Back To 1995: Chapter 872 catch a late episode
Chapter 872 Catch a late episode
The continuous sales of Alcatel mobile phones has indeed stimulated many people.
Continuously setting new sales records, 7 million mobile phones were sold out in less than half a month, P3 was sold at a higher price on the eBay platform, and various scalpers resold P3 mobile phones to make a lot of money, and there were even gangs trying to grab them There are endless news that more machines are starting to merge.
Not only mobile phones, but also "small" games such as "Happy Xiao Xiao Le" have exploded into amazing popularity. The number of users has exceeded 4 million, and the revenue has exceeded 5 million US dollars. It only took a few days, and the ability to attract money Amazing.
The performance of the P3 mobile phone not only makes the major mobile phone manufacturers fearful, Nokia and other brands want to develop their own operating system to fight against Symbian and suppress Alcatel mobile phones, and have always wanted to make a big splash in the mobile phone system industry Microsoft, also some can't sit still.
"Sendo, England, has already stated its attitude. In the next quarter, after the agreement period ends, it will switch to the Symbian system. WP's share in the mobile phone system will further decline!"
In the office of Bill Gates, listening to the crying of Terry Meyerson, the person in charge of the WP system, and watching the sales of mobile phones loaded with the WP operating system, he couldn't help feeling a headache.
In the past few years, it seems that Microsoft has been in full swing for a few years, with revenue, stock price and market value all hitting record highs, but for Bill Gates and Microsoft, life is not as good as the outside world.
The anti-monopoly lawsuit is not mentioned, and now it is in a stalemate. Microsoft is doing state-by-state public relations. It seems that it is far away to end this lawsuit. This is like a sword of Damocles hanging over Microsoft. I don’t know what Time will fall!
Microsoft entered the Internet industry after a hard battle. Up to now, I don’t know whether to say it won or not.
Netscape, which wanted to compete with Microsoft, has completely come to an end. Microsoft has become the overlord of the browser industry, but the embarrassing thing is that after getting the browser industry, Microsoft suddenly discovered that the Internet There are already new giants in the industry.
Several major Internet giants headed by ICQ, AOL, and Yahoo have firmly occupied the social, portal, search and other industries. Microsoft has an IE browser with a market share of more than 95%, but in addition to raising an equally unprofitable Outside of the MSN Portal, there is no other role.
In any case, Microsoft is a ride on the Internet, and finally it is not left behind.
However, the mobile phone industry, just like when Microsoft first entered the Internet industry, got up early and caught up late. The WP system was developed with Symbian at the beginning, and the result?
Looking at his hands, the mobile phones equipped with WP system are less than 2% of the entire mobile operating system market, and Bill Gates couldn't help feeling tired for a while.
"Mobile phone systems definitely have a market. The advertising revenue of the Symbian system in the new quarter is said to have exceeded 400 million US dollars, and there is also a software share!
Analysts on Wall Street and the game industry estimate that the revenue of "Happy Xiao Xiaole" this year may exceed a record of more than 100 million US dollars. The Symbian system relies on software and games, and this year's revenue may exceed 3 billion. In terms of dollars, the fees distributed to developers will also reach one billion dollars. In the future, there may be more than 200,000 or even more software developers joining the Symbian System Alliance! "
Terry Melson tried his best to convince Bill Gates, telling him that the mobile phone operating system is promising, even if it is far from as profitable as the computer operating system, but there will definitely be some money in the future.
Bill Gates looked at Terry Melson in front of him, and naturally knew what he meant. He wanted Microsoft to invest more resources and funds in the WP system, and he even did not hesitate to talk to Alcatel for another mobile phone game. The battle of the century for the operating system!
But this time, Bill Gates did not immediately respond to Terry Meyerson, obviously hesitant.
“Before developing the WP system, I personally approached Nokia President Ollila, but he rejected Microsoft. He would rather cooperate with the Symbian system than join the WP camp, even if Microsoft licensed the system to Nokia for free!”
Speaking of this, Bill Gates was obviously dissatisfied with Ollila. Ollila was afraid that the mobile phone operating system would be taken over by Microsoft like a computer system, making Nokia subject to Microsoft, and rejected Bill Gates' proposal alliance.
As a result, Nokia did not lose WP, and was still choked by the Symbian system.
"Microsoft now needs to cooperate with Bruno Song. Microsoft's Xbox console has now sold over one million. The OEM and games of Xbox consoles are inseparable from Sierra Games!"
Bill Gates told Terry Melson bluntly that it is impossible to expect Microsoft to completely turn against Song Yang and compete with Song Yang in the mobile operating system. Such a price is as strong as Microsoft and cannot afford it. !
Now Microsoft has a lot of cooperation with the company in the hands of Song Yang. The Microsoft game console is completely manufactured by Sega and bears the label of Microsoft. On the Microsoft Xbox game console, almost all the games carried are supplied by Xueleshan.
In addition to the host business, in terms of Internet business, the Hotmail mailbox is jointly owned by Microsoft and the North American Global Investment Foundation. Song Yang is Microsoft's largest ally in the Internet. The fall with Song Yang means that Microsoft is about to start in the Internet industry. Fighting alone, not to mention the anti-monopoly lawsuit that is still on the back, to be honest, Microsoft's sworn enemy is much more than Alcatel's mobile phone!
"Perhaps, now you can contact Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson and other manufacturers. If you rejected Microsoft's proposal back then, you may not reject Microsoft's cooperation now!"
Terry Meyerson said unwillingly that in the past few years, he has tried his best to attract more mobile phone manufacturers to join the WP system camp, spending money to let mobile phone manufacturers such as Samsung, Nippon Mitsubishi, and Sony produce WP-based mobile phone manufacturers. The mobile phones of the system are sold, but the sales are bleak, and users do not recognize the WP system, which makes Terry Melson somewhat helpless.
Right now, with great difficulty, there is news that manufacturers such as Nokia are dissatisfied with the Alcatel mobile phone and the Symbian system. Terry Melson naturally does not want to give up. If Nokia, Motorola, etc. can be pulled into the WP system camp, Terry · Melson feels that the mobile phone operating system industry may be turned upside down!
Looking at Terry Myerson's expression, Bill Gates finally nodded slowly. Both he and Microsoft were a little bit unwilling to give up the mobile phone operating system like this.
"Microsoft's board of directors will give another sum of money to the WP operating system department. You can go to mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, Motorola, and Ericsson. Microsoft is willing to cooperate with them. If necessary, you can open source codes such as mobile phone text messages to them."
Hearing what Bill Gates said, Terry Myerson was overjoyed. With Bill Gates' support, he felt that the WP system could compete with the Symbian system again!
After the big sale of the P3, the entire mobile phone industry felt a bit undercurrent. Alcatel mobile phone and Symbian system were faintly becoming the "big devil" in the mobile phone industry. Countless mobile phone manufacturers wanted to defeat the big devil to prove themselves.
Song Yang also heard about Nokia and Microsoft's small moves in the mobile phone industry, but he didn't take it too seriously.
During this period of time, his mind is mainly focused on the Internet industry, which is burning with fire. Besides, whether Nokia can get its own mobile phone operating system or not, and whether it cooperates with Microsoft, Alcatel mobile phones can't stop it, but even if they With the cooperation, Alcatel mobile phones don't need to worry too much.
As long as the mind is not on the same rope, some big moves may be made at the beginning, but with the same domineering style of the two companies, after a long time, they will definitely make trouble on their own. I have cooperated, but the result is not a chicken feather, I played myself to death.
After attending the Alcatel mobile phone conference, the two founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were waiting for ICQ's venture capital or acquisition call, and even the entire Google was ready. Prepare to sell yourself.
But after waiting for more than half a month, when the daylily was almost cold, Google did not wait for ICQ's acquisition call, as if the business card Irene gave them on the day of the press conference was just a flash in the pan. The company made a tentative offer, but ICQ didn't make any move. The other venture capital companies were also waiting and watching, unwilling to sell easily.
"I heard that there have been some changes in ICQ's internal management. Irene Doherty and Edgar Bronfman Jr. have had a heated dispute. ICQ may not buy Google, even if Irene Doherty has this idea! "
In Google's small office, Khosla, one of KPCB's venture capital partners, told Page and Brin about the news he had inquired about. Khosla also supported the establishment of Google a lot. The person who acquired Google in Excite, KPCB Ventures also invested in Excite, but Khosla's proposal was rejected by the president of Excite.
Hearing the news from Khosla, Larry Page and Sergey Brin felt helpless for a while. They didn't expect that there would be problems inside ICQ.
At this moment, the phone on the table rang suddenly. After Larry Page answered the phone, he couldn't help showing a surprised look on his face when he heard the self-report from the opposite side!
(end of this chapter)