Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 886
"We mainly started from two aspects." Brad Swahlberg said eloquently: "Positive - Polestar resolutely gave Netscape_Navigator a head-on blow."

"Isn't Netscape desperately stuffing as many new functions into the product as possible to attract users? Zheru software is not showing weakness, assembling a web browser, email client, news client, address book, download Manager, HTML Editor, IRC - Internet Relay Chat Client, and more, raise the bar for browser solutions in breadth."

"As for the vertical of the browser's own functions, we mainly play the card of supporting the complete technical standards of the World Wide Web Consortium and the stability of the program during operation."

"After all, Zheru Software's industry status is not comparable to that of Netscape - they can ignore their reputation and treat program crashes as a common occurrence, while we regard poor code as a scourge to ensure excellent product quality,"

"At this stage, the development of browser technology is indeed dizzyingly fast."

"Take Netscape as an example, almost every six months, it will increase the main version number of the product by 1—this is less than two years, and the current version of Netscape_Navigator is about to reach 4."

"In contrast, Zheru's Polestar seems a bit conservative."

"However, we are not really indifferent, but through browser plug-ins, this way everyone can participate in the production, let those endless new features be on the Polestar platform."

"In this way, we are effectively handing over the endless development of these new functions that are not critically important to larger third-party software developers, and at the same time we don't have to pay any salary-this is also Those Polestar-powered browsers are the main technology drivers that are so active."

"I don't believe it - Netscape's development department, working overtime to release new features, can match the workload of thousands of programmers?"

"Let's not talk about Netscape, even Zheru software can't stop such a crowd tactics." Tang Huan immediately laughed, "However, I think Netscape should be imitating the design of browser plug-ins. "

"Even so, it will take a lot of time-after all, we have put a lot of effort into making Polestar have the open feature of browser plug-ins." Brad Swahlberg said here, seeing There is a fierceness in it, "Currently Polestar, Netscape_Navigator, and other browsers are messing together in a mess. It looks very lively, but this is only the frontal battlefield, and the side battlefield that is not very noticed by the public—— The website server software is the key to success.”

"Especially for Netscape, which has a single product line, website server software is the main source of income - as long as this road is cut off, the more it will dance happily now, the more painful it will be when it bleeds to death."

"Specifically speaking, my measures on the side battlefield have two key points--in terms of marketing, combine the website server software and database EBase and other products into a set, and attack Netscape's website server software at a preferential price. Log in to Fangyuan computer platform; Technically, browsers like Netscape_Navigator are far from the technical standards of the World Wide Web Consortium, so Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash are easy to learn and easy to use. support."

"It's really ruthless for you to take the bottom out of the pot." Tang Huan shook his head and laughed, and then changed the topic to other topics.

Zheru software company is so big, no matter how important the browser is, it is only a link in the product line - Tang Huan began to ask about the security of Zheru's product ecosystem.

Now, the personal computer in terms of hardware is already equivalent to the Fangyuan personal computer. Similar to the original time and space, when the word personal computer is mentioned, people first think of IBM-PC compatible machines, not Apple computers.

The difference is that, compared to the original time and space, the Fangyuan personal computer is not kidnapped by the microprocessor, but controls the microprocessor in reverse—Intel’s x86 family microprocessor is still the same, satisfying the requirements of the general public; Zheru's RISC microprocessor Holder replaces Motorola's MC68000 series, which was defeated without a fight, and provides a suitable "brain" for special fields such as high-end personal computers and educational computers that emphasize power consumption ratio and cost performance.

On this basis, Zheru Software logically dominates the Fangyuan computer platform—from operating systems, programming and development tools, to office software, databases, and so on.

This unified pattern has brought a lot of money to philosophers and scholars; it has brought various conveniences to users, including a consistent user interface;

Zheru Software's products, such as the operating system StudiOS, are definitely better than Microsoft's Windows at 01:30, but they can't stand to be the target of all hackers, and they are not observed and studied with a magnifying glass all the time.

In particular, the rapid development of the Internet has brought great convenience to technical exchanges—for example, when a person discovers a bug, it may not be used for a day, and hackers around the world will know it.

Therefore, the software platform represented by Zheru's personal computer operating system, StudiOS, encounters countless attacks every day, and it seems to have become the hardest hit area for computer security issues—maybe one day, this volcano will erupt!

In this situation, we cannot completely rely on computer security companies such as Symantec to solve the problem. We need to be hardworking ourselves, and we must strive for success, and Zheru Software Company must also pay more attention to it.

You must know that even now, the real buyer of the operating system is the enterprise market, which has higher and higher requirements for the security of computer systems.

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Zheru Software Company only regards Netscape as one of the many competitors that only needs to deal with it normally, that is, it pays considerable attention strategically; but Netscape Company regards Zheru Software Company as a matter of life and death The number one enemy, go all out to find fighters.

Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale was listening to the work report of the marketing staff, his face was livid, and his mood was extremely bad.

I saw the other party complaining helplessly: "When we encountered with Zheru Software Company on the same project, the other party often packaged enterprise products such as database EBase, mail server Zerone_Exchange, etc., and offered discounted prices. Ten thousand dollars of Zerone_Internet_Services——Zheru Internet service is like giving away for nothing, we simply can’t stand it.”

"For those small and medium-sized companies in need, when purchasing, the first consideration is the total cost of ownership. When they see that there are free things to take, they are seduced away without even thinking about it-after all, Zheru's brand They have been in business for more than ten years, and they are already very authoritative. If they casually put on a low profile, it will give buyers a psychological hint that the opportunity is rare."

"That's enough, I didn't call you here to listen to these excuses to get rid of responsibility." Jim Barksdale finally couldn't help it, and started the runaway mode of spitting stars, "A bunch of idiots, the work is so good, Is it still necessary for the company to pay you generous salaries? I don’t believe it, did Zheru complain like that when he and IBM competed face to face?”

Glancing at the speechless subordinates, Jim Barksdale roared harshly: "I'm just going to ask now, is our website server software a unique solution on Sun Microsystems' hardware platform?" Solution? Do we also have a package agreement with Sun Microsystems and Oracle?"

"In the final analysis, everyone has the same routine, but why has the sales of Sun Microsystems hardware platform products not increased but decreased recently?"

The sales director blushed and explained: "Although everyone has a cooperation agreement, Sun Microsystems, Oracle and us have cooperated closely, and they just give a lower discount, which can't compare to the tacit understanding between Zheru and Fangyuan. How much? Sometimes, when only one party is present, they can quote a low price for the overall solution including hardware and software that we can’t afford at all! The customer is kidnapped on the spot.”

"I think that not only our product sales are not going up, I'm afraid the performance of Sun Microsystems and Oracle is also not good."

"You think? What you want is to find a decent reason for your incompetence!" Jim Barksdale slammed the table heavily, not accepting the explanation given by his subordinates at all.

He reprimanded bitterly: "Now, there are at least a hundred .com websites launched every week in the United States-such a large market space, you tell me, you can't compete with competitors."

"Unless, our website server software, like the browser, takes the road of free - first increase the market share." I don't know who murmured in a low voice, and it was particularly harsh in the huge conference room.

"Fart! Whose enterprise software do you think is given away for free? Without sales revenue, where will your salary come from?" Jim Barksdale was so angry that he picked up the coffee cup in front of him and wanted to throw it directly, but My eyes scanned around, but I couldn't find the hateful guy who was talking nonsense.

"The meeting is over!" Jim Barksdale put the cup in his hand on the table heavily, "After returning, everyone will write me a work report."

After all the subordinates left one after another, and only he was left alone, the CEO sitting in the middle showed signs of fatigue.He cursed "Damn monopoly" in frustration, which was an excuse for comfort.

……

Compared with the complaints of Netscape, which was only hanged on a tree, Microsoft, which has a rich product line, is still optimistic. Gates' mood is also clearer. Gein's own operating system has achieved a crucial breakthrough. .

Just this summer, Windows_NT was finally rated by the US National Security Agency as meeting the Trusted_Computer_System_Evaluation_Criteria - Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, that is, the C2 level regulation of TCSEC.

Every field has its own standards. The United States, which has always regarded high technology as its lifeblood, has spared no effort in military security and has launched a set of "rainbow books" on various standards. The Trusted Computer System Evaluation Standard is 1983. The "Orange Book" that came out in [-].

Trusted computer system evaluation criteria divides the security of computer systems into four grades from low to high—D, C, B, and A; The levels from low to high - each high level includes all the safety requirements of the lower level.

Specifically, Level D is the lowest level of security protection - a computer system belonging to this level is like a house with an open door, and anyone can enter and exit freely, which is completely untrustworthy.

To give a straightforward example, a personal computer with a DOS operating system installed is at a D-level level—anyone can do whatever they want as long as they turn on the power and start the computer normally.

Above the D level is the C level, which is divided into two security sub-levels from low to high - C1 and C2.

One of the most understandable features of C1 level is that if users want to use the computer, they need to enter the registered account number and password, and the system uses the account number and password to identify whether the user is legal and determine what kind of program and information the user has. access rights.

In addition to the characteristics of C2 level, C1 level also has an access control environment.

The difference between the two can be illustrated with an inaccurate but very vivid example, that is, an Android smartphone that almost everyone owns after more than ten years in time and space—ordinary people feel that they have all the operating rights, but in fact they still have A "root" level.

Zheru's operating system has already passed the C2 evaluation, and now Windows_NT has finally caught up. How can Gates be unhappy?
You know, from now on, Windows_NT will be able to stand up straight in the enterprise market, and even be qualified to think about national defense projects.

However, Gates didn't have a long time to be happy, and then he was frowned by the technological developments in another field.

More and more information has been disclosed about EA's next-generation home TV game console, and one thing that is certain is the 64-bit architecture.

Others may not be clear, but Gates is like a mirror in his heart. EA's software architecture is also in line with philosophy.

It can be said that Tang Huan has already done it, making his software ubiquitous-and Gates is still working towards this goal.

The introduction of the 64-bit architecture Xiaobawang game console naturally means that the original 64-bit software system has begun to put down its shelf and enter the consumer field.

In this regard, Gates had no choice but to think—is this Tang Huan's attempt to widen the competition gap in the industry?

(End of this chapter)