Bill? Gates frowned and looked at Paul, this is the board, this is the place for everyone to discuss things, not a place for you to yell indiscriminately. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Why did Paul lose his temper as soon as something involved Feng Yu? Is it because Feng Yu cursed his team that it will never win the MLB championship?

Such a big person, how can he still be like a child, because of this little thing to argue. It is the right choice for everyone to work together to develop Microsoft well and continue to grow!

"Paul, keep your sanity. This is in the interests of all of us, and we can't do it rashly. Bill persuaded.

"Okay, let me say it first, I am against cooperating with Feng Yu. I'm on the matter, he wants absolute control, which of you can agree?! Paul sneered, "Who does he think he is?" At the beginning, if the DVD forum didn't have our support, would it have developed so well? What benefits did we get as a result? ”

Microsoft only makes software, so the dispute between the DVD standard and the DVD drive standard in the DVD forum has nothing to do with them, it's just that the driver is slightly different.

In Paul's view, it was Microsoft's support that Feng Yu finally established the DVD Forum, otherwise would the DVD drive standard be supported by so many computer manufacturers?

However, he didn't notice that Microsoft's support at that time was just icing on the cake, not a blessing. Philips is the first company to cooperate with Feng Yu, and attaches great importance to and respects Feng Yu, such as those large enterprises in Europe, all of which are contacted by Philips, and Feng Yu also has some contacts and has received support from some companies.

Microsoft is indeed the current leader in the market value of the enterprise, but when it comes to hardware and other electronic products, Microsoft's influence is really not that great, otherwise Soni would not refuse to let the new generation of PS on Microsoft's system.

It's good to be number one in the industry, but it's also a target for other companies in the industry to work with. Those hardware vendors were strongly controlled by Microsoft, so why didn't they think about counterbalancing Microsoft?

"Paul, it doesn't make sense to mention it in the first place. The current situation is that Feng can do it himself, and we can do it ourselves, but after Feng does it himself, the probability of success is higher and the cost will be lower. And if we do it ourselves, the probability of success is lower and the cost will be higher. I don't deny that if we are willing to invest money, we can still sell tens of millions of units, but can we make money? Ballmer asked rhetorically.

Once Microsoft produces computers, then other hardware chambers will unite and never use Microsoft's system again, which will make Microsoft suffer huge losses, and even have a catastrophe, because Microsoft is considered to have moved the interests of other companies, if they do not resist, they will be swallowed up by Microsoft sooner or later.

And Microsoft's gbox is also an attempt in hardware, but fortunately, there are few companies that eat the cake itself, so it will not cause a lot of resistance. But it will inevitably not be claimed that this is a prelude to Microsoft's entry into the hardware market.

They will continue to publicize how bad Microsoft's products are, and will never give Microsoft any help, and even privately support the faster development of new products such as Ni Ni and Ren Tian, and defeat Microsoft's game consoles.

Collaboration is not only easier to succeed, but also shares risk. Although the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars, is nothing to Microsoft, but if it can make money, who wants to lose money?

Bill knocked on the table, "Do you remember our goal?" To be a necessity of life! The first product we wanted to try was a set-top box for a TV. In the future, ordinary satellite TV will no longer meet the needs of families, they can watch programs on the network through the set-top box, and even directly through the set-top box to access the Internet. And this TV game console, in some technical commonalities with set-top boxes. We do gbox, which is also to prepare for our future production of set-top boxes. ”

Set-top box, is it Bill? Gates once thought of an entry point, a product that sits somewhere between electronics and home appliances. It will not affect the interests of those big companies, but once it is done, even if the market share is only half of Microsoft's system, it will be a huge profit!

Of course, they also don't have the manufacturing technology of set-top boxes, and there are no particularly good set-top box manufacturers at present, so Microsoft does not have a good goal to acquire, so it seems to be a good choice to exercise its own technology first, and then wait two years to enter the set-top box market.

At that time, his own skills had been exercised, and he could also acquire a set-top box manufacturing company, and maybe he could get rid of Feng Yu at that time, and they would make their own video game consoles.

"Bill, I know all of this you said, and I understand our plans. It's okay to cooperate, but we want to hold 51% of the shares, which is what we should do at Microsoft! Hearing Bill's words, Paul also gave a rare explanation.

In fact, Paul's words are also the inner thoughts of several shareholders, they are Microsoft, the world's largest company in terms of market capitalization, and they used to acquire other people's companies, but now it is unprecedented to cooperate with other companies, and they can't even control it?

Even if the controlling stake is handed over to the other party, it can't be an absolute controlling stake, so isn't it the other party who has the final say? Isn't Microsoft going to be laughed at by other companies?

"Paul, of course we understand that controlling is what we should do at Microsoft, but Microsoft doesn't do everything," Ballmer said. Although I also believe that as long as we are willing to invest, we can do our best, but if we can save money, why spend more? It also reduces our risk, so why not? ”

"Ballmer, I know you have a good relationship with Feng, but you have to speak from Microsoft's point of view, not help Feng speak!" Alan roared.

Ballmer is also unhappy, he is also a shareholder and director of Microsoft, although the shares are less than Paul, but Paul is not Bill? Gates, why point at his nose and criticize him?

"I'm speaking from Microsoft's business point of view, unlike some people, who are just going to do things. Because of a little personal grudge, it affects the company's correct decision-making! ”

The company's second and third were arguing, and the other directors wanted to express their opinions, but now they are silent, and they all look at Bill? Gates, at this time, only Bill can suppress the scene.

"Both, I repeat, this is the board! It's okay to have different opinions and even argue because of disagreements, but you can't make personal attacks! We're all for Microsoft, and we're all for ourselves. Let's vote now, I agree to this cooperation and agree to make Feng the controlling major shareholder! ”

Bill? Gates agreed, and Paul was taken aback. Ballmer immediately raised his hand in agreement, and the others looked and raised their hands, except for Paul, who did not raise his hand.

He stood up and turned to leave, and behind him came Bill? Gates' voice: "Then this proposal, passed!" ”

…… (To be continued.) )