June 10th, morning in Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley, known as the kingdom of the electronics and computer industries, was actually just a place that produced semiconductor chips based on silicon.
Skyscrapers are lined up in Silicon Valley, and almost all of the famous American network semiconductor companies are gathered here. It is the center and holy land of the world's semiconductor and Internet industries.
In the Netscape office building in Silicon Valley, Mark Anderson, one of Netscape's founders, walked into the office building looking exhausted.
He was in a very bad mood, extremely depressed, with a look of worry flashing across his face from time to time, which was totally inconsistent with his age of 26.
As the CEO of an emerging technology company, he should be in a bright and sunny situation right now.
Yes, at this time two years ago, he was still full of confidence and ambition, as if he held the entire Milky Way in his hands.
But things change, and two years later he became like this.
Mark Anderson's worry came from the browser war between Netscape and Vista.
The two companies are both located in Silicon Valley, but were later called the Silicon Valley Feud, which shows how fierce the battle between the two sides was at the time.
The two sides have become enemies since a four-hour meeting in Silicon Valley in 1995 ended in failure.
Weisoft's explanation was that Netscape's CEO said that in front of Netscape, Windows could only serve as a driver for a bunch of poorly designed devices.
Netscape's negotiating representatives were aggressive, not only proposing to divide the browser market, but also requiring that Netscape's products could only run on older versions of Windows.
Marco Anderson compared the representatives of Weisoft to gangsters sent by the Godfather.
Anyway, the mother-in-law says she is right, and the husband says he is right, and I don’t know who is right.
Then Vistasoft released Windows 95, which came with Vistasoft's own browser, IE 1.0.
The battle between the two sides officially began.
At first, IE1.0's performance was lackluster and it was no match for Netscape Navigator 2.0.
Netscape had a huge advantage in browser market share, and its dominance made VMware uneasy.
At this time, after careful planning, SoftBank used three strategies: The first strategy was on December 7, 1995, when Netscape's stock reached its historical peak. SoftBank held a press conference and announced that SoftBank would intervene and expand its influence in the Internet field. SoftBank's president changed the words and claimed that SoftBank was the backbone of the Internet. Next, SoftBank would improve the browser to make it faster and free.
Before this, Netscape's stock price was as high as 171 million US dollars. However, after Xi Jinping gave his speech, Netscape's stock price began to fall and never reached the height of 171 million US dollars again.
Netscape's investors realized that VMware had an overwhelming advantage, and Netscape's future seemed uncertain.
The second move: Vistara increased its efforts in browser research and development. At least the IE3.0 launched at the end of 1996 was technically as good as the latest Netscape Navigator 3.0.
The Weiruan interface system itself has the IE browser installed, and the levels of both are similar. So people who install the Weiruan system don't need to spend money to buy the Netscape browser and install it.
Netscape's share began to decline.
In 1996, Gaici asked an AOL executive: "How much money would Microsoft have to pay you to abandon Netscape and use IE as your recommended browser?"
This is Weiruan’s third trick.
Subsequently, a group of well-known American companies announced that they would abandon Netscape Navigator and switch to IE Navigator.
Netscape Navigator gradually lost market share. The company reported a loss of NT$80 million in the fourth quarter of 1997, and its stock price fell to less than NT$20 million.
On June 10, Netscape was not in such a bad state, but its market share was less than one-third of its peak period, the company had suffered a loss of about tens of millions of US dollars, and its stock price had fallen from 171 million US dollars at its peak to 32 million US dollars, and was still falling.
Marco Anderson sat listlessly on the sofa, his head resting on the back of the sofa, his eyes closed, thinking about how to solve the company's current crisis.
If he couldn't come up with a solution, he would have to watch the company decline day by day. At this rate, Netscape would go bankrupt and be acquired by the end of the year.
Marco Anderson racked his brains but couldn't come up with a good idea. At this moment, the phone on his desk rang.
"Mark! Please check your email. I sent you an email. I'm on my way to the company."
The call was from James Colaco, another founder of Netscape, and his tone was very urgent.
Marco Anderson turned on his computer and opened his mailbox, and there was indeed an email in it.
This seemed to be some kind of program, and Marco Anderson took a few minutes to open it.
As time went by, Marco Anderson's expression, which initially showed indifference, gradually became serious, then surprised, then serious again, and then...
It's like having a seizure.
With a crash, the door of his office was pushed open, and Jammusko Laco almost rushed in at a trot.
After graduating from university, Mark Anderson went to California, where he met Jammu and Kolako. The two hit it off and got along very well. They then founded Mosaic Communications, the predecessor of Netscape.
"Mark! Did you see it? Did you see it?" Jammusko Laco shouted as he entered the room.
"Jammus, I'm watching!"
"We are saved!"
"Yes! We are saved!"
Mark stood up from behind his desk and the two of them jumped around the room hugging each other.
This email is the interface file of the Huaguang system that Wan Feng asked Xu Meilin to send.
Netscape also developed a system, and both of them were professionally trained, so they naturally saw the power of this system.
"Jammus, we must get this system! Oh, right! Where did it come from?"
"China!"
Marco Anderson didn't blink for a long time: "You mean from that backward and authoritarian country?"
"Yes! It was sent from a company called Huaguang in Beiliao Province, China."
"How is this possible! Someone in China actually made a system? And it's so good!"
"Marco! Now is not the time to be surprised by this. We need to discuss how to get this system."
Marco came to his senses after hearing what Jammusko Laco said. Now is definitely not the time to worry about whether there are people in China who are gaming the system.
"Jamus! How about you go to China in person? See what conditions they want. If they allow, buy the system back. No! Even if they don't, buy it back anyway, no matter the cost. Netscape's life and death depends on it. You negotiate, and I'll raise the funds."
"Okay! I'll get a visa and fly to China right away."
Jammus Korako turned and hurried away.
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