Back To 1995

  Chapter 1161 Do not talk about martial arts

Arriving at the hotel where he was staying, Jotus saw a huge construction site across the street, still brightly lit. The hotel where Jotus was staying had a good sound insulation effect, so he couldn't hear the noise, but Looking at the construction vehicles all over the construction site, Chotus also knew how busy it was.

   After taking a sip of coffee, Jotus knew that the construction site across the street belonged to the hotel project of RICK, the largest luxury group in America.

RICK, which has become a luxury giant, has not given up entering other industries. Now it has entered many industries such as luxury hotels and high-end catering. The hotel under construction now will become the most luxurious hotel in Houston and even Texas once it is completed. A chain hotel with a variety of entertainment facilities, which can provide band performances, circus performances, etc.

  The RICK Group also belongs to the Bruno family, and Chotus is also well aware of this.

   After taking a few sips of coffee, Chotus felt exhausted all the way, and after most of it dissipated, he turned on the laptop he was carrying.

As soon as he turned on the computer, the first thing Jotus did was to open the Hotmail mailbox familiarly. This is the most familiar process for American workers. Looking at the familiar page of the Hotmail mailbox, Jotus couldn't help showing nostalgia. look.

Back then, when Song Yang was working on Hotmail, he found Jotus, who was the consultant and president of Wang An Company at that time, to cooperate with him. Jotus used Wang An's mailbox technology to invest in Meidao, and joined the Hotmail mailbox project, which finally proved that , There is no problem with Chotus' vision.

  Hotmail mailboxes have completely changed the office habits of countless people in America and even the world. Of course, Wang An's investment in this project has also received enough returns!

  Although the local Hotmail mailbox brand in America already belongs to Microsoft, Jotus still feels special about this mailbox.

However, when Song Yang sold the mailbox to Microsoft Hotmail, "Xiaoxiao" moved a little bit, splitting the "America local brand" and overseas brands of Hotmail mailbox, and selling it to Microsoft was Hotmail Ami Liga's local brands and overseas Hotmail mailbox brands are not sold, which makes Microsoft very uncomfortable now.

At that time, there were not many Internet users outside of America, so Song Yang sold the Hotmail mailbox brand separately, and Microsoft did not object. Overseas areas were called the desert of the Internet. Except for Song Yang, Not being noticed at all.

  Of course, maybe it was Microsoft, which was fighting Netscape at that time, for fear that Song Yang, Microsoft's only ally in the Internet industry, would also run away, and pinched his nose to admit it.

But it is different now. The scale of overseas Internet users has long surpassed that of America. The mailbox industry is also fiercely competitive. The overseas brand of Hotmail mailboxes is not under the control of Microsoft. This makes it very difficult for Microsoft to compete with Yahoo and other mailbox brands. passive.

  Microsoft has long wanted to take back the global copyright of Hotmail mailboxes, but Song Yang has not sold it, making Microsoft feel worse than swallowing flies, but he dare not really offend Song Yang.

Shaking his head, Jotus didn't know how the Hotmail mailbox brand battle would end, but he knew that Microsoft would definitely not be able to get a bargain. The reason was simple. Song Yang didn't necessarily need Hotmail mailboxes, but Microsoft definitely needed them. Leave With the Hotmail mailbox, Microsoft's influence in the Internet industry has shrunk by at least a lot!

   After checking and replying to the emails sent to him by EMC executives, and then entering the group of several EMC technical engineers in ICQ, and asking about the progress of several projects, Chotus then backed out.

   Without much effort, Jotus saw the Skype platform advertisement on the ICQ homepage, and after clicking to download, Jotus soon saw the Skype login page.

Almost at a glance, Jotus knew that this was the style of the Song Yang camp. ICQ, Twitter, Feita antivirus, PayPal, Xueleshan online platform and other Internet platforms all had this style. It was concise and clear. It is a useless thing that is full of bells and whistles, and it is a fool's operation. You can know how to operate it just by looking at it. For this, the platform side can't wait to hand it over to users.

  Skype is also in the same style. You can use ICQ account to log in with one click on the login interface, which has almost become a common login method for all major Internet platforms in America.

By the way, technical patents such as one-click login and one-click payment belong to the North American Global Investment Foundation. Without someone's approval, other companies are not allowed to use it. If you dare to use it without authorization, you can wait for a lawsuit. The kind of lawsuit that ruined everything!

According to media statistics, in recent years, the Internet companies that have filed the most lawsuits, the North American Global Investment Foundation, ICQ, and PayPal are all on the list. Every year, they file dozens of hundreds of lawsuits, suing other Internet companies for infringement, patented technology, emoticons, etc. Package infringement is the most litigant, and the number of companies sued is unknown. This makes ICQ's reputation in the American legal circle not much worse than that of Disney. Not many lawyers are willing to litigate with ICQ. It is really unaffordable. ICQ The most important thing is to keep fighting if you can't win, and you are not afraid of exhaustion at all.

In the past, when the outside world ridiculed the copyright madman Disney, they liked to say that if they were unfortunately living on a deserted island and painted SOS on the beach, they might not be rescued, but if they drew Mickey Mouse, it would not be long before Disney's legal department would take a ride. The story about the helicopter coming to catch people, now, it is estimated that a new story will be added, living on a deserted island, the emoticons of Mickey Mouse and ICQ are drawn on the beach at the same time, the probability of rescue is 100%, it depends on Disney and ICQ, which side The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China came first with a helicopter...

Of course, in addition to one-click login with ICQ account, you can also use Google, PayPal payment, Fortinet antivirus, Xueleshan game platform, ebay, Amazon, and the login method at the bottom. The missing Hotmail mailbox landed on the Skype platform!

The Skype platform and its parent company, ICQ, have always been very fair. They have never engaged in the bundled method of anger and grievance played by some companies. The login channel is placed at the end, and users can't find it. Can ICQ be blamed? Is it because users don't like it, so they can't remember it? !

Jotus uses ICQ to log in with one key, enters Skype, and sees the Skype page, which is much simpler than ICQ and Twitter. It is mainly divided into "voice chat", "message", "share", and another The functions of several major sections such as "more functions" are much less than ICQ in terms of functions. On the homepage of the Skype platform, the only advertisement page is to recommend users to download the mobile version of Skype. Obviously, Skype has not yet been commercialized.

Clicking on the "Voice Chat" function, Jotus saw the first few functions, such as voice chat with friends, group voice, and group voice with up to 25 people. World of Warcraft players provide voice services.

But when he saw several other functions in "Voice Chat", Jotus was dumbfounded, feeling his scalp was a little numb, and a thought came to his mind, ICQ, and even Song Yang, are they crazy? , Do they know that they are playing with fire and setting themselves on fire? !

In the functional area of ​​the voice chat, several functions are listed impressively, such as "calling mobile phones and landlines", "call forwarding", "caller ID", and "dialing international calls". Behind these functions, there are A line of small characters "Trial operation function, no charge for the time being".

  Although these functions were written on it, Jotus still had a chance in his heart, took out his mobile phone and found a number of an executive of EMC in England, and tried to call it.

   When a few seconds passed, there was a burst of phone ringing, followed by a voice with some doubts, "I'm Janus, you are..."

  The mobile phone in Janus's hand showed a strange calling number, he had never seen such a number before.

Jotus listened to the Skype platform on the computer, and Janus' voice came out. The voice was a little noisy and distorted, but it still shocked Jotus. What is the voice distortion and poor call quality? Before making a phone call, is it so important? !

   "I am Jotus!"

After talking to Janus for a few words, Chotus hurriedly hung up the phone, leaving Janus with a dazed expression on his face. He received a call from the president of the group in the middle of the night, and was hung up after talking a few words. The phone call made Janus, who was already bald, scratch his head and couldn't sleep at all. He heard that EMC Group was having a hard time this year, with a loss in performance, and Jotus might implement downsizing. Janus couldn't help but speculate , could he be that unlucky guy, don't even think about falling asleep tonight...

Chotus looked at the Skype platform in front of him. If he was in the telecommunications industry, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at this time. Skype users can make free calls between each other, and can cross-platform to browse the web on the Internet. Jotus doesn’t know the future, Skype’s charging standard, but Skype doesn’t need base stations and signal towers, the cost is much lower than that of telecom operators, and the charges are definitely lower than telephone charges, even if it has disadvantages Full, the call is too dependent on the network, the signal is unstable, the call is distorted, there is noise, etc., but in the face of cheap call charges, or even free, are these still important? !

In addition to being able to make cross-platform calls, Chotus also saw that the "SMS function" in the "Information Section" area of ​​​​Skype may also send text messages to mobile phone users across platforms. Skype is planning to kill the American communication operator ah!

   But Chotus was puzzled by one thing. In Song Yang's hands, there was also Telecom America, a telecom operator. Skype would also affect Telecom America. Song Yang even launched Skype, which made him a little puzzled.

   Shaking his head, he put all these behind him, Skype is a headache for several major communication operators in America, and it's not Chotus' turn to worry.

  However, before turning off the computer, Jotus saw the news pushed on the computer, "Skype has swept millions of users in North America on the first day of its launch!"

  (end of this chapter)