"Da Qian, he's trying to kill us. He's trying to destroy our office business!" Many people said in exasperation.
Office business accounts for 12.2% of Microsoft's profits, and it is an important business that Microsoft cannot afford to lose.
This WPS is not any weaker than Microsoft Office. After the introduction of free WPS, all the manufacturers who had bought Office will not renew their contracts next year and will switch to free WPS. After all, there are not many state-owned enterprises in the United States, and why not save money?
This Da Qian had introduced WPS as an office software, and he wants to make it free of charge. He does not want to make money and only wants to make trouble for Microsoft. He wants to take revenge for Microsoft's restrictions on QQ.
But even if the directors knew about this, there is nothing they can do. After all, they can't stop others from using free software.
"Can we restrict this WPS just like we restricted QQ before?" One of the directors suggested. Since Microsoft can use patches to restrict QQ, they can also use patches to restrict WPS.
Bill Gates seemed to be tempted as well. Banning one was banning, and banning two was also banning. It didn't seem to be a big deal.
"No! You can't do that!" Microsoft's political helper, the former Governor of New York, Carmel, said immediately.
"Why?" Bill Gates frowned and asked.
"Chairman, are you waiting for the anti-trust investigation to start immediately?" Carmel quickly said. "The Daqian's anti-trust lawsuit had cost me a lot of energy, and the court used insufficient evidence as an excuse to stop it."
"But if we ban WPS again this time, I'm afraid that in less than a week, the anti-monopoly investigation will officially begin!"
"No way!" Bill Gates does not believe Carmel. "If there is one, there will be two. Since QQ can be stopped, why can't we ban WPS?"
"Because QQ did not infringe on the companies' interests, but WPS did!" Carmel said helplessly. "Mr. Chairman, QQ is only an instant messaging software for personal use. Even if we ban it, it is not a big deal. Too many users will only cause problems for individual users."
"But more than 80% of the official users of the Office software are corporations. Now, you had banned WPS, which they can use for free, and they will feel their legitimate rights are being violated. Microsoft is shamelessly using their monopoly to eliminate their competitors for financial benefits. This way, they can collect licensing fees from them, and they will be unhappy with Microsoft. "
"I'm afraid that as long as the Daqian launches another anti-trust investigation, many companies in the United States will respond. At that time, it will be impossible for us to use any means to delay the investigation!" Kamad said.
"…" Bill Gates was silent. He was not stupid, so he quickly understood that Carmel was right.
The competition between QQ and MSN was not obvious. Many people believed Microsoft's claim that QQ would damage the system's security. But Microsoft had banned WPS because of this. Even a fool will know that Microsoft is using their monopoly to eliminate their competitors. They are trying to protect their profits from Office.
At that time, companies and users all over the world will support the Daqian's free WPS, and Microsoft will be condemned by everyone.
"Thank you, Mr. Kamad, for reminding me. I almost made a mistake!" Bill Gates quickly thanked him, and Kamad also smiled, indicating that it was what he should say.
"In this way, we can only watch the Daqian take away our market and our profits?" A director said angrily. "Mr. Kamad, how do you think we should deal with the Daqian?"
"This …" Kamad's face darkened, and then he smiled bitterly. "I only talk about the pros and cons. As for the solution, it is none of my business. You can think about it yourselves!"
"…" Everyone was speechless by Kamad's words, but they could not think of a solution in a short time.
"Chairman, I don't know if I should say something!" Suddenly, a director said.
"Oh! Our Mr. Magician actually spoke, please speak! "Seeing the director who spoke, Bill Gates suddenly laughed.
Because the director who spoke is the famous Magician, Mr. Harry Potter.
Well, Magician is just a nickname for Harry Potter. After all, Harry Potter is now famous all over the world. At the same time, the first movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, swept the global market with 1.2 billion USD in box office. If there is no dark horse in the November and December movies, it is basically locked in as the world's top box office of 1998.
So, the General Manager of America First Foundation, Harry Potter, who has the same name as the main character, Harry Potter, naturally got the nickname of Magician.
In fact, this is not just a nickname because of the same name. In everyone's eyes, the General Manager of Harry Potter in real life is absolutely worthy of the title of Magician.
After all, his America First Foundation, under the leadership of Harry Potter, has invested in more than 20 companies, and the stocks of these companies have all soared.
Someone has done statistics. As of 1998, the price of the stocks bought by America First Foundation has increased by more than 16 times compared to the price they bought it at. It can be said to be the king of investment funds. Its current total assets have reached 168 billion USD, which is qualified to break into the top 10 of all investment funds.
It is estimated that only the SoftBank Fund before 2018 can be compared with America First Foundation in terms of investment results.
Later, a small rule even formed in the market, that is, the price of all the stocks bought by America First Foundation will inevitably soar in the next month.
Conversely, the stocks sold by America First Foundation will also fall sharply.
Because there will be countless people watching the operation of America First Foundation and then following their operation.
Although these people might not be as smart as Harry Potter, they can still copy him.
Of course, there were also people who said that this was a very dangerous behavior. For example, the people who followed Soros back then had basically all lost their money. This was the consequence of learning from others. After all, as long as one was human, one would eventually make mistakes.
However, before the America First Foundation really made a mistake, this rule should not disappear.
As the world's best fund manager, Harry Potter will not let go of Microsoft shares. Although America First Foundation does not own a lot of Microsoft shares, they own 2.4% of Microsoft shares and are qualified to join Microsoft's board of directors.
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