoping that Steve Jobs would eat the copyright according to the previous offer.

However, at this time, Qiao's gang leader also ran away.

The reason is that they have consulted with trade associations, and if they only sell iPods that support MP3 format and do not provide music services to users, if users add pirated copies to the players themselves, then Apple is not illegal.

In this way, the one who buys genuine music is stupid!

This explanation made the major music giants even more anxious, and when they saw that the boiled duck was about to fly, they had to sign a low-cost licensing agreement with Apple for the sake of profit.

In this case, Sony, which wants to promote its own format, is directly surrounded by giants.

Seeing this, some people must be confused.

Why don't the giants do it themselves?

It's actually quite simple.

The first is that these giants really can't crack down on all piracy, and the second is that Steve Jobs said that after selling all the copyrights to Apple, music produced in the non-iTunes market is piracy.

Not only that, Microsoft also said at the right time that if iTunes' market share is not high, they can also cooperate with Apple to allow Windows Media Player to import songs to iPod.

With Microsoft's technical endorsement, can the music giants not agree?

Isn't it good to eat ready-made without the technology to combat all piracy?

In this way, the two singers swallowed the entire music market.

The iPod once occupied more than 70% of the market share of the music player market.

It is no exaggeration to say that the success of the iPod is definitely not the effort of one or two people, and in the case of Microsoft's willingness to reconcile, Apple gave up the market for some educational machines in exchange for a monopoly in the industry, isn't it fragrant?

Of course, this was the case in Roland's previous life.

And now, with his intervention, when Yahoo is thrown to Microsoft first, and then the Apple invested in is about to be stabbed by Microsoft, even if the capital is emotionless, it will not be a few fools.

…………

"So, now it's just waiting for Roland to make an offer."

While Steve Jobs and Roland were communicating, the three people in Seattle were also exchanging views.

Steve Ballmer said: "As long as the offer is not too much, we can accept it. ”

Bill Gates said: "There are too many industries related to computers and the Internet, and we can't eat them all, as long as they are willing to give up a part of the educational machine market and don't continue to fight lawsuits with us, then ...... We can help him in whatever industry he wants to enter, after all, if we occupy Apple's market with zero communication, we will not be able to do business well in the future. ”

"Roland has cooperated so much, and we have robbed his industry, so when other companies cooperate with us in the future, they will definitely be careful to watch out for us, and we can also close the door when we are surrounded by enemies."

"Oh...... I thought you guys were going to do that much! Hearing this, Paul Allen breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing it, but he felt that it would be a serious blow to Microsoft's image.

Although these things cannot be made public in the end, ......

The person who can know is the one who has the strength to cooperate with them!

"Then what do you think Roland will want?" Paul Allen asked with a smile, "In addition to Apple, the industries in his hands also include Blizzard related to games, Warcraft related to film and television, Interstellar related to music, and personal brand ......"

"And we don't understand that."

"So...... It's a tough deal! ”

"If it's hard, you have to do it." Bill Gates shook his head with a smile.

Steve Ballmer said: "We're not afraid he's asking for it, we're afraid he's not asking for it. ”

"If he says now that he wants to buy Universal Music, we can do that for him."

"He can get more than 10 billion yuan, and we just need to help him divest the Schgeland wine industry."

"But...... I don't think he's going to want Universal Music. ”

"Because that company is so shabby, a pile of rotten debts!"

Such words made the three of them laugh, and at the same time, Roland, whose mind had already turned, was delighted-

'Hold the grass! Since Microsoft's evasion of the settlement provisions of the Antitrust Act is the foundation of Apple's development, then for me, there is no loss! ’

'And let me make a condition?' ’

Isn't that equivalent to giving for free!' ’

'Then what conditions can I make?' ’

'Let Microsoft sign a partnership agreement with Google that will allow Microsoft to use Google's search business for the next few years?' ’

'No, no, no, no! Google is not my sole proprietorship! ’

'Let Microsoft and Blizzard sign a cooperation agreement, and in the next few years, Blizzard games will be on the XBox platform, and they won't take a cut?' ’

'No, no, no, no! If you make pure money, you will waste the opportunity to raise conditions! ’

'Calm down! Calm down! This is Microsoft's return of favors! It's not that I'm asking for debt! ’

If you use it well, it can change the pattern of an industry! ’

'Uh...... Wait a minute! ’

'Changing the landscape of an industry?' ’

'Hold the grass! I know what I want! ’

'ATi and NVIDIA, I can eat them all now!' ’