Silicon Valley

　　 Henry browsed the American Finance Network and found that the website mainly provides various financial news, and profoundly exposes the economic problems of the United States. There is even a comment section for senior economists. The content looks very high!

　　 Steve Case is very clever, and he actually created an economist column, knowing how to use the celebrity effect! ! !

　　 Henry had to admire one or two after reading it.

　　 However, if Steve Case delusionally wanted to defeat Henry on this basis, then he would be too naive!

　　 For the current time, the US Financial Network has indeed attracted a lot of people. One is because of the novelty, and the other is because many of the main users who surf the Internet are indeed business people. But Americans are concerned about the economy. They usually read newspapers and watch TV. They do not have the habit of watching economic news on the Internet. Therefore, the number of people is not an exaggeration! The main purpose of people who are online now is communication, business communication, technical communication, and so on.

　　 They exchange information, and they use email the most!

　　 And global online email has been recognized by people! When people become accustomed to using global online e-mail, even if you ask him to change an e-mail, he is too troublesome and too lazy to change. Unless this e-mail has a disruptive technological innovation, otherwise, the user's habits will be difficult to change!

　　 And with the increasing number of netizens and the decline in knowledge, people's purpose of surfing the Internet is more for the pursuit of entertainment! ! !

　　 Actually, communication is also a form of entertainment!

　　ICQ, QQ, MSN and other instant messaging software that will be active in the Internet in the future are good communication platforms. Many people linger all day long and spend their time in chat. After the prevalence of Facebook community exchange sites, communication has almost become an indispensable part of people's entertainment on the Internet!

　　 At this stage, AOL has indeed made a good move. But whether the next move can continue to move well, it is hard to predict!

　　 Soon afterwards, two AOL lawsuits were lost one after another!

　　 In the first lawsuit, the judge sentenced AOL to infringe Netscape’s graphics browser patent, compensated US$2 million, and required AOL to make certain modifications to the browser before it could go online. At the same time, it is necessary for Netscape to authorize some patents of the AL browser, otherwise, the judge will sentence it to the crime of monopoly! Of course, AOL must pay Netscape a certain amount of patent fees every year!

　　 In the second lawsuit, the content is roughly the same. AOL infringed the global online patent graphic e-mail patent and compensated 1 million US dollars. But Global Online must also authorize some patents, otherwise it will form a monopoly.

　　 Monopoly is a serious problem in the United States.

　　 In the past life, Apple was about to go bankrupt, and the Microsoft system had no rivals. Seeing that the axe of monopoly was about to fall, Microsoft extended a helping hand to Apple!

　　 In the past life, AMD was almost finished, Intel threw a piece of meat for it to eat, AMD survived!

　　 Henry also knew the seriousness of the problem. He said that he could not help but helpless!

　　 But how can the patent fee not go to the bottom?

　　 AOL screamed that the patent fee is too expensive. Henry said that it is normal to charge the patent fee. Now there are only two graphical interface browsers on the market. That is to say, the two browsers monopolize the market. How can we not charge a bit more? Besides, the high patent fees are for everyone’s sake, you see, the high patent fees, the threshold for entering the browser industry is high, and there are not too many people joining the competition, and the ultimate beneficiary is not the United States. Online... Is there any Netscape company!

　　 AOL is depressed, but I have to eat it again!

　　 As the lawsuit settled, the conflict between Henry and AOL also died down.

　　 AOL has seldom clamored, and now it’s a tortoise, or maybe it’s a bravery!

　　 With Henry’s knowledge of Steve Case, he would rather believe the latter!

　　 In Scully’s hands, Apple signed two consecutive bad contracts. The first was to agree to Microsoft's use of some Apple system interface patents, and the second was to sign an agreement with AOL to install the AL browser! These two shocks are much stronger than the previous life, and play a role of one plus one greater than two!

　　 Apple has begun to wander on the brink of bankruptcy!

　　 Of course, Apple is definitely not going bankrupt in a short time!

　　 Maybe one or two years, maybe three or four years, maybe longer. In the previous life, Apple fell into bankruptcy in 1996 and lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a single quarter! No way, Microsoft broke out that year, and Apple suffered a disaster! Now, Apple is only hurting its vitality, not to the root!

　　 There was a strong wind outside the house, and it was pouring rain. The weather was terrible!

　　 Henry fell asleep directly on the desk after reviewing the documents. During this period of time, Henry was also busy, and AOL added to the blockage for him. Sequoia Capital also started a small move!

　　 Sequoia Capital helped AOL fight the Nicholas Group. Henry didn’t bother him. It’s already a good deal. It actually happened at Cisco again!

　　With the development of time, the network speed of the National Science Foundation Network will be completed ahead of schedule this year. At that time, the cost of accessing the Internet will be greatly reduced, and the network speed will be greatly improved! Cisco's performance during this period has been explosively increasing every month, and it has established a European branch in France and an Asian branch in Hong Kong.

　　 The establishment of an Asian branch in Japan was the most conducive to the development of the company, but Henry was unhappy with Japan. For Mao to help them develop the network, go to Hong Kong first. Hong Kong's geographical location and economy are not inferior to Japan, but the place is a bit smaller, but it has a wide radiation response, which is also beneficial to Cisco's business in Asia!

　　 Sequoia Capital had a disagreement with Henry on this point. They believed that establishing a branch in Japan would be the best for the company!

　　 Henry firmly disagrees.

　　 Sequoia Capital was very angry and began to win over the Bossacks and the company's management to create pressure on Henry!

　　 But the Posacks support Henry. John Chambers is also Henry's hand. Now he has taken the position of the company's CEO, while Possack changed to be the chief technology officer, and Lerner continued to serve as the company's financial director. The entire upper management of the company is attentive to Henry, and Sequoia Capital said that it was useless if it broke the tongue.

　　 didn't know what it was thinking about, and actually started to urge the company to go public!

　　Henry originally planned to list Cisco. Only by IPO financing ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Cisco can really have money and become a local tyrant. Then he waved checks everywhere, became the acquisition king, and became the existence of a giant!

　　 But the time to go public and raise funds has not yet arrived. Henry felt that after the speed-up of the National Science Foundation, he chose to go public. This time is undoubtedly the best!

　　 Cisco is not only developing routers, but also switches and modems.

　　 Modem dial-up is needed. In the beginning, dial-up was not required to access the Internet. However, since the US Science Foundation Network was in the hands of American capitalists, it has deteriorated and gradually moved towards commercialization. It costs money to access the network, and you have to dial to get online. The modem also came into being, and Cisco was one of the first companies to produce this thing!

　　 Now there are more and more network equipment production companies, but Cisco has been dealing with the leading position!

　　 However, there are still many companies that are chasing after, especially the company is the most prominent!

　　 While Henry and AOL were in full swing, Sequoia Capital continued to invest US$50 million in the company. Sequoia Capital was originally an angel investor, and it has already accounted for a lot of shares in the first round of investment. This time it has invested again. Obviously, it is very optimistic. It even wants to make it the best network equipment provider in the United States and even the world. !

　　 And this, in every sense, is harming Cisco's interests!

　　 Henry heard the news and secretly analyzed Sequoia Capital's eagerness to list Cisco. Does it want to cash out and help the company develop with all his heart? (There will be less updates today, and more tomorrow... Please support as always~www.NovelMTL.com~ Book friends are welcome to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.NovelMTL.com~ Mobile users, please go to read.