"Boss, the lawsuit against Microsoft for monopoly has already begun. But judging from Microsoft's lawyers, they intend to drag it out. We now have two options. The first is to accept an out-of-court settlement to avoid harming Microsoft's brand. At the same time, we can Get a compensation. The second option is not to accept the settlement and ask the court for a ruling. This way the fine may be smaller, but it will hit Microsoft."
The first is that both parties benefit. Although Microsoft may have to pay more, its brand reputation is preserved and there is no loss. The second is that China gets less money, but causes Microsoft to suffer greater losses, which is equivalent to hurting each other in disguise.
"Wilson, I said that we must persuade the political ax and not accept out-of-court settlement." Feng Yu said seriously.
"Understood, boss, we will definitely win this lawsuit. I will do everything possible to get us a larger fine. I have also invited two law firms that have participated in the EU's lawsuit against Microsoft to join us, which will give us a better chance of winning. increase!"
"Well, you did a good job. The legal fees that should be paid to you will not be less."
Wilson's face was filled with joy, and he was fully aware of his boss's generosity. As long as things are done to the boss's satisfaction, the boss will definitely give him money that satisfies him.
Now Wilson's law firm is also famous. But basically he no longer takes any cases and only works for his boss, leaving other matters to other lawyers in the law firm.
"By the way, boss, my partner told me the news that when Microsoft settled out of court in xx country, it found evidence that that country had infringed on Microsoft's intellectual property rights, and used this as a threat. During the settlement, Microsoft hardly paid anything. what money."
Feng Yu raised his eyebrows, knowing what was going on.
In a previous life, Microsoft did this once in China and caught some state-owned enterprises and government agencies using pirated Microsoft systems and software, which caused a setback to China's international reputation.
But this life is different. Feng Yu originally asked Lianxiang Group to sell the Microsoft Windows system on a consignment basis. The price was very low, and it did crack down on piracy several times, so that most state-owned enterprises and government agencies in China chose to install the genuine version.
Later, Microsoft took back the sales rights. Their own Chinese branch sold the products at a much lower price than abroad. In order to stimulate sales, the prices of the systems they installed for enterprises were also relatively cheap because of the large volume.
However, as time goes by, the prices of Microsoft systems and other software have begun to rise slowly, and are now close to the price levels of moderately developed foreign countries.
Microsoft's system has also been cracked by some "experts", and many individuals have chosen to install pirated versions. Anyway, they think they can still use it, and there is no difference.
But at least now compared to the same period in previous lives, there is much less piracy. But if this continues, piracy will definitely spread further.
Fortunately, Feng Yu has been urging Lianxiang Yinshan to develop the window system, which will be completed soon.
At this time, Microsoft was also developing a new, so-called epoch-making system, vIstA, which was the system that caused Microsoft to suffer Waterloo in the previous life.
Not to mention that the sales of this system are very poor, and the reputation is also overwhelmingly negative, mainly because of the compatibility issues of hardware and software.
Later, Microsoft took tough measures and stopped the upgrade of the xP system to force users to enter the vIstA system. However, it failed in the end and had to launch wIN7 in advance. As a result, it also experienced a period of pain. About three years later, It just replaced xP.
The so-called epoch-making product, which cost tens of billions of dollars and took five years to develop, failed miserably, which was a big blow to Microsoft at the time.
Feng Yu wants to use this time to launch Lianxiang Yinshan's system. He can't say that it will quickly replace Microsoft's system, but it will definitely be no problem to get a piece of the market.
Feng Yu’s requirements for Lianxiang Yinshan were that the system should be small, simple, and compatible. Only in this way can Microsoft users come to love Lianxiang Yinshan's system from trying it out, and slowly replace Microsoft.
Unfortunately, Feng Yu asked them to make a system similar to the wIN7 he used in his previous life, but it was impossible because the hardware configuration was insufficient and it could not be driven at all.
Instead, they made a system suitable for servers based on Feng Yu's request. It has reached the final testing stage and plans to launch it on the market by the end of this year.
Fortunately, they have experience in developing Hos and know how to simplify the system, but after all, Hos is only a system used on smartphones at this time, and there is still a big gap between it and the real PC system.
In order to build this PC system, even Xiang Yinshan’s main income in the past few years has basically been invested in it, and now it is even using loans.
Fortunately, Qiu Bojun and the others were also confident in this. China used to develop its own computer operating system. What was Microsoft doing at that time
However, the original group of people changed jobs and went overseas. In addition, the original leaders did not know how to continue investing in development, so Huaxia's system was gradually replaced by Microsoft's system.
Qiu Bojun was one of the people who developed the Chinese operating system, or one of its representatives. He has always wanted to create a new system that is suitable for China. It would be even better if it could go abroad and be used by people from more countries.
When the smartphone system was first developed, many people opposed it. As a result, after the finished product came out, although there were some problems, there were still many positive reviews. Aren't the sales of Fengyu Brand's s1 and s2 also good? At least to a certain extent, it suppressed the development of Saipan and forced Microsoft to increase investment in research and development. , can be considered a success.
Since Hos can succeed, why can't the PC system succeed
They are all based on the LINUx system. This system that releases source code for free, or is called an open source system, is studied by almost all software companies in the world. This is also the system that Microsoft hates the most. Qiu Bojun, Lei Dajun and others firmly believe that they will be able to fight Microsoft, or even suppress Microsoft's system in turn.
The most important thing is that Feng Yu is very supportive of this matter. If they had concerns before, whether the capital chain would be broken halfway through the research and development, but now, they are no longer worried about this.
Didn't Mr. Feng say that if you are worried about funds, you can spin off this project and set up a subsidiary, and then Feng Yu invests all the funds.
With these words, other shareholders strengthened their confidence and strongly supported Qiu Bojun and the others. As for the loan from Minsheng Bank, it was Liu Chuanzhi who went to help in person and used Lianxiang Group as a guarantee to lend so much money.
Now their product has entered the final debugging stage, and it depends on whether it will be popular after being launched on the market.
… (To be continued.)