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   Chapter 317 Scepter

   Kevin Kelly and Jim Clark have known each other for a long time. The two years when Netscape was in full swing was also the two years when Wired magazine relied on the Internet to grow into the top magazine media in the technology industry.

   Wired Magazine was the first to report on Netscape. As a trumpeter in the Internet industry, Netscape has become the leader of the Internet industry, and Wired Magazine has contributed a lot.

   On the other hand, as the vanguard of the Internet industry, Netscape is the representative work of Internet companies on the Nasdaq, and Jim Clark is also an old gun in the technology industry.

Now Netscape is trying to pull Microsoft into the quagmire of monopoly lawsuits. You must know that so many companies have fought against Microsoft, and there are countless people who want to tear down Microsoft, but in the past few decades, there is real hope Microsoft is cornered, still only Netscape.

What this needs is not only the evidence on the surface, but also the game on Capitol Hill, with a large number of congressmen and state members fighting behind it, and Jim Clark is in the Internet industry, one of the few. The connections and the strength of the people, Song Yang is now incomparable!

   Putting Netscape and Jim Clark at the No. 1 spot on Wired magazine's list of Internet powerhouses is basically correct.

   And Kevin Kelly placed second on the Internet power list, it is Bill Gates!

   To describe the position of Microsoft and Bill Gates in the Internet industry in America now, that is, others are not in the arena, but there are still his legends in the rivers and lakes.

  Microsoft is not the first person to eat crabs on the Internet, but it is the one that has the deepest impact on the Internet industry in America. If it wasn't for Microsoft's launch of the IE browser to compete with Netscape, then Netscape might have become the overlord of the Internet industry now.

  Netscape controls the entrance to the Internet. Anything like DoubleClick, AOL, Yahoo, ICQ, Lycos, etc., depends on Netscape's face.

If it is not attacked, then according to the speed of Netscape's development, Netscape has already begun to develop its business into other fields. Maybe by then, there will be no other Internet companies at all. Maybe in a few years, there will be one. Internet giant.

   But things didn’t work out, Netscape’s Niu Bi was too loud, and the development speed was too scary, so that Microsoft, which didn’t pay attention to the Internet industry, successfully attracted attention.

  Microsoft entered the market abruptly, started a confrontation with Netscape, and literally dragged Netscape into the water. If you can do this, looking at the technology industry, only Microsoft can do this.

  The second place in Wired Magazine's Internet Power List is given to Bill Gates, and there must be no one in dispute. If it weren't for Jim Clark's Internet status, maybe this first place would have to be given to Bill Gates.

The top two rankings on the power list, even if they are controversial, are not too controversial. Bill Gates and Jim Clark are both influential figures. No matter who is the first, they are basically worthy of their name, and no one else can challenge .

   And in third place, Wired magazine has a much younger face than Bill Gates and Jim Clark.

   As a Wired magazine, the Internet Power List has attracted a lot of attention. People from the Internet and the technology industry have all received this issue of Wired Magazine.

   "Boss, congratulations, one of the five most powerful people on the Internet in America!"

  AOL headquarters, Lyonsis said to AOL founder and president Keith, holding the latest issue of Wired magazine in his hand.

   Wired magazine ranked Case fifth on the Internet Power List, behind Song Yang and Yang Zhiyuan, who were ranked third and fourth.

  The ranking of Wired Magazine, in addition to their respective companies, also has its influence outside the Internet.

  Case picked up the magazine and flipped through Song Yang's ranking comments. Kevin Kelly's comments on Song Yang were mainly about his worth and Song Yang's influence on the Internet industry.

The above threatened that Jim Clark started the Internet era, while Song Yang really started with the Internet and changed the Internet industry. No matter how many days the Internet is proud of, Song Yang is definitely the most shining one, even the most outstanding one. Speaking of Internet advertising, let Yahoo and his ilk see the hope of being able to live!

   Of course, the most important thing is Song Yang's worth, which can be said to be the fattest since the rise of the Internet. In the Internet industry alone, Jim Clark, Case, Yang Zhiyuan and the others have worth, and now they are not as good as Song Yang's.

Not to mention Yahoo and Yang Zhiyuan. Seeing that Netscape may not be able to withstand it, Wall Street is creating a new god. It is foreseeable that once Netscape is defeated, Yang Zhiyuan, the chief of Yahoo, will basically become the second generation of Silicon Valley. .

   After flipping through a few pages, Case saw Wired magazine's review of him, but after flipping through a few pages, Case smiled and threw the magazine aside.

   "I don't pay attention to this year's list, I only care, where I can rank next year!"

  Case said to De Leonsis in front of him, showing strong self-confidence, obviously not so satisfied with this ranking.

  Lyonses also said, "I look forward to Keith you, when you become the number one on this list, then I think Kevin Kelly will visit you in person."

  Case glanced at the magazine, looked at the companies that ranked ahead of AOL, didn't know what to think of, and was silent for a while.

   laughed, and Case said to Leonsis, "Remember what Bill Gates said to me?"

   "Of course, I won't forget, but I don't think Bill Gates would ever say anything like that again!" Lyonsis recalled.

The reason why Microsoft has so many enemies is also related to Bill Gates's good ridicule skills. A few years ago, Bill Gates blasted AOL, "I can buy 20% of AOL's shares, and I can buy them all. You can also send AOL to see God!"

The result can be imagined, AOL and Microsoft turned their faces directly and completely. This year, in order to start a war with Netscape, Bill Gates personally asked Case to make peace with AOL and let AOL use the IE browser. Case was moved back, but Case clearly didn't want to be just that.

   "I hope that one day, AOL can also give the words of Bill Gates to anyone!"

  Case took a deep breath. Now AOL is keeping a low profile, but he, Case, is not such a person who swallows his voice. He may not have plans to retaliate to Microsoft, but it is not now.

   "What's the attitude on Bertelsmann's side?!" Case asked Lyonsis. The Internet and telecommunications industries are both recruiting and expanding like crazy, but AOL is not idle either.

It's not that AOL doesn't know about broadband. Compared with dial-up Internet access, the speed of the Internet is faster, but AOL has more important things to do. On the one hand, it has confidence. After all, there are millions of users now. After a few years, AOL will slowly develop broadband services.

On the other hand, AOL not only just wants to be a telecommunications operator, but also always wants to reach out to the content provider. When it wants to provide network lines to its users, it also provides Internet software, music, games, TV, e-commerce, etc. A lot of business.

AOL is secretly hooking up with Bertelsmann, a European media giant, and wants to form an alliance with AOL. Now AOL has not dared to think about acquiring things, and only wants to cooperate with Bertelsmann to bring Bertelsmann's news, music, movies, TV series, film and television. Programs, etc., are placed on AOL to broadcast.

   Lyonsis said with a little embarrassment, "Bertelsmann said that they have no plans to cooperate with AOL yet!"

  Lyonses is still euphemistic. In fact, Bertelsmann rejected AOL's proposal directly after hearing it.

   "The News Corp. did not reply to the cooperation with AOL!"

  Like Bertelsmann, News Corp. does not look down on the "upstart" AOL, and is not very enthusiastic about the proposal of cooperation.

   Hearing this, Case was not angry, and AOL was not mocked once or twice, and he was not afraid to do it again.

   "Go to contact other media companies, AOL can increase the investment purchase price, this is the era of the Internet, traditional media is outdated!"

   "Go to Disney, Time Warner, and other media, and let them know that AOL is the future!" Case said, looking at Case.

   Song Yang also came to ICQ's office building when AOL was planning a major event.

   (end of this chapter)