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Paul Allen frowned and pushed open Bill Gates' office door.
There was a broken piece of a coffee cup on the floor. This was the cup that Bill Gates had used for many years, and it was broken today.
"Bill, you also read Feng Yu's article?"
Bill Gates glanced at Paul Allen and did not say anything. The article said that without Paul Allen and Ballmer, there will be no Microsoft. This article downplays Bill Gates's authority in Microsoft.
In other words, Bill Gates is a bad role model! Bill Gates had been praised by the media for more than a decade. How can he tolerate these accusations?
Also, the article said that Microsoft is an entrepreneur with a conscience. Are we black-hearted businessmen? Without Microsoft's operating system, can the IT industry develop so fast? Compared to the contributions we make, are the profits we make a lot?
Although Bill Gates knew that Feng Yu and Paul Allen are not on good terms, and praising Paul Allen is a ploy to drive a wedge between them. But knowing about it is one thing, and accepting it is another.
Many times, even though Bill Gates knows the other party is plotting against him, he will still be angry.
"Bill, that Feng Yu is too arrogant. We must respond to these baseless accusations!" Paul Allen said angrily.
As they were talking, Ballmer knocked on the door and entered. He saw the broken pieces of the coffee cup on the floor, and his eyes twitched.
"Steve, you should have read Feng Yu's article. What are you going to do?" Paul Allen turned to Steve and asked.
"Paul, what do you think?" Ballmer asked.
"We will inform those PC manufacturers to increase their efforts to install our VISTA operating system. At the same time, we must sue Feng Yu for his false claims and demand a public apology from Feng Yu and compensate us for our losses."
"We must increase our efforts to promote our products. I had contacted all the major PC manufacturers. They are also attacked by Masao Kameda and should be willing to cooperate with us. As for suing Feng Yu, which part of his claims are false? "Ballmer asked.
Microsoft's claims about high profits and Bill Gates's stories are all true.
"He said that our employees are lazy. Can't we sue them?" Paul Allen said angrily.
"Paul, those are Masao Kameda's words, and they were published in Japanese. It's inevitable that there will be some errors in the translation process. If we go to court because of this, we might not win. Even if we win, we will be at a disadvantage. This will tarnish our reputation!"
"As for Feng Yu's comments, we have nothing to accuse him of. There is only one thing. Feng Yu said that the profits from XP are enough for us to develop more than 10 XP and VISTA. This was obviously an exaggeration. But if we were to sue the other party, we would have to list them in detail, which would make our accounts more transparent. At that time, everyone would know that our profits are super high. "
Although Microsoft was a listed company, how many people pay attention to their profits? The ordinary consumers only care about Microsoft's share prices.
If they go to court with Feng Yu over this, Microsoft will be at a disadvantage. Microsoft's VISTA is the most expensive operating system in history.
Paul Allen had said that this operating system should be cheaper because they have a competitor, XOS. Their selling prices are too low, and the consumers will choose XOS.
But Bill Gates and Paul Allen believe in Microsoft's brand and the consumers' inertia. However, there were too many differences between Vista and XP. On the contrary, the user's inertia would shift to the XOS system, which was more similar to XP but more useful. Moreover, the other party's price was too competitive.
They had increased the pressure on the PC industry. The PC with VISTA installed is selling more than 100 USD more than the XOS installed.
On the surface, this might be a difference in quality, but many consumers complained that this had increased their spending, and they did not enjoy better services.
"Based on what you said, we can only suffer in silence?!" Paul shouted angrily.
"I think we don't need to care about Intel, and they will react accordingly. We only need to work with Intel to improve their products' performance, and they will do the same to us. This way, we can suppress Lenovo Kingsoft, AMD, etc. "Ballmer explained.
Bill Gates suddenly said bitterly, "What if Intel loses?"
Paul Allen and Ballmer's eyes opened wide. What did Bill Gates say? Intel will lose?
Paul Allen and Ballmer had not considered this before. Intel is the leader among all the hardware manufacturers. However, it was not as if Intel had never failed. For example, during the duel with AMD, Intel had suffered a crushing defeat!
AMD's dual cores had established their image as a superior company. More consumers were willing to choose AMD's products, and more manufacturers chose AMD's products.
If Intel fails, it will most likely be the betrayal of those PC manufacturers. They will go to AMD.
But Kameda Masao's words had attacked all the PC manufacturers and the entire industry. Will those manufacturers cooperate with AMD and support them?
"That's why we cannot wait for Intel to win. We must also make a move and let Feng Yu know that he should not offend all of us!"
Bill Gates said with a ferocious look on his face.
But Ballmer was sighing in his heart. Since when does Microsoft need to work with others to suppress another company?
In the past, Microsoft had beaten all the hardware and PC manufacturers and forced them to listen to Microsoft's orders. No one is allowed to install Linux or Apple's operating system, and Apple's operating system can only be installed on their own PC.
From this point of view, Microsoft had already lost. They had lost their unique and prestigious status.
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"Microsoft announced that their office software and other applications will not be compatible with XOS."
"XX University's Professor said that without Bill Gates, there will be no Microsoft, and there will be no IT industry today!"
"Intel announced that they are still ahead of AMD in terms of technologies. Their production cost was too high in the past because of their factories' efficiency and labor costs. But now, they had corrected it."
"Bill Gates rebutted Feng Yu's words. He had never asked anyone to imitate him because his success cannot be imitated."
"Microsoft felt that XOS is outdated, and better products should be priced more appropriately. The market will not allow bad money to drive out good money!"
"Intel claimed that Feng Yu had tried to invest in Intel but was rejected. Feng Yu is trying to discredit Intel."
After these two big companies spoke, some smaller companies started to support Intel.
This matter is getting out of hand!
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