Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 940 The Chernobyl Virus Is Raging

From the perspective of the intuitive form of the product, it is different from programs such as spreadsheet software, browsers, and operating systems, which can be purchased and installed on a personal computer. Tang Huan introduced this at this Zheru Spring Developer Conference The Web 2.0 architecture and search engine technology are somewhat basic research, and the research and development results are run on the backend server in the network. The perceptual knowledge that ordinary users can obtain is blogs and browser searches. , returns the usage experience of service request results.

It is not difficult to imagine that the threshold required for this kind of product targeting the background operating environment is not the kind of entrepreneurial capital that can write a piece of code alone and receive a lot of praise for its talents. It can be easily achieved. Yes - once the giants set their sights here, it will be really not easy for the latecomers to take advantage of the loopholes.

The current search engine application is mainly reflected in the competition for market share among the four major portal websites: Yahoo!, Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos.

Among them, the latter three all got together for IPO in 1996 and raised development funds, but they were still turned around by Softbank. You fight to the death.

The power of the backing of Mr. Richest Man is extraordinary, which can be seen from a few small examples.

For example, "Yahoo Directory" was kicked out of Stanford University's campus network due to too many visits, but it turned around and got a foothold on the powerful Zheru server, temporarily saving a lot of basic equipment put in.

For another example, in terms of guiding traffic, Yahoo got a god-defying artifact.

Next to the address bar of the browser, there is a "Go" button similar to the "OK" function.It will direct users to a pre-set URL, in other words, it has the function of guiding traffic.

Netscape_Navigator, the browser of Netscape, used to earn 400 million US dollars a year through this button; Polestar, the browser of Zheru Software Company, which has a higher market share, is worth much. Must be able to buy it!
At the beginning, Polestar’s “Go” button was given to America Online; after Yahoo was established and acquired by Softbank, it got this powerful tool to guide traffic.

With support like this, plus Jerry Yang and David Filo, one outsider and one insider, with the opposite direction of management, Yahoo will naturally be able to leave Excite, Infoseek, and Lycos, the three main competitors, far away.

Now, Yahoo will be blessed with the halo of the richest man on the search engine again.

When Tang Huan introduced this set of search engine solutions called "Silk Road", he specifically mentioned that its technical foundation comes from the recent development of Zheru and Zheru software in the fields of database, natural language, artificial intelligence, etc. 20 years of accumulated solid background.

The implication is that the professionalism and powerful functions of the well-known "Silk Road" are by no means comparable to those so-called search engines currently on the market that are still in the stage of continuous exploration.

The fact is also the same. Since its birth, the "Silk Road" has been the crystallization of many cutting-edge technology research results, and its advantages are countless.

First of all, the database of "Silk Road" is EBase_i, which has completed the transformation of Internet application mode, and provides the most basic and comprehensive support for search engines in terms of data warehouse, data mining, natural language query, etc.

Secondly, "Silk Road" has an advanced mechanism that automatically "crawls" various content from the Internet, not limited to text, into the database.

Next, the search results of "Silk Road" support logical functions such as relevance ranking, automatic summary of web pages, and automatic classification.

The practical significance of this is great - since then, Internet advertising has a new way of "bid ranking".

Finally, from the perspective of ordinary users, "Silk Road" supports multi-language search - as long as you input natural language, it can conduct analysis based on the content of the webpage, and fully intelligent processing, and the search scope is expanded beyond text search News search, image search, video search, MP3 search, FTP search and so on.

Specific to daily use, "Silk Road" supports advanced syntax including AND, OR, NOT, etc.

The richest man enthusiastically gave examples of how to search accurately, "We benefit from the rich information on the Internet, but at the same time we are troubled by how to retrieve effective information."

"For example, the query term 'zerone_soft' is likely to return results that include 'zerone' and 'zerone_soft'."

"At this time, double quotes '"' can be used to enclose 'zerone_soft' to tell 'ideas', as long as the return result of 'zerone_soft' is fully included. "

"After mastering such advanced grammar, the 'big' of the Internet will not make you confused, but become an encyclopedia on your desk."

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At the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, which also belongs to the West Coast of the United States, Gates is carefully watching the live streaming of the 1998 Philosophy Spring Developers Conference.

Tang Huan's leisurely walks on the stage, his personable demeanor, his witty remarks, and his pointing out the country were all transmitted by the omnipotent Internet.

Of course Gates disdains to applaud and cheer like the guys off the stage who are listening mesmerizingly.

He has only one goal, and that is to find something that can be used for reference and use it for himself. Over the years, Microsoft has developed along this trajectory. Although it is uncomfortable, it is very effective.

It's just that this way of catching up with each other is not really labor-saving-it seems that the puzzle that can never be completed is really tiring and almost desperate.

No, Tang Huan officially took out the search engine.

Gates also knows that this is definitely a good thing, but Microsoft has not even developed the enterprise-level relational database SQL_Server, so how to chase it?
Fortunately, Microsoft's browser Internet_Explorer has been upgraded to version 4.0, and its functions have reached a remarkable level of power.

More importantly, Microsoft, which is persistent in the operating system, recently launched an upgraded version of Windows_95 for the consumer sector - Windows_98, and the market response is the best ever.

It's ironic-Microsoft also integrated the browser Internet_Explorer and the operating system Windows_98, but it didn't attract such a crusade as Zheru Software.

Whenever he thought of this, Gates had to thank him secretly—with Tang Huan standing in front of him, he not only avoided a lot of detours, but also avoided a lot of troubles.

When Tang Huan introduced a development supervisor and came to the stage to explain further specific topics of the "Silk Road" search engine, Gates couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "At first, I thought that Zheru Software, which was deeply in the whirlpool of monopoly, would slow down. The pace of progress; but now it seems that the impact is not great!"

Steve Ballmer speculated: "Don probably wants to use this 'forward' approach to lead the industry's development direction to show the world that the Department of Justice sued Zheru Software, an industry leader, on antitrust grounds. Leader, that's wrong."

Gates smiled jokingly, "Tang's toughness has also been discounted—you can see that the search engine 'Silk Road' has not been monopolized by Zheru Software, but has been opened to third-party portals."

Steve Ballmer did not refute, but said to himself: "The longer the contact, the more elusive Tang becomes. For example, he brokered Microsoft's purchase of non-voting shares in Apple Computer in exchange for two companies The long-term copyright dispute on the graphical user interface - I don’t see what benefit Tang got from it, but why did he do it anyway?”

Gates snorted, "It's easy to say - Tang is probably trying to use Microsoft's development and growth within a certain range to prove that there is still effective competition in the software industry under the monopoly of Zheru Software Company. Just wait and see. , in this antitrust lawsuit, it’s just a matter of time before Zheru Software Company uses this card.”

Steve Ballmer glanced at Gates and almost blurted out a question - Did you come up with this analysis yourself, or did your barrister father help you come up with it?
After forcing this gossip, Steve Ballmer turned to ask: "How should Microsoft respond to Don's proposed Web 2.0 and search engines?"

Gates, who had already made up his mind, replied without hesitation: "Web 2.0 is an open technical standard - after our engineers who participated in the Zheru Spring Developers Conference come back, we just need to follow up quickly; as for search engines , and also allocate resources, let’s make a separate project.”

At this point, a look of distress flashed across Gates' face, and he muttered to himself: "I don't know if our large database SQL_Server can undertake the task of storing massive amounts of data from search engines."

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There are definitely not a few companies like Microsoft that choose to support Tang Huan's Web 2.0 even though there is a competitive relationship.

It has to be said that this is where the power of industry leaders lies - if you don't follow this general trend, you won't even have the qualifications to participate in the competition!
Just like in the era of high housing prices, no matter how overwhelmed and complained, you must participate in this general trend of panic buying—otherwise, you will not even be eligible to be exploited, and you will not be far from being "useless".

However, in the support of Web 2.0, there are also discordant tones.

Previously, Zheru Software Company purchased a Java license from Sun Microsystems.

As a result, this move caused serious internal strife in the "NOISE" alliance. Netscape directly turned against Sun Microsystems and canceled the plan to use the Java language to develop a browser, which accelerated the disintegration process of this anti-philosophical software alliance.

The reason why Sun Microsystems did this was naturally driven by its interests—it took a fancy to Zheru Software's absolute superiority in platform share, which played an irreplaceable and important role in the marketing of Java.

Of course, Sun Microsystems did not wishful thinking to make things "simple", and also speculated with the greatest malice, the insidious tricks that Zheru Software Company may use.

For example, in the annex to the licensing agreement, Sun Microsystems has clear requirements for Zheru Software's Java development progress.

Just at this Zheru Spring Developers Conference, Zheru software version of Java, including the Java virtual machine that executes the code, has been brought out to show results.

At the beginning, Sun Microsystems was quite happy—Zheru Software Company really kept its word!
But soon, seeing the Zheru software version of Java, Sun Microsystems, which has many improvements and improvements, thought about it-if this trend continues, I may be overwhelmed by the other party, and then lose my understanding of Java. Take control.

At this moment, Sun Microsystems was furious—you old thief, you are too insidious!

In this way, Sun Microsystems filed a lawsuit against Zheru Software Company in the court of San Jose, Silicon Valley.

The outside world was directly amused by this scene—what happened to Zheru Software Company? After all, Zheru Spring Developers Conference was held at the same time as the trial time of the monopoly case against Zheru Software Company from the United States of America. A new lawsuit came out.

……

Joel Klein, the U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor responsible for prosecuting Zheru Software's monopoly, was one of the dudes who laughed.

In fact, the reason why he agreed to postpone the court hearing was because his colleagues at the headquarters of Zheru Software found a new piece of evidence—Zheru Software used its monopoly position to use browser plug-ins to unfairly guide Internet traffic.

Joel Klein's first reaction after hearing the news was - the water in the IT circle is really deep!Zheru Software Company's secrets seem to be endless!
Ever since, Joel Klein asked his colleagues to work overtime again to prepare information about this new evidence on April 4, so that it would come in handy in the court the next day.

Joel Klein was a pioneer. He came to the office early on April 4. The first thing he did was to turn on his computer and check whether his colleagues on the West Coast had sent an email.

But what made Joel Klein sweat profusely was that his computer couldn't start - the power indicator light was on!Power supply fan, turn!But the display is pitch black, and even the basic startup is not executed!

Joel Klein checked the entire office area and found that all computers without exception had this problem.

At such a critical moment, the computers went on strike collectively!
Joel Klein's heart suddenly galloped!
……

At this time, Joel Klein, who was jumping up and down in a hurry, did not know that Symantec, the most famous computer security company in the industry, had already issued the highest level of red security warning on its official website. The most destructive computer virus in history, concentrated outbreak.

Since this computer virus broke out on April 4, it was temporarily named "Chernobyl virus."

Because the Chernobyl virus can damage hardware, it is best not to start the computer until an effective countermeasure is available.

But the tragedy is that Joel Klein turned on almost all the computers in the office area.

(End of this chapter)