Simon spent a week on the East Coast for a weekend and returned to San Francisco on the West Coast on January 25.

Unable to reach a cooperation agreement with Microsoft on the pre-installation of Internet Explorer, Igrete has recently contacted PC manufacturers such as Apple, HP, and Compaq.

Compared with the original service provider installing browser software for users, pre-installation directly on the operating system can greatly increase the revenue of Internet Explorer software.

Because of population limitations, once the number of Internet access users reaches a certain scale, it is impossible to continue to rise rapidly, and personal computers, as a consumable, need to be continuously updated, and sales will continue to increase in the next ten years.

Moreover, adopting the pre-installed software mode can also completely consolidate the market position of IE browser software, which is actually a monopoly position, avoiding any opportunities for competitors.

In the past, Microsoft used this trick to defeat dozens of browser patent licensees, including Netscape.

Egrett holds most of the core patents for the World Wide Web technology, and it stands to reason that it does not need to worry about the monopoly of Internet Explorer. However, it has to be prevented.

It is mainly antitrust.

If the federal government were to launch an antitrust investigation into Internet Explorer, which had already emerged last year, it would likely be that Egrete would have to license the technology.

When the time comes, as long as the pre-installed mode of Internet Explorer has become an established fact, even if a competitor appears, the threat will not be too great.

Therefore, Egrete attaches great importance to this program.

"Both Apple and IB rejected our cooperation plan, Apple thought that this would increase the cost of user purchase, and IB felt that since the software was to be pre-installed in the other party's machine, we should pay the other party's fee, not charge it. Several other manufacturers, such as HP, Compaq and Dell, are still negotiating and can basically reach a cooperation agreement, but the pre-installed price has not yet been negotiated. I think these manufacturers should have had contact privately and have reached a joint advance and retreat alliance. ”

In the conference room, Jeff Bezos gave a general overview of the pre-installation plan.

Simon is actually more interested in the market advantages brought by the pre-installation plan to the Internet Browser software, and the most important thing is to ensure the absolute Internet portal status of this operating software, as for the benefits of software pre-installation, he had planned to gradually promote the free Internet Explorer, making this software a free 'service' of Igret, so as to reduce the possibility of monopoly accusations, so it doesn't matter if the price is lowered.

Of course, free is unlikely in the short term.

Egrete is still very dependent on the hundreds of millions of dollars in Internet Explorer's revenue every young man.

Simon is actually very resistant to this dependence, but has to admit that the benefits of IE browser can not only reduce the large demand for funds of Igret, but also enhance the confidence of Igrett and even the entire new technology field in the development prospects of the Internet industry.

For emerging industries, only by obtaining practical benefits can more people be able to participate.

While listening to Bezos's introduction, Simon looked at a more detailed document in his hand, and after a while, he looked up and said, "Apple, is there any possibility of continuing negotiations?"

Jeff Bezos shook his head and said, "I personally talked to John Scully three times, and the other party refused, Apple's performance in recent years has been very good, their operating system is not widely licensed, and they are not worried about competitors, so they don't want to bear the additional cost of software pre-installation." ”

After the Gulf War, the U.S. stock market recovered, and the PC market grew rapidly, whether it was at the capital level or actual performance, Apple Inc. has been quite moisturized in recent years, not only the market value has been rising, but it is still maintaining a high level of more than 7 billion US dollars, and the market share is also stable at more than 20.

Moreover, unlike Microsoft's camp, Apple's Macintosh system is not licensed, so there are no compatible competitors.

John Scully probably decided that it was impossible for Igrett to give up the 20pc computer market occupied by Apple, and he did not want to bear the additional cost of software procurement.

Egrett is unlikely to give up the Apple market.

Otherwise, Simon would not have specifically asked about the possibility of no negotiations.

It's just that Apple CEO John Scully apparently forgot that Igret, although it can't give up the Apple computer market, can slow down the development of the Macintosh version of the Internet Explorer.

The internet is only going to become more important for PC users in the coming years.

If the web browser software on Apple's Macintosh OS platform is always not as easy to use as Microsoft's, the accumulation of negative word-of-mouth is enough for Apple to feel uncomfortable.

What's more, there are pre-installed schemes.

Unlike Apple's fearlessness and IB's arrogance, the reason why HP, Compaq and other manufacturers are willing to cooperate is obviously because they see that this plan promotes themselves.

When users access the World Wide Web, they can indeed get software installation from the service provider, but this fee is actually clearly priced.

In the future, if there is a problem with the software, or you need to change the computer, you must reinstall the Internet Explorer, which is definitely not suitable for continuing to trouble the operator.

Labor in the United States is notoriously expensive.

$10 IE browser software, if people come to install it, the service fee may be more than that.

Of course, there are retail versions of Internet Explorer, including online software stores, but this can be inconvenient in the end.

At this time, if a machine itself comes pre-installed with the Internet Explorer, the user will unknowingly show a tendency. If there is a failure, you may only need to restore the factory system, which is obviously much more convenient than those computers that do not have a pre-installed browser.

Business competition, many times, is this kind of competition in the details accumulated little by little.

Apple is reluctant to cooperate, and the loss will only be the other party itself.

Simon also doesn't bother to stumble on his opponent either, and if a person stops and tries to trip up a competitor in a long-distance race, it will only slow down his progress.

As for the future.

Think about Apple's rapid decline after the release of DOWS95, and if the other party wants to redeem it, it will definitely not work without paying the price.

After a bit of discussion on the pre-installation plan, the topic ended, and Carol Butz proposed another project.

About a completely new set of computer operating systems.

x。

This is an open-source operating system kernel released last year by a Finnish programmer named Linus Tovac, and after it was released through the World Wide Web platform, many programmers around the world are now volunteering to develop the system. We felt that this system would be a good replacement for the UNIX system that we were currently using in our data center, so we decided to set up a team to work on the project. ”

Carol Butz just gave a rough idea that Simon had actually seen the detailed planning of the project in advance on the plane to San Francisco.

The data center of the company is still using the UNIX system, and the licensing fee of the UNIX system is very expensive, and the degree of openness of this system is still not enough to the extent that the technical team of Igrete can modify the lowest level according to their own needs.

X, which is completely open source and free, undoubtedly solves this problem.

In my memory, because of the free and open source attributes, the share of the X system in the later server market reached more than 90%.

Of course, developing an operating system is not an easy task.

Microsoft was founded in 1975, and now it has been nearly 20 years, and the latest DOWS31 system still has various problems.

Simon admires Carol Butz for discovering the potential value of the X system in its early days, but it would be a protracted project if it were actually put into development.

If you want to develop a completely new operating system, you just have a technical team, you can't do it without one or two hundred people, and you have to be the top software engineers.

At the same time, it is also unrealistic to expect an operating system to be completed in a year or two.

Finally, when the project is completed, it is still not easy to replace the existing UNIX system.

Igret's cloud computing technology is currently being developed based on the UNIX system.

However, regardless of the difficulties, Simon understands that the path of a free and open source X system instead of a closed fee UNIX is absolutely correct.

Since you are sure that you are on the right path, it is worth it, no matter how much investment is required in the process.

Everyone discussed for more than half an hour, and although Jeff Bezos had some complaints about this plan, which could occupy a large amount of money and resources of Igret, he did not object, so it was quickly finalized.

Before you know it, it's noon.

After lunch together, they returned to the office and discussed the next collaboration between Igrete and AOL with Steve Case, who was still in New York, via conference call.

When AOL moved its headquarters to San Francisco, Steve Case's New York headquarters on the East Coast was much larger than the West Coast, and the operations team gradually leaned eastward, and the West Coast headquarters is now more focused on technology research and development.

ADSL technology is to finalize the solution and complete the test on the West Coast.

After finishing his trip to the Eagle Company, Simon took the time to go to the Tinkobar company run by Claire Gain, a C-girl.

With the rise of the internet, the demand for ICA digital cameras has been increasing.

In FY1992, ICA shipments had grown to about 50,000 units per month, and the annual shipment reached 610,000 units, with sales of nearly $300 million.

For a start-up electronics company, this is already a pioneering move when a large number of established manufacturers with strong technology have entered the market.

Because of the rapidly emerging Internet concept, Wall Street's recent valuation of ICA has reached a maximum of $1 billion.

After another round of funding, Westeros' stake in Tinkobar rose to 70, and the two founders' stake was reduced from 25 to 15.

However, according to the recent valuation of $1 billion, only these 15 shares are worth $1.5 billion.

Claire Gain has thus become another billionaire who has come out of the Westeros system, and, compared to the executives of the Westeros system, the identity of the C girl is more reverie Simon Westeros's maid.

More and more people in the outside world know the information about Simon Westeros's 'ABCD' four girls, and they are full of all kinds of ambiguous curiosities.

The third generation of the ICA-30 will still be released at Easter.

At the same time, the company has quietly begun to develop digital music players, and the trademarks have long been registered, ipyer.

The player will be based primarily on the P3 audio format and microhard drive storage technology provided by Igret.

It is also a product that appeared almost ten years in advance, but because the related technologies have been accumulated for many years, there is not much obstacle to product development.

As long as the next B is completed and promoted, and AOL's ADSL network is laid, digital music players can create a complete set of online music ecosystems.

At the end of the day, Simon stayed overnight at a mountain house in Woodside with his female assistant who had quietly arrived, and then returned to Los Angeles the next day.

This year's Golden Globe Awards will be held on Thursday, January 28.

The location is still the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Daenerys Entertainment has a number of projects nominated for both film and television, and as usual is tonight's favorite.

The company also began preparing for the celebration party after the Golden Globe Awards ceremony a week in advance.

Regardless of whether it can win or not, the cumulative more than 30 nominations in film and television are enough for Daenerys Entertainment to celebrate.

Simon didn't have the heart to sit in the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel for a few hours, and still worked until six o'clock in the afternoon, returning to Cape Dume's Manor to have dinner with Janet, and the two rushed to the event center on the second floor of Daenerys Studios early.

Tonight's celebration party is still taking place here.

Many company executives and some celebrities who did not participate in the award ceremony came in advance, and after the award ceremony, it was even more lively.

The projection screen in the lobby of the event center played a live broadcast of the Golden Globes, and Simon greeted Amy Pascal and others to discuss the plan for the 'Conjuring Universe' with Danny Morris.

In 1980, the Warrens co-published a biography with a writer called "The Warrens the Psychologists," and signed an exclusive license agreement with them that would prevent them from licensing their experiences to anyone else. This is the most troublesome point. We approached the writer and he made an offer of $5 million, which was a joke. Recently, though, word has gotten the word, and now several other Hollywood studios are interested in adapting the book. ”