Chapter 325
Luo Cheng led Zhang Zhonghua's legal team to fight with the lawyers representing the three giants for more than an hour, leaving everyone stunned.
Coupled with the various computer jargon that came out of the mouths of Zhang Zhonghua and the parties of the three major companies, the judges and juries of the New York District Court who were originally sitting firmly in Diaoyutai were also confused.
In the end, the judge and the jury, after deliberation, decided to adjourn the trial for the time being and wait until the next court session to resume the trial, and they were prepared to understand the professional content first, so as not to act like a fool.
"IBM, Rockville and Caterpillar have been working together on database software for so long without producing results, and my database software has filed a patent application, and they actually say that I am misappropriating technology.
I seriously suspect that the big three companies don't have the ability to develop databases, so they have tried to steal the databases I developed in this way. ”
After Zhang Zhonghua left the federal court in the New York District, he said a few words to the reporters gathered around and left with the team of lawyers.
After returning to the hotel, Zhang Zhonghua began to write a database book, and if a book sells for thirty or forty dollars, it will be a lot of money to file taxes, and maybe this book will become a database primer for decades to come.
Zhang Zhonghua now hopes that the bigger the lawsuit, the better, and this time he may be able to pull a lot of database orders.
Dongying, the United Kingdom, and the ugly country are in an uproar, and Hong Kong Island's Sing Tao Daily also reported on it on a full page, and this international patent lawsuit spread all over the world, and also shocked countless melon-eating people.
IBM, the world's largest computer company with a market capitalization of $190 billion; Rockville, the main arms contractor for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense; Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction machinery and mining equipment, and one of the world's largest diesel engine manufacturers.
To be able to sue with three companies, that is also the thought of awesome, Hong Kong Island people suddenly feel that Zhang Zhonghua spent 3 million US dollars to buy a computer is worth it, Zhang Sheng is the pride of our Hong Kong Island people!
The charter king picked up the newspaper, and the eye-catching title "Hong Kong Island Science Fiction Tycoon Sued for Infringement by the Big Three of Ugly Countries" was very eye-catching, and he thought that Zhang Zhonghua had something to do with this kid, and then read it curiously.
But the more he looked at it, the more confused he became: IBM, Rockville and Caterpillar, these are the three giant-level enterprises in the ugly country, how could a computer software that Zhang Sheng made up have anything to do with them, and they were also accused of infringement.
However, Zhang Sheng is a good young talent, and then picked up the phone and called Chouguo, ready to let his cooperative lawyer companies support Zhang Zhonghua's lawsuit.
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IBM Headquarters in New York.
The person in charge of the IMS database, looking at the boss Thomas Watson in front of him, was very helpless, too troublesome, really troublesome, although the architecture of the database was a bit of a crash, but it was a bit nonsense to say that people were infringing, and the database of others was much stronger than our own development.
"Boss, YH Software's database is much more powerful than the database we developed, and the design of the database is much more reasonable.
The COBOL language they use, we use our own FORTRAN language, and there are so many people in this lawsuit that we may be very difficult to win. ”
"There was no leak of secrets from the relevant personnel of our three companies, right?"
Thomas Watson asked.
"After internal review, there is no leak, although YH's database is the same as ours, but their database software is indeed better than ours, many places we did not think, we are afraid that it is difficult to develop a database beyond YM performance at present."
It's not that we don't give it a try, it's that the enemy army is too strong.
"Isn't the ugly General Electric Company still not ready to participate in the prosecution?"
Thomas Watson asked.
"Boss, the general database is still the DOS version, and the current YM and the ones we developed are inspection systems, and there is no infringement in the code."
If the software industry is nitpicking, then there is no way to mix it up, and General Electric is probably waiting to buy the right to use the database of YM.
"Now that the lawsuit has been fought, we can't lose face, let alone admit defeat, we must let them make compensation."
The face of our three giants can't be lost, here is our ugly country, and the face of the ugly country is very important.
"Boss, I'm afraid it's difficult, developer Zhang Zhonghua is coming to Ugly Country for the second time and coming to New York for the first time, it's a bit far-fetched to say that he stole secrets, and Zhang Zhonghua is also a well-known writer with a lot of influence in the world."
The person in charge persuaded him bitterly.
Soon, the three giants sued YM Database for infringement and the trial was held again in the Federal Court of New York, this time with a larger team of lawyers, directly reaching 16 people.
Zhang Zhonghua specially called to thank the charter boat king, who was far away in Xiangjiang and cared about helping him, and the six lawyers he invited to help him were all ugly about the situation in the country, and they were even better at fighting international lawsuits.
"The database software I developed is a new mesh model, and the data model of the hierarchical database is a rooted, directed ordered tree, and the mesh model corresponds to a directed graph.
It supports the three-level mode to ensure that the database system has the physical independence of data and programs and a certain degree of logical independence; The use of access paths to represent the connections between data is also a unique innovation; The independent data definition language is developed by myself without any infringement; The navigational data manipulation language is also a new specialized database language. ”
Zhang Zhonghua elaborated on the principles of the database in court, which were "original" by himself, which was far beyond the level of this era, and the evidence provided was also quite comprehensive.
"IBM, Rockville and Caterpillar don't even have semi-finished products now, and our YM database can be put on the market, but they say that we infringe, which is simply funny, but anyone who is in the IQ Xiefeng factory can see that our client Zhang Zhonghua does not have any infringement ......"
The defense lawyer continued Zhang Zhonghua's words.
Immediately after that, the lawyers on both sides continued to tear apart the battle, and the jury also watched it with relish, and a programmer in the middle of the bm had a water in his brain and asked to see the source code of the database, which was a hole in his brain, and Zhang Zhonghua was so angry that he almost scolded.
"The plaintiff's demand is to be vexatious, as long as IBM can disclose the relevant computer core information in its hands, our party Zhang Zhonghua will also be happy to disclose the source code of the database, so that the computer industry will also develop faster, which is a good thing to promote the world's scientific and technological progress."
The two sides tore apart for an hour and a half, and finally the jury adjourned and decided to take a week off and resume the trial next week.
However, Zhang Zhonghua is not in a hurry, Dongying and the CFC restaurant over there in the UK don't need him to care, and there are also people staring at Yuhuang Electric.
His textbook has been compiled, and after the verdict, it will almost be available for sale, and then it will be a long-term business.
At the end of the trial, IBM's request for YM to publish the source code of the database was also publicized, and IBM was instantly despised by those working in the computer industry, and the programmer whose mouth was faster than his brain was fired.
The features of the YM database have also been talked about by countless people and sought after by countless practitioners.
As for the Windows system, it is dispensable for these computer elites, these people are IT elites, and the Windows system is far less easy to use than DOS, of course, it is very friendly for rookies, and it is quick to get started.
The disturbances from the outside world have nothing to do with Zhang Zhonghua, he just nests alone in the hotel every day and continues to compile teaching materials.
At the same time, Zhang Zhonghua is also happy to accept the reporter's interview, and if there is an interview, he can promote the book he wrote, and he is really grateful to IBM, Rockville and Caterpillar, what a good person.
As the attention of various media to this matter continues to increase, Zhang Zhonghua's situation has also been dug up by the media.
Only then did people from all over the world discover that Zhang Zhonghua was not only a computer genius, but also the owner of a CFC catering company, and that hamburgers were very popular in Dongying and the United Kingdom;
Zhang Zhonghua is an excellent singer-songwriter, who has created many excellent songs such as "We Are the World" and "My Heart Will Go Oerday Once More";
Zhang Zhonghua is an excellent writer, especially the popular science fiction is his work; The most popular and best-selling electric fans and humidifiers and other electrical products in the Chouguo market are also manufactured by Zhang Zhonghua's Yuhuang Electric Appliances, and the humidifier was also invented by Mr. Zhang Zhonghua.
Looking at the report that can be called a trivial matter, Zhang Zhonghua is a little helpless, I want to make a fortune in a low-key muffled voice.
The situation of CFC and Dongying in Europe has been exposed, will the ugly catering giant enter the European market in advance?
It's just adding to my blockage.
Soon, the most authoritative computer magazine in the ugly country reported on the YM compression software launched by Zhang Zhonghua. It is said that this is the best compression software they have ever seen, using advanced compression algorithms, large compression ratio, fast compression speed, advanced encryption functions to protect data security, and so on.
At the end of the article, it is pointed out that Zhang Zhonghua is not only an excellent computer software genius, but also a very good mathematician and cryptographer.
Zhang Zhonghua knows his own affairs, and he is a genius, if he hadn't hung up, he would still be squatting honestly in Sijiu City and waiting for it to be changed.
Compression software is a huge market, and nowadays storage devices are so small and expensive, everyone needs to install a compression software.
As for free, what do you think, the most junk compression software on the market sells for $100, and you must respect intellectual property rights and respect the fruits of everyone's labor, and you will be killed if you don't fit in.
On this day, Zhang Zhonghua was really continuing to tinker with the computer, and suddenly an unexpected guest, Dr. Wang An, came.
This Dr. Wang is definitely the light of the Chinese people.
Wang An is a well-known Chinese-American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur. He graduated from Jiaotong University in 1940 with a major in electrical engineering, went to the United States to study in 1945, and received a Ph.D. in applied physics from Harvard University in 1948. In 1951, he founded Wang An Laboratory and later became the "Computer King". In 1986, he became the fifth richest person in the country, and in 1986 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the country and in 1988 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Inventors in the country of ugly country.
In 1949, Dr. Wang An invented the "magnetic core memory", which greatly improved the storage capacity of computers. On October 21, 1949, Wang An applied for a patent for "magnetic core memory" with the Patent Office. In 1956, Wang An was forced to sell the patent rights of the magnetic core memory to IBM for a profit of $500,000. In 1964, Wang An launched the latest desktop computer made of transistors, and thus began the success of Wang An Computer Company.
Two years ago, Wang An Computer Company issued $2.5 million in stock to pay off debts, and unexpectedly, the company was so trusted by the public that the company's shares were listed at $12.5 per share, and the stock price closed at $40.5 that day. In a single day, the Wang family became super-rich with a book fortune of $50 million.
In the future, Wang An's company also successfully developed a semiconductor word processing machine, which has become a necessary equipment in the office of Chouguo, so that Dr. Wang can make a lot of money.
Around 1986, Wang reached its heyday, with annual revenues of $3 billion, ranking 146th among the 500 largest companies listed by Happiness magazine, and employing 31,500 people around the world. And Wang An himself is among the top ten richest people in the ugly country with a personal fortune of 2 billion US dollars.
Wang An Company has maintained its advantages in the field of word processing for a long time, and the entire late 70s and the first few years of the 80s were the golden age of Wang An Company. However, luck doesn't always look at Wang's company. In the late 80s, when Wang An suffered from a terminal illness, Wang An's company also went from prosperity to decline due to a series of major mistakes. By 1992, the market value of Wang had fallen from $5.6 billion to less than $100 million. Wang An's company has risen miraculously, and it has declined at an alarming rate.
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In his later years, Wang An lost his vigorous and enterprising spirit, rested on his laurels in management, and his judgment tended to be sluggish, which made the company lose its original advantages of changing with each passing day. With his genius, he did not discover that the development of personal computers in the direction of cheaper and multi-functional would inevitably eliminate his single-function word processors and large-sized microcomputers. Wang An's products not only failed to catch up with the new trend of developing highly compatible personal computers, but also lost the original valuable features and performance of Wang An computers.
Another important reason for the decline of Wang An's company is that it has deviated from the general way of "expert group control and talent management" of modern enterprises, and has continued the traditional family management method like many Chinese enterprises, resulting in improper employment. Wang An's son Wang Lie's mediocre talent and lack of his father's majesty disappointed the board of directors, and some senior managers who had followed Wang An for many years left angrily, and the company's vitality was greatly damaged.