Rewrite the Technological Landscape

"What the hell is going on!?" For Microsoft, this is obviously a sleepless night. The Kunpeng browser is stepping on the IE browser, which is setting off a global impact on public opinion, but Microsoft is now unable to stop this phenomenon.

In Microsoft's office, many people jogged in and out, bringing some latest news from time to time.

"500 million?" Ballmer looked at the latest data and almost wanted to vomit blood. "The research and development cost of Kunpeng browser is only 500 million soft sister coins?! The self-developed kernel is only 500 million soft sister coins!?"

Several core employees of the IE browser research and development team are now in the office. Looking at Ballmer's murderous eyes, they can't help but panic. From IE4 to IE6, Microsoft's annual investment exceeds 100 million yuan. It also includes operating expenses, but the money spent on research and development should be 100 million meters, not to mention that Microsoft had a three-year foundation before IE4, and the research and development investment in those three years was also a large number. Not counting initial acquisition costs.

For the birth of IE6, the pure R\u0026D cost should be about 300 million meters. As a result, Dafeng Group spent 500 million to develop its own kernel and hang IE browser. It's a matter of everyone's ability, and maybe even the problem of corruption will be found out. After all, there are few executives of large companies who have never been corrupt.

"Boss, Dafeng Group said that the purely self-developed kernel does not mean that they are self-developed. I guess he must use the KHTML kernel, and it is only self-developed." Someone immediately looked for a reason.

"KHTML core? Then tell me, why their browser interface and performance are different from the KHTML core browsers on the market. They also use the KHTML core. Why is there such a big difference?"

"This. But from our experience, it is absolutely impossible for 500 million Ruanmeibi to develop a browser kernel and then complete the development of the browser." The faces of several core technicians were full of grievances.

"I see." Someone suddenly caught a point, "The wages of Chinese people are dozens of times lower than ours, and the same employees have the same R\u0026D cycle, and their employees' wages are much lower than ours."

When this statement is put forward, many people really think it makes sense, because a large part of R\u0026D expenses is spent on employee salaries.

But Ballmer obviously didn't feel that this reason brought him any psychological comfort, and pointed out the problem behind this reason on the spot, "So how did Dafeng Group's R\u0026D capabilities come about? A group of employees whose salaries are only one-tenth of yours, why R\u0026D capabilities But surpassed you? Should I move Microsoft's R\u0026D center to China? Huh?"

Everyone was silent, and they knew in their hearts that it was meaningless to find any reason for the matter to develop to this point.

As for where the Dafeng Group's research and development capabilities come from, it is naturally moved from the future. Many browser kernels in later generations are open source, especially Google's Chromium. Almost all browsers in China use the Chromium kernel. The basis of the browser explosion, there is an open source kernel that can be used.

Although Meng Qian can't remember the whole kernel, he has some core impressions. In addition, he is still very clear about the design direction of future browsers. As an architect, he has solved a lot of research and development work.

Looking at the silent crowd, Ballmer may explode at any time, "I don't want to hear any reasons now, I just want to hear you tell me what you plan to do next?"

"Boss, the Dafeng Group's browser is not without problems. Look at this, the Dafeng Group's browser has a lot of compatibility problems." Joseph finally found a piece of "good news" among the piles of information on the table.

Many people in later generations don't understand why some websites have to be opened with IE browser. In fact, the reason lies in compatibility. Different browser kernel designs are different, which inevitably leads to compatibility problems for everyone.

Huaxia basically only came into contact with the IE browser in this era, so I don’t know. In fact, on Omi’s side, because in the era of browser melee, the netizens on their side used browsers with multiple kernel types, so Omi’s side Many old netizens have experienced the situation that the same website opens with different browsers and presents completely different page effects.

This situation has been relatively well resolved in later generations due to the development of technology. In addition, as mentioned above, domestic browsers use Google's Chromium kernel, so everyone does not know that compatibility is the core of the browser industry. One of the problems is that some websites can only be opened with IE browser. To put it bluntly, it is because only IE browser is compatible.

So Ballmer will not feel happy looking at the compatibility issues of Kunpeng browser exposed on the Internet, including several technicians. They all looked at Joseph like an idiot. The more compatibility problems Kunpeng browser has, the more it means that they have really created their own kernel, which is why there are so many compatibility problems.

"However." A technician thought of something, "We may use the system to cause a little trouble for Dafeng Group. No matter how good his browser is, it must run on our Microsoft system."

"We just finished the lawsuit!" Ballmer scolded. In 2001, Microsoft just finished fighting a monopoly case that lasted for several years. In the end, Microsoft naturally lost. I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

"Give me a detailed research report on Gale Group's browser tonight. I just want an answer. How much time do we need to suppress their browser in the product? Now the system and market It's still in our hands, and I hope Microsoft doesn't raise a bunch of crap." Ballmer gradually accepted the reality.

The technicians had no choice but to nod and agree under tremendous pressure, but they knew very well in their hearts that this matter was not that simple.

However, when Microsoft was considering counterattacking Gale Group from a product perspective, Gale Group was already considering another thing. On January 8th, Yanjing time, Meng Qian met eight foreigners at the Dafeng Group, including old friends of the Dafeng Group, representatives from Neon NTT, representatives from the Norwegian Opera company, and a search engine company from Russia. Representatives of Yandex et al.

Among the people who came today, Opera is also a browser. Opera browser, also known as Oupeng browser, is the third child in the era of competition between Netscape and Microsoft. It has an independently developed Gecko kernel, which is also a leader in the browser industry. The four Kaishan kernels are independent development kernels in the true sense. Of course, under Microsoft's system binding policy, the Oupeng browser also failed to develop.

So such a group of visiting teams seems a little strange. Some of them are browsers, but not only browsers. In fact, these companies have a common identity, that is, W3C, a member of the World Wide Web Consortium, and today These enterprises of the Dafeng Group have all served as members of the board of directors of the World Wide Web Consortium in later generations.

And this is why Meng Qian invited them to come.

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