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  Chapter 942 See the wind and make the rudder

   "That's my regret!"

  Schmidt showed a regretful expression on his face, as if he regretted missing Double-click as president.

  Whether it’s Oscar acting or not, the biggest feeling when getting along with Schmidt is that he is like a spring breeze. He is not as aggressive as other Wall Street professional managers.

  Whether it’s the founders of Silicon Valley, Wall Street institutions, congressmen from American states, big shots on Capitol Hill, etc., Schmidt can handle it well!

Irene sat down with Larry Page and Sergey Brin in the past. Facing the eyes of several people, Schmidt faced each other frankly. Seeing Larry and Sergey, he showed a relaxed expression to them. His smiling face and demeanor of a master of Taoism, it seems that everything is under control.

When they met for the first time, Larry Page and Sergey Brin had a good impression of Schmidt. Schmidt did not please them like some professional managers, nor did he like Disney Emperor Eisner. It is necessary to overwhelm the opponent when going up, but maintain a suitable distance.

The founder of any Internet company does not want to be restrained, but if the investor does not care, the company may be directly taken into the ditch by the founder's unconstrained ideas, just like the once-short-lived shared bicycle industry Boss, the lack of restraint leads to extreme madness. In the end, he played himself to pieces. Whether there is no restraint, the middle size needs to be grasped by the professional manager himself!

  Song Yang didn't talk about Google with Schmidt first, but said to Schmidt, "I heard that Sun's life seems to be difficult now!"

Mentioning this, Schmidt also showed a somewhat complicated expression. No matter how the outside world commented on everything McNealy did in Sun, McNealy, the boss, was good for Schmidt. In Sun, Schmidt also It's the pinnacle of his career.

Upon hearing this, when picking up the coffee, I met Song Yang's eyes. Irene, who had known Song Yang for a long time, didn't know that Song Yang might be thinking about Sun again, otherwise You won’t ask this question for no reason, Song Yang is not the kind of person who likes to meddle in other companies’ affairs, of course, except for those who can take the opportunity to cut leeks...

  Song Yang was indeed thinking about Sun's products, but not the workstation computers or servers that Sun was proud of. Those things, which McNeely himself regarded as treasures, were actually a bit of a rotten street.

It’s not that these things have no technical content. On the contrary, as long as the Internet and the technology industry exist, there will always be a need for servers, but there are too many companies doing it, even ICQ, PayPal, Symbian systems, etc. After all, you can only rest assured that the server is in your own hands, but basically it is to reduce costs and use it for yourself.

There is only one thing that really makes Song Yang greedy, and that is the patent of Java. As for other things, it is not bad, but Song Yang is not interested. He has been fighting with Oracle, IBM, HP and other companies. Less than any cheap.

Only java can make Song Yang's heart flutter. If you pinch it, it is equivalent to pinching the lifeblood of 800 million computers and more than one billion mobile phones in the world. Most of the software of these computers and mobile phones use Java. technology and patents.

  Song Yang didn’t expect to see how much he could earn from Java. If the patent fees were too high, those manufacturers and software development companies would probably run away and switch to Microsoft and other camps.

On the contrary, Song Yang will also lower the patent fee of Java to allow more companies to use it. This sword does not have to be cut down. As long as it hangs in the air, it is enough to make people frightened and make more companies afraid. The key moment, can severely disgust and even kill certain opponents!

  "Sun is not doing well now, the Internet crash has had a great impact on Sun, but President McNeely believes that Sun can stand up again!"

  Schmidt said nonsense that he didn't even believe. This year, the Internet collapsed, and a large number of Internet companies fell.

This caused Sun to turn from a big profit to a huge loss. McNealy is still holding on, declaring that he will not lay off employees, close production lines, and sell office buildings the size of 54 football fields. Think that Sun can still rise again like the sun, the scorching sun is in the sky, and let the light of Sun illuminate the entire Silicon Valley!

   Sounds really ambitious, but it doesn't help, the sun has set, it is Sun's darkest hour, and it will continue...

Song Yang nodded, seemed to agree with McNealy's point of view, and then said to Schmidt with a smile, "Please tell President McNealy for me that I am very supportive of everything he has done at Sun, and I am very willing to provide necessary support. help!"

Schmidt's eyes narrowed. They were all gangsters. He couldn't understand the meaning of Song Yang's words. In human terms, one day when McNealy couldn't hold on and wanted to sell Sun, he could come to Song Yang , Song Yang will offer Sun a good price for McNeely!

   "I will tell President McNeely!" Schmidt said bravely.

   At this time, Irene asked Schmidt, "What are you going to do with Novell?!"

  Schmidt has not yet announced his resignation. Just a few days ago, Schmidt vowed to change the situation of Novell next year and make Novell profitable...

On Novell's side, Schmidt, who led them to the top, is also doing everything possible to keep them. Even knowing that Schmidt wants to leave, they still propose that Schmidt continue to retain the status of the board of directors. Te can stay.

As soon as Irene said this, Schmidt was also a little embarrassed. It's just a basic thing for a professional manager to have two feet in two boats, but after all, what he said a few days ago is now a Like toilet paper, throwing it away after wiping, still makes Schmidt a little embarrassed.

But which is more important, face or job, Schmidt can tell the difference. One is Novell, which is on the verge of decline, and the other is the rising sun. Schmidt doesn't have to think too much about who to choose for the sub-Google.

Face is only worth a few bucks. When he becomes famous and leads Google to go public in the future, making Google's market value reach 50 billion or even 100 billion dollars, then naturally some people will praise him. As for job-hopping, it will also be beautified If Schmidt has a unique vision, his memoirs will be sold out, and no one cares about the black history. The world will only remember the winners, and the losers are meaningless...

   “I will join Google and quit Novell!”

  Schmidt said righteously, "I will bring everything to Google and make Google one of the best technology companies in Silicon Valley!"

  In the evening, Excite, whose market capitalization had already plummeted, suddenly issued an announcement announcing that it had changed hands and would start the delisting process. The Excite brand would be taken over by Google!

When I saw this news, the entire Internet industry felt sad. Excite, which was once in full swing, fell silently like this. Google, which was once looked down upon, paid an almost humiliating price of 300 million US dollars. Take it all.

   On the other side, Novell also announced an announcement, and the company's president Schmidt announced his resignation.

  If these news are not shocking to the technology industry, then on the other side, Google CEO Irene Doherty suddenly announced that she will officially resign from the position of Google President whose valuation has exceeded tens of billions of dollars!

  Although Irene later declared that she would retain her status as a member of Google's board of directors and serve as a consultant for Google, no one cared about it anymore, and everyone turned their attention to ICQ!

   When it was almost night, ICQ finally issued an announcement in the middle of the night, announcing that the general board meeting will be launched tomorrow, and there will be major adjustments.

  ICQ is ashamed to say no, but the entire Silicon Valley and Wall Street have been tossed so hard that they can't sleep.

   "Internet Queen Irene Doherty will return to ICQ!"

   "ICQ will usher in a new life!"

   "Rumor Bruno Song will split ICQ!"

   "More than 20 institutional analysts on Wall Street announced that they have adjusted ICQ's rating, and ICQ's stock rating is buy!"

The traditional big media will not be able to print and distribute newspapers until tomorrow morning, but they have been tossed enough. The original headlines on the front page have to be re-edited and printed, and they are raiding ICQ in the middle of the night. There are not a few media.

What is reported now is basically the Internet media, and the major portals are all making big reports, no matter whether it is true or not, anyway, the technology channels are all kinds of swaying reports. Before, they were pessimistic about the Internet industry, but now they are all Started to tout, how to attract attention and how to report, attracted a lot of traffic.

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