Chapter 23

Ford Brooke frowned and said, "Steve, Netscape has monopolized the whole Internet. Is it hard for us to challenge it?"

Steve obviously had thought it over before, and he responded directly: "you're right, but you've overlooked that nothing can monopolize forever! Netscape browser is popular because it is the world's first graphical interface browser. As long as we do better than it and have more functions, we will certainly be liked by users. "

Steve speaks with the same attitude and determination as he did when he started his business!!! Whatever he believes, he must continue to do. He is confident that he will succeed! And success is just more than others to pay, AOL is in his hands so alive.

Ford Brooke was slightly stunned. He thought that AOL could stand out on the Internet for a reason. Steve case, CEO of AOL, was a tough man who never lost!

Ford Brooke was excited to think that AOL could replace Netscape.

"Steve, do you have any plans?" Asked Ford Brooke with a hint of anticipation.

"First, dig people!" Steve said in a deep voice, "we are too slow to develop our own browser. We have to recruit people from the development team of Netscape browser, so as to speed up the development of our AOL browser."

"Second, make trouble for it. Netscape browser has been making waves on the Internet because of its dominance in browsers. It even forces global online to be its home page. We can sue it for monopoly and illegal competition! "

"Third, publicity. In the network and reality, a lot of advertising

"These three points are the most basic, but if you want to beat Netscape, you need to find another way." Steve Keston gave a pause, glanced at the crowd, and then said, "this alternative is binding!"

Steve Case suddenly stood up, walked in the middle of the crowd and said in a loud voice: "at the beginning of AOL, almost no users used our online service. In the next month or two, the company may die almost every day, but even in such a difficult situation, we still persevere!"!!! We will go to every computer manufacturer to discuss cooperation and ask them to install our online service system! If they don't agree, we'll keep going until they agree! "

"After a few months, we finally succeeded, and apple agreed to follow our online service system!"

"Now, we are going to do the same thing as before. Just change the online service system into our browser

Steve Case suddenly shook his arm and said, "if all the computers are bundled with our browsers, we will beat Netscape!"

After listening to Steve's words, Ford Brooke was immediately excited. According to Steve's plan, if everything goes well, Netscape browser will definitely be pulled down!

"Steve, Sequoia Capital will definitely support you!" Ford Brooke said on the spot.

That night, a very detailed and careful plan was completed in the public talk.

Steve Case named it project chopping!

Henry doesn't know that Steve Case and others have started a conspiracy to get rid of the eyesore of Netscape browser!

Steve joined hands with Sequoia Capital, which was very vigorous and ruthless. Within a week, more than ten people were poached from Netscape browser, even the original project leader was poached. At the same time, AOL is still digging up the research and development team of e-mail, among which five people have run away! Henry's face turned cold when he heard the news.

I haven't waited for him to deal with the digging!

AOL sued Netscape browser for illegal competition because of its monopoly!

Henry saw that Geely Hutt was holding the court summons, and he was furious: "AOL is so hateful!"

"Chairman, AOL sued us for monopoly and forced global online to be the home page, so as to crack down on competitors." Geely Hutt's face was angry, too. However, he spoke with a trace of helplessness. Netscape browser really takes advantage of monopoly to conduct business activities.

Henry nodded that he knew, then asked, "is lawyer will here?"

"He's on his way!"

Before long, lawyer will came in a hurry.

Henry told him about the situation and then asked, "can we win this lawsuit?"

Lawyer will shook his head with a wry smile: "it's hard! However, I can delay the lawsuit a little longer. You should also add an option to Netscape's "Settings" as soon as possible to let users choose their home page. In the end, even if we lose the case, the judge will not punish us heavily, at most a little money! "

"Well. Take care of the case, Netscape browser, and we will solve it as soon as possible! " Henry nodded to lawyer will.

Lawyer will chatted for a while, then went to prepare the materials and was busy with the case.

Henry immediately told Geely Hutt: "pay more attention to the movement of the company's employees to prevent them from being poached by AOL! Although AOL launched a surprise attack on us, it also gave us a wake-up call! In the future, Nicholas must take this as a warning to avoid passivity. Nicholas was poached 20 or 30 technicians this time. We need to find the reason not only from AOL, but also from ourselves. Is our company's treatment not good, welfare is not good? Geely, think about it carefully, and then write a report to me. At the same time, a judicial department was set up to take charge of the company's lawsuits. I think it will be wonderful in the future... "Henry said at the end with a sneer on his face.

AOL and Sequoia Capital are provoking Henry!

Dig people, and fight a lawsuit, it is the face of chiguoguo!

Sequoia Capital and Henry also began to drift away!

Netscape's stock plummeted immediately after the news of the defendant, and Netscape lost $200 million that day. Later, AOL held a news conference to announce that "the original team of Netscape browser R & D team left and moved to AOL, the new owner, to build the best browser in history!"

After the press conference, Netscape stock plummeted, and its total market value dropped to 1.5 billion US dollars!

As the major media continue to report, Netscape stock will continue to fall.

February 15th. A spokesman for netscape said, "Netscape has increased users' free choice of home page options, and there is no monopoly problem!"

The next day, global online held a press conference to announce that "global online e-mail has 250000 users. At the same time, an e-mail plug-in for Netscape browser will be developed. Users can log in to global online e-mail directly on Netscape browser without opening the global online website!!"

Two pieces of news were successively released for two days, which immediately restored the confidence of investors. Especially when the "global online e-mail" can be embedded in the Netscape browser, it simply adds an amulet to the Netscape browser! Netscape shares rebounded instantly.

On the third day, Netscape announced: "Netscape has 108 patents related to browser graphical interface. We will pursue any infringement of patents to the end!"

Netscape stock has gone up again!

AOL has a bad look.

Steve case, with a sullen face, asked Jack Milton, the head of email, "can we bypass the Netscape patent and develop a new graphical interface browser?"

Jack Milton said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid not. When we first developed Netscape browser, Henry Williams asked us to set up as many patent barriers as possible. Therefore, it is impossible for us to completely avoid the patent of Netscape browser! "

"Try to avoid their patents as much as possible. If we can't avoid them, it doesn't matter. When our browser comes out on the market, we will file a lawsuit in the future." Steve Case sank. Steve Case understands that the United States is a country of lawyers, and it is normal for a lawsuit to drag on for a year and a half. Steve's mind is to drag the case, and then let AOL's browser seize the market. In the end, even if the lawsuit was defeated and the money was fined, it seized the market. For AOL, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!

What's more, the United States does not want Netscape browser to monopolize the whole market! AOL can pay for patents.

Jack Milton obeyed Steve Case and nodded, "I see!"

Jack Milton is one of the team leaders of the Netscape browser development project. He took almost all of his team to AOL. According to their development speed, it won't be long before we can design a new browser!

AOL in action, Netscape browser there is not dry and so on!

Henry summoned Netscape CEO Jonathan Jackson and chief technology officer hank Payne, a 45 year old professional manager who previously worked as Sony's U.S. product manager. Hank Penn, 29, is a postdoctoral student at Stanford University. He was promoted because of his outstanding skills!

"AOL is going to have a browser war with us! You two, one is the manager of Netscape and the other is the technical officer. What do you think about that? " Asked Henry.

Jonathan Jackson pondered for a moment and said, "I think we should pay attention to the situation of AOL on the one hand and improve the Netscape browser on the other. Jack Milton is familiar with Netscape browser, so we must improve it to completely surpass them! "

Hank Penn said: "users report that Netscape is slow to respond and it takes two to three seconds for a web page to appear. Therefore, we should try our best to solve this problem!"

Jonathan added: "netizens say it's too cumbersome to enter a web address, so we can add a favorite feature. If users use the favorite website, the next time they log in to this website, they don't need to enter the URL, just click the website in the favorite! User experience is the most important factor for the development of browser. Netscape browser has occupied the market. As long as we are strong all the time, AOL is not afraid at all

Henry smiles. They're right, but marketing is also important! In a previous life, Netscape was killed by Microsoft's IE bundled operating system.

Although Henry doesn't know how AOL will promote browsers, he knows that those who come are not good, and those who are good will not. Since AOL dares to challenge Netscape browser, it must rely on it（ Please help to vote...)