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