Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Chapter 991: Netscape submits an antitrust complaint

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Amid all the attention, the Ariane 5 carrier rocket deviated from its flight path, disintegrated and exploded just 37 seconds after launch, causing direct losses of up to 600 million U.S. dollars, which is not insignificant.

And the European Space Agency did not show the accident investigation speed of three days, which shocked everyone again? The problem originated from a data type conversion overflow in the control system software code.

In the previous Ariane 4 launch vehicle, engineers carefully analyzed the range of horizontal velocity values, and finally determined that it must belong to a 16-bit number.

When it comes to the Ariane 5 launch vehicle, this conclusion is directly and simply inherited.

As a result, during the launch of the Ariane 5 carrier rocket, a 64-digit number was converted to a 16-digit number, which caused a data overflow error, and then the program jumped to the error handling module, which eventually caused the rocket to run at a high speed. A 90-degree horizontal roll was carried out, which triggered the activation of the self-destruct device.

Gene Luton concluded bitterly: As Tang said, we, who have been self-contained for a long time, have not kept up with the current advanced situation of computer software development-if a program development environment like zerone_development_workshop is adopted, it will definitely be Warnings are received during code compilation, making it possible to spot and avoid the bug.

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have to! The $600 million big gun battle has invisibly advertised Zheru Software.

Tang it, who found the problem by three times and five times, is amazing!

No wonder they single-handedly created two IT companies with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars!

No wonder Zheru Software's market capitalization has surpassed that of Fangyuan Company!

Since then, the image of the software has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people! The benefits of software are exciting!

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In the midst of admiration, Mr. Richest, who is in a good mood, appears in the audience of the French Open, which has entered the final stage from time to time.

Even if he was watching the football, Tang Huan couldn't take it easy. He sighed casually, and was captured by the media and presented to the public.

For example, Mr. Richest's sentence The trend of beautiful women in tennis has begun spread widely in the remaining days of the French Open.

The allusion originated from the two rookie tennis players under Tang Huan Sports Industry Co., Ltd.—Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova.

Although these two young girls who turned into professional tennis at the end of the previous year were only fifteen or sixteen years old, they performed well in this year's French Open and broke into the women's doubles semi-finals; Martina Hingis also In the women's singles group match, they reached the third round of 32 and 16.

When the richest man was admiring the game, he directly praised the pair of beautiful girls as the most beautiful scenery on the tennis court, predicting that the trend of beautiful women in tennis has begun.

It's such a simple thing, and it was suddenly hyped as a hot news, and the fuel inside it is definitely intriguing.

As people's entertainment methods become more and more diverse, in order to attract more spectators to watch, the commercially operated ATP and WTA must have used their brains outside of tennis itself.

Take the wta as an example, the most ready-made gimmick is the beauty - Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova who turned into professional games can be called at the right time.

In the final analysis, how to make money without losing dignity.

Mr. Richest Man, who casually pointed out the reason for the failure of the launch of the Ariane 5 carrier rocket, is now a dazzling time for the brilliance. Make a review.

Some journalists with broken minds even fanned the flames and asked - since Tang admired the two rookies Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova so much, which one of them would become Shi Shi? What about Teffy Graff's successor?

Tang Huan, who has been through battles for a long time, reminded the other party solemnly——for fledgling athletes,

Making all kinds of gimmicks and adding unnecessary pressure is a compliment to geniuses.

Of course, when this answer got to the media, it was converted into - the women's singles final is coming soon, the richest man in Tang showed his consideration and avoided talking about Graf's successor.

Those who are interested are trying to increase the popularity of WTA by adding gimmicks other than sports. In sharp contrast, Steffi Graf in white shirt and black skirt and Sanchez Vicario in white shirt and white skirt, Using their respective strengths, they jointly contributed a very exciting pure final on the clay court.

The two sides fought fiercely for three sets, and the last set was fought to a score of 10:8, and it was only with difficulty that Steffi Graf won.

The final took 3 hours and 4 minutes, setting a record for the longest women's singles final in the history of the French Open, which shows the intensity of its competition.

This record also allowed the media to move out Steffi Graf's final scene at the French Open in 1988, when he set the unique Golden Slam record.

At that time, 19-year-old Steffi Graf played against 17-year-old Natasha Zvereva. As a result, the former swept the opponent with two clean 6-0 in only 32 minutes, setting a record The record for the shortest women's singles final in the history of the French Open has not been broken so far.

I don't know if it left a psychological shadow because of this. Natasha Zvereva, the defeated player, gave up the women's singles and focused on the women's doubles. Including the runner-up in the women's doubles at the Tennis Open, there are a total of 21 Grand Slam titles.

It has to be said that the first Grand Slam of his career was Steffi Graf at the French Open, which left two strong marks in the history of the French Open.

After the victory, Steffi Graf, who was also in a good mood, did not talk about other things like the richest man before when he was interviewed. He frankly responded to the question of the replacement of the old and the new in the tennis world, and even hinted that he should be in the future. Retiring within two or three years immediately sparked heated discussions.

When the French Open is over, the fire of media gossip is not extinguished, and they are staring at Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova, who were personally praised by the richest man, trying to compete in the two The breakthrough of the big news was found in a young girl.

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Tang Huan didn't bother to pay attention to the dark psychology of some people, and set off for England to deal with the awarding issue that had been urged several times by the other party.

In fact, as early as more than ten years ago, the United Kingdom tried to include the richest man who helped the Hong Kong government maintain the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate during the Hong Kong dollar crisis in 1983 in the name of commendation, and included it in the list of honors on New Year's Day in 1984. Tang Huan casually found an excuse that American law prohibits citizens from accepting honorary titles of foreign nobility, and politely refused.

Although many celebrities in Xiangjiang tried their best to get a title of British nobleman for themselves; there is no lack of flocking people in the UK. For example, Beckham from the original time and space is the most famous example, so as to finally achieve the purpose of elevating his status and making things easier. But the richest man really doesn't care about this cumbersomeness-the doctoral title of ph.d is enough to decorate the scene.

The precedent of rejecting such British honors is not uncommon, but for the United Kingdom, after all, it is a disgraceful matter, so it is handled in a low-key manner to avoid being discovered and hyped by the media-therefore, the public has no way of knowing this episode.

Logically speaking, this kind of thing is well known, even if it comes to an end, there is no need for Britain to rush to send honors out of business.

But the question is, isn't Xiangjiang coming back soon? And as the end of a historical era, certain embellishments must be included to highlight the credit of Britain-for example, during the Xiangjiang colonial period, a richest man in the world appeared.

To catch up with this last train, the UK must make good use of the only two remaining opportunities to announce the list of honors, namely next year's New Year's Day and Queen Elizabeth II's birthday.

As for the reasons for the award, there are many more—education, sports, economy...even the discovery of the mad cow disease epidemic this year are all contributions.

British Prime Minister John Major was somewhat resistant to this, so he refused to recommend it himself, but asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to nominate him; at the same time, even if the British government wanted to be sloppy, Queen Elizabeth II decided that it would be up to her to do it decision to award honors.

On the side of the richest man, compared to before, his attitude is obviously much looser.

Ever since, everyone has the current arrangement of sitting together to discuss.

What was Tang Huan thinking in his heart?

In fact, the number of such honors in the UK has been flooded to the point of overwhelming the street, and it may not really be related to contributions, but everyone has loved and killed each other until now, and it has indeed reached the point where this face project must be added.

In the end, the richest man said to Charles, who came to negotiate on behalf of the British royal family: Then, like Akio Morita, reward me with a kbe in the Order of the British Empire-the Knight Commander Medal.

The kbe is the second level, and there is a gbe on it-the Knight Grand Cross. Charles continued to say: Based on our friendship, I am obliged to let you get the highest honor.

Tang Huan grinned and said, I'm already very honored to be rewarded by kbe; as for gbe, let's keep it as a goal in the future.

You're too modest. Charles waved his hand, I'll do it in one step if I show up in person. If there are other awards in the future, let's talk about it at that time. Anyway, our honor system is very complete.

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After the award of the honor was confirmed, the news spread on the first anniversary of the countdown to Xiangjiang's return.

Mr. Richest Man was already mentally prepared to ignore the subsequent subtle fluctuations, but another change was beyond his expectation.

After France saw that Britain had given the richest man a gbe, it also contacted—not to mention the investigation of the Ariane 5 rocket launch failure just now, Tang also made great contributions to France and even the European Union, And thus fully qualified to receive the French Legion of Honor.

Russia also followed suit - Tang named the world's most popular puzzle game invented by himself with Tetris in 1979, and made a huge contribution to Russian culture - it is also worthy of accepting Russia's national honor.

Immediately afterwards, the Commander of the Belgian Crown Order, the Spanish Silver Cross, a third-class Ruibao Medal... and so on, followed one after another.

The richest man, who was a bit overwhelmed, couldn't help but laugh and cry-I'm only over forty, and I'm not as addicted to medals as Brezhnev!

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Just when Tang Huan was so overwhelmed by the honor that he almost couldn't straighten up, someone began to try to give him a negative score.

In the United States, Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape, filed a complaint with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, formally suing Zheru Software, a software giant with the richest man as the chairman of the board of directors, for its anti-competitive behavior .

Immediately, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and people from all walks of life talked about it.

You must know that since the early 1990s, the antitrust investigations initiated by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice against Zheru Software have been carried out calmly—the former voluntarily stopped the investigation because the number of votes did not reach the passing ratio. Under the footsteps of the anti-monopoly investigation; the latter ended in a settlement through the active negotiation of Zheru Software.

Now, Netscape suddenly jumped out to oppose Zheru Software's monopoly, and it seemed to have a murderous spirit that the small Netscape company did not possess.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why Netscape was able to become the vanguard of anti-philosophy software companies is because of its shallow qualifications, it belongs to the state of broken pots and bare feet, and it is not afraid to wear shoes—in order to gain living space, There is no choice but to make noise; companies such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and IBM are unwilling to publicly admit the monopoly position of Zheru Software, lest they show their incompetence.

In this case, Netscape rushed to the forefront ignorantly and fearlessly; while other anti-philosophy software companies hoped that this melon egg would attract all the hatred.

In other words, the fundamental purpose of Netscape, which plans to enter the enterprise network market, in filing an antitrust lawsuit is to expand its own living space, and it is best to re-divide the big pie of the market; and Netscape is not alone. Fighting, companies such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and IBM are all standing behind it, providing corresponding support, and playing the trick of beating the old cow across the mountain.

It can be said that Netscape's filing of the anti-monopoly complaint means that the forces of anti-philosophy and Confucian software companies in the IT world have further merged-the degree of danger within is self-evident.

Since the competitors have chosen to use the legal channel as an offensive weapon, Zheru Software Company, the target of public criticism, has no choice but to follow the path drawn by the other party and accompany it to the end.

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