Chapter 169 science and technology (7) the most famous place in california is hollywood in Losangeles, and everyone knows it, but the capital of this place is Sacramento, which reminds people that the name of this detour is the kings of Sacramento, once a strong team in the nba
Oracle Corp is located in redwood city, the only deep-water port south of San Francisco in the san francisco bay area, a small city with only 80,000 residents
The most impressive companies in the city are the headquarters of ea and a studio of blizzard, but the latter will be revoked by the end of the year
It was close to the beach and the climate was pleasant, but Huang Xuan only remembered the description on the family stove: two senate seats, 53 house seats, 55 election votes, and the last two american first
This meant that California was the most important state in american politics
Sitting in the lincoln car, looking at the energy screen and recalling what his mother had instilled in him, the employees listening to the oracle explained the history of redwood city and the oracle in stuttering chinese
Software companies like oracle would have a japanese project department
Asian employees were also second only to hispanic employees in research groups like the middle project department
But looking at the performance of this man in front of me, I really can't compliment him
Yu Liye's english was not very good, but Gan Lizheng, who was beside him, was a turtle
He disdained listening to the chinese chewing gum
He tilted his head and asked huang xuan, "Mr
Huang, what's your purpose this time
" He smiled enigmatically and shook his head
Gan Lizheng curled his lips
He didn't really believe that Huang Xuan had come up with the two password algorithms that he did, but there was no such algorithm on the market
This time, he was quite curious about oracle
Mark, the marketing director of Oracle Corp, came to receive him
Jarvis, he's wearing a gray suit with black lapels and thin fur underneath
The nearly 60-year-old californian had high cheekbones and two deep eye sockets
If he saw it at night, he would be shocked
He was rather enthusiastic, but he mistook Yu Liye for the chairman of Citi's invitation letter
Of course, according to his age, Yu Liye was in his prime, which was exactly what the rich man said
But he only smiled and introduced huang xuan
" This is the chairman of the Hexin industries, Mr
Huang Xuan
" In a short sentence, the translation was also very accurate
Mark immediately patted his head awkwardly and apologized," I didn't expect Mr
Huang to be so young
He's really young
" He shook his hand disapprovingly and said in english," most people think so
" After a few casual pleasantries, Mark apparently thought that huang xuan wanted to buy their database system, so he focused on introducing the latest version of their database, 10g, and said: "Oracle is the only company in the world that can apply customer relationship management -" operations" - to platform facilities for global e-commerce solutions
Mr
Huang's business is spread across Brazil and china
I believe that using oracle's solution will save you a lot of office costs
" She raised her eyebrows and said," actually, I have a database system on hand
If I can, I want to compare the two systems
"" Ok
" Mark didn't expect it to be so easy to reach his goal
He ordered his men to prepare for it and said," the whole world believes that oracle is the best database management company in the world
"" Ibm and microsoft are also interested in entering this area
" Huang Xuan replied casually
" They are still out of shape
" Mark paused and said," this year, we have merged with renke and xibe software, greatly enhancing oracle's capabilities in enterprise software and customer relationship software
To put it bluntly, if ibm also uses our solution, the cost can be reduced by 10 %
" Cost reduction has always been the key to oracle's success
In harvard's classic case, there was a $ 1 billion reduction in the company
He had already done his homework on the plane, watching a dozen professionals busy preparing to turn on the computer, and secretly smiled
The software in his hand came from ibm db29, code-named viper, a few years later, which was the horn that ibm sounded as it entered the database market
Its special" nature" lies in the information system platform that can seamlessly be compatible with the hierarchical database and the relationship-based database
Although the application of the hierarchical database is far less extensive than the application of the relationship-based data, it represents the future development direction: purexml (pure xml, At present, although the internet is very good at layout and appearance, it lacks the ability to express the content, which makes it difficult for internet users to find useful information for themselves
To be specific, htmlis good at human-computer interaction, but can not support the interaction between machines very well
We know that search engines collect website information through web spiders, that is, machines, and the design structure of each website's htmls is different, including many very similar tags
The biggest difference between xml and htmlis that they can customize tags, which can be defined as the form of full meaning, so that web spiders can easily find the corresponding content and classify it
At the same time, because it is based on unicode, it can define many languages, including chinese
In the eyes of professionals, xml has excellent genes, but because it is not compatible with a relationship database (the latter is hierarchical), using it in existing database software, just like using an emulator, can greatly affect" sex
" Now, oracle is aware of the problem with xml and is committed to developing information platforms that are compatible with both hierarchical and relationship-based databases
But by the time they make the finished product, it will be three years later, and ibm has almost taken the lead
Even microsoft, in the era of the decline of oracle's famed relationship-based database, was itching to move
Of course, oracle may not need to come up with such an advanced database this year
After all, xml is not yet common and few companies have similar needs, but what Huang Xuan has on hand represents something else: patents
The us patent office belongs to the department of commerce, and the political officer of the department of commerce, who is usually used by the ruling party, is now owned by the The gop (for example, the director of the patent office is the political officer, and the deputy director is the official, not affected by the change of parties, if there is no reason, Therefore, when Huang Xuan expressed his The gop preference, he applied for temporary patents and immediately got the special task force
Melvin even greeted the commerce department through her assistant, because huang xuan promised her on the phone that there would be a lot of donations in the year-end election - in the united states, being able to donate and being able to raise donations are the top priority for politicians
With these patents in hand, Huang Xuan did not even dare to imagine the expressions of the oracle gentlemen
The reason why db29 was codenamed viper was precisely why ibm was looking forward to it
Three years ahead of schedule, the viper could swallow Oracle Corp without even a stick ready
A guy who was said to be a senior engineer adjusted the testing machine, rubbed his hands and walked over, nodded at Mark, and then said to huang xuan," Mr
Huang, you can try it
This is specially modified according to the situation in Brazil and china
" This was good for big companies
They had already designed models for their supposed business objects that could be used whenever needed
Huang Xuan remained silent and stood at the front, listening to the engineer
He took out a cd from his jacket pocket and handed it to Mark
" Mr
Jarvis, can you try this database on
"" Ok
" Although this kind of thing did not happen often, Mark still handed the disc to the staff next to him and asked casually," which company's product is this
"" Letter company
" Huang Xuan's answer confused Yu Liye, but when he looked at Huang Xuan again, he immediately lowered his head
Mark was a little suspicious
As Yu Liye said, developing a database software would definitely cost a small company a fortune
On the other hand, the mainstream of the market is still relationship-based database
The main reason why ibm and microsoft couldn't create a database with similar functions and costs was that oracle had most of the patents
It is absolutely ridiculous to spend a lot of money on making database software with someone else's patent
Mark didn't believe a billionaire would be so stupid
The two engineers started debugging again, but no matter what, they couldn't get into the background management of the software
Huang Xuan walked over, typed in a string of passwords, and then sipped the coffee again
Everything on this disk was encrypted using a future algorithm, which Huang Xuan called number three, and as long as it was not sold on the market, the To Be Able To Stop consumption caused by this algorithm would be very small
The new interface gave Mark a sense of familiarity
In fact, by the time the software started running, Mark was already very familiar with the interface
It was all in the style of the inscriptions, but they didn't have the same interface
This made the oracle employees present a little angry, and one of the engineers was very dissatisfied
" This is plagiarism
"" The patent law allows me to do so
" Huang Xuan looked back at him and said to Mark," seamless compatibility between hierarchical and relationship-based database
If necessary, the two parts can be split and sold
" Familiar interface will be easier to sell
For example, people are familiar with ord
If jinshan wants ps to sell well, it must learn more and learn from it
In this aspect, the definition of patent law is very weak
" Hmm
" Mark was not really familiar with these technical problems, but the technician next to him had heard them clearly
The highest engineer in the field glared at him and said," this is impossible
You are, this is, this is, this is, naked plagiarism
"" If you had read the content, you wouldn't have said that
" Huang Xuan was reassured that the database system came from ibm, and that it took so long for ibm to enter the database market to evade oracle's patents
Of course, one or two of them may not be up to date, but that's not the point
By the time the market has decided on ownership, there will be plenty of lawyers who can carry out such a long and lasting lawsuit until the patent expires
The new database software didn't have any shortcomings other than a little resource consumption
Mark whispered to the technician next to him and quickly turned pale
Larry, the founder and ceo of oracle
Allison leaned down on the table and wrote his speech for tomorrow
He liked to chew on the pen, not the head, but the middle of the pen like a dog biting a bone
It seemed to give him balance
It was written," if we don't work on this project, I'll find it strange
" Allison picked up the pen again and said to himself," using the word project may be a little too small
" His secretary knocked on the door a little harder, and Allison impatiently said with a pen in his mouth," I'm busy
"" I'm sorry, sir
" The secretary did not leave and continued," Mr
Mark is in trouble
He said it's a big problem
"" He's always exaggerating
" Allison didn't look up and crossed out the" project
"" Nuss Baum also thinks this is a big problem
" Nuss Baum was the vice president, and he was familiar with the technical issues within the group
Allison finally put down his pen, tidied up his clothes, stood up and opened the door
" If this is not a problem that I have to go to, I will wring their heads off
"" As long as it's not mine
" The secretary didn't know what had happened, but she still made a joke
Sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, he felt like he was kicking the gym
He saw that there were clear walls in the room, the technicians were all glaring at Huang Xuan, and Mark and the others were still calling to Huang Xuan
The senior officials of oracle are all professional managers
They fight for the interests of oracle, but not for it
Who knows if the young people in front of them will become your boss in an hour
They just need to do their own thing
Allison hurriedly walked out of the elevator, her top tied and her shoes shiny
It was already 4 pm, and many of the employees who had left early could see Allison's quick footsteps on the road
Most of them did not dodge, but speculated on the whereabouts of the company's largest shareholder
Nuss Baum was waiting at the door
When he saw Allison, he immediately opened the door and whispered in his ear," I'm sure you've applied for a patent
" Allison nodded slightly and did not enter the room
Instead, he asked," what do you think
"" Much more advanced than 10g
" Nuss Baum shook his head regretfully
" It's possible to say it's a new product from microsoft
"" Then is it his
"" Patent filed the day before yesterday
" Nuss Baum said softly," it does belong to him
"" I see
" With that said, Allison walked into the room with a smile and looked around
It was easy to find Huang Xuan
He smiled and said," hello, Mr
Huang
I didn't neglect you
"" The coffee is delicious
" Huang xuan raised his glass
" That's good
" Allison began to beat around the bush, trying to beat around the bush about the database software
As he walked around, he pretended not to pronounce properly, or not to understand, which made it impossible for Eric to discuss professional" sex
" He thought he was a very easy child to deal with, but it took him more than ten minutes to realize that the other party was also familiar with the negotiating table
Finally, he mentioned the software in Huang Xuan's hand and said," Mr
Huang's own database software
"" Let's talk about the past
" Huang Xuan smiled
It was easy to see if the database software was good or not
As for whether it was good or not, that was another matter
Allison nuzzled his mouth and smiled at the people around him
" It's a lot better than japanese things
" Several people laughed
Huang Xuan only smiled faintly and said," I'm not sure if it's a few years ahead of oracle's technology, but if oracle isn't interested, I'll work with ibm
" Allison was actually more afraid of ibm than microsoft
The blue giant was a giant from start to finish, an incomparable behemoth, and every time it reacted a little more nimbly, the market shrank by 5 %
Allison didn't know that Huang Xuan had seen through his cards long ago and still wanted to steal the chicken
" Ok, 30 million us dollars, cash
"" If you count the patents, it's two billion dollars, or cash plus equity
"" Are you crazy
" Allison could hardly believe that huang xuan would make such an excessive offe