"Yang, you must give us an explanation. Why did Asian Tiger attack us? What did we agree on before? "Ballmer questioned angrily over the phone.
"Ballmer, we did not attack Microsoft. This is all a misunderstanding." Asian Tiger's CEO, Yang Zhiyuan, explained.
"Fine. Then let me ask you. Are all the reports wrong? All the reporters are the same as me. All of them had misunderstood what happened, right? "
"Ballmer, you can look at that day's news. You should have heard from your people what happened that day. The one who made those inappropriate comments is Masao Kameda. He is the Chairman of Wind and Rain Holdings. You should know what this means. "Yang Zhiyuan reminded Ballmer.
"Hmph! But he is also Softbank's newly appointed director. If he had praised Google's browser, I can still believe that he did it for Wind and Rain Holdings. But he had praised Asian Tiger's browser. There is no reason for him to promote Asian Tiger for no reason. "Ballmer retorted.
"This is their scheme. It is such a simple scheme. Can't you see it? He wants to provoke the anger of both our companies so that Google's browser can develop quickly. "Yang Zhiyuan argued.
"Scheme? Who would use such a cheap scheme? If you say that he is the one causing trouble, then Softbank can fire him from the board of directors. I will believe you. "
"Ballmer, I cannot represent Softbank to answer you. I am not Sun Zhengyi. Secondly, even if you go to Sun Zhengyi, he will also not fire Masao Kameda from the board of directors. This will have a significant impact on Softbank's listed companies. "
Masao Kameda had just joined Softbank's board of directors and was fired. This will affect the share prices of Softbank's listed companies, and all the shareholders will suffer losses. Softbank will not agree to this.
Furthermore, Yang Zhiyuan knows that Masao Kameda's role is not only to increase the share prices. Softbank can also make use of Masao Kameda's connections in Hua Xia or Wind and Rain Holdings' connections in Hua Xia to let Softbank's subsidiaries and shareholders enter Hua Xia's market more easily.
Before all these are completed, Masao Kameda's status will not change. Softbank also wants to use Masao Kameda to invest in Wind and Rain Holdings' IT related companies.
"Yang, I will change my condition. You, Asian Tiger, can say that Masao Kameda's comments are wrong? "
Yang Zhiyuan rejected Ballmer again.
Are you kidding me? Saying Masao Kameda's comments are wrong means Asian Tiger's browser is inferior to Microsoft's Internet Explorer? No matter what, Yang Zhiyuan, as the CEO of Asian Tiger, will not embarrass Ballmer.
Ballmer hangs up the phone. He is furious.
There are too many articles about Masao Kameda's comments on the internet, and it was Baidu's press conference, and all the IT related media from all over the world are watching.
Microsoft's engineers did not refute what Masao Kameda said, and there are rumors on the internet that Microsoft's engineers agreed with Masao Kameda. Internet Explorer is not as good as Asian Tiger's browser.
As a result, the usage of Internet Explorer had been declining rapidly recently. Instead, the number of downloads of Yahoo had skyrocketed.
Internet Explorer is a free software, but it can be used to make money from other sources, like advertisements. Moreover, they could also obtain relevant statistics, which could be used for profit.
That's why many companies develop their own browsers. At the very least, it can promote the company's brand and technologies.
Asian Tiger had also developed a browser in the past, but it is based on Internet Explorer. But now, Asian Tiger had ditched Microsoft and developed its own browser, and Microsoft is unhappy with this.
This means Asian Tiger had jumped out of Microsoft's browser industry standards and set its own standards. Both parties will become competitors.
Microsoft and Yahoo had been working well together, especially in the Chinese market. Both companies have many areas of cooperation. Asian Tiger's strongest point is almost all foreign companies are working with Asian Tiger. After all, Asian Tiger is the world's number one web portal.
Asian Tiger is one of the best platforms for advertising, website links, information exchange, technology exchange, etc.
Microsoft and Asian Tiger were still discussing to develop Chinese versions of applications in Hua Xia to snatch Lenovo Kingsoft's market share. Both parties had even started to develop smartphone operating systems.
Anyway, Microsoft can be the leader, and Asian Tiger can be the support. If both parties worked together to develop operating systems, Microsoft will still make the most out of it, and they will still use the Microsoft brand name.
But now, all these are impossible.
Ballmer's conditions were decided by Microsoft's board of directors. Since Asian Tiger had rejected Asian Tiger, that means Microsoft is no longer on the same side.
Also, Asian Tiger has Softbank's help. Softbank has too many IT-related companies under them, and who knows when they will come up with a good idea to make money. Also, Softbank's IT-related technologies are among the best in the world, and Microsoft must be wary of them.
Could it be that Softbank is supporting Asian Tiger and snatch Microsoft's market share from them?
If the browsers gave in, who knew if the Softbank would go even further next? Some of the companies under Softbank are also producing operating systems, and they have the intention to overtake Microsoft.
Softbank is also involved in PC players and other related software products. Softbank has the most IT products in the world.
If Softbank accidentally takes over Microsoft's market share when Microsoft is fighting with Feng Yu, Softbank will benefit from it.
Microsoft suddenly stopped their talks with Asian Tiger on their smartphone operating system and all other collaborations.
Just when Softbank asked Asian Tiger what is going on, Microsoft stopped all their collaborations with Softbank's IT-related companies.
Microsoft had taken action to sanction Softbank.
Microsoft's confidence comes from being the world's top software brand. Any software company that cooperates with Microsoft will get a lot of attention, and if it is a listed company, their share prices will rise. This is because Microsoft's products are very profitable.
That's why Microsoft dares to use this method to sanction Microsoft. There are too many companies that want to cooperate with Microsoft. Although Softbank's subsidiaries are doing well, they do not represent the whole company.
Those smaller companies will suffer heavy losses if they leave Microsoft's embrace. But Microsoft will not suffer heavy losses. Most of their technologies are in Microsoft's hands because of the terms they set.
Microsoft's actions are a trap for Softbank.
This time, Sun Zhengyi also could not sit still.
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