Global monopoly of technology

The time is getting closer and closer to September. Luo Sheng completed the strategic layout of Bluestar Technology Group’s cloud computing services, and left the rest to Zhang Bowen and others to handle. A little trouble occurred but the problem was not big. .

And Luo Sheng also focused his work on the Blue Coast Company.

"You let me pay attention to the situation of Sun Microsystems early. This company has taken new actions recently." Early this morning, Qin Weimu came to Luo Sheng's office in Blue Coast.

Sun Microsystems is an IT company that Luo Sheng has been paying attention to. It is also a North American high-tech company that he very much wants to acquire. The company is probably the most famous language at present.

Luo Sheng put down his work and looked at Qin Weimu: "What action?"

"On May 28, according to foreign media quotes and reports, the online search giant Google is currently conspiring to acquire Sun Microsystems, which is in a bad situation." Qin Weimu gave him a copy of the compiled materials.

Luo Sheng took it and opened it. The materials mainly collected some of the latest news in the industry.

In order to maintain continuous growth, Google may choose Sun to use its hardware, storage, StarOffice, JAVA and Solaris product components as a strong and sustainable platform.

In Luo Sheng's previous life, Sun Microsystems was eventually acquired by Oracle for US$7.4 billion. At that time, Google, Oracle, and IBM were all competing, and Oracle won by Larry Ellison.

But for Luo Sheng, the development trajectory of the previous life can only be used as a reference, and the world has undergone tremendous changes because of his appearance.

"It may be true that the current Google CEO Eric Schmidt was once the chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems. He is the best person to match this deal." Luo Sheng said to himself in a deep voice. Said.

Google’s market value has plummeted recently, but according to Sun’s current market value, Google actually doesn’t have to pay a lot at all, and it’s not difficult to acquire Sun.

However, the actual situation is not easy for Google. The purchase price is not a big problem for Google. How to integrate the cultures of the two companies is the key issue.

If you refer to the previous life, Google did not complete the acquisition in the end, but it is hard to say now.

"The bastard Peppa really messes me up..." Luo Sheng put down the materials in his hand and laughed at himself, but it also shows that Google is not a vegetarian, and Eric Schmidt has something to do.

It was not easy for Luo Sheng to acquire Sun, and he did not have absolute certainty to do it. It was not a matter of the purchase price, but because of his identity as a Chinese.

If Google stepped in at this time, it would undoubtedly add another layer of variables.

The North American side of a data center is now trying to block it. If it is more difficult to acquire Sun, even if this company has a market value of more than US$200 billion at its peak to only about US$18 billion.

Sun Microsystems is destined to be a company that has a place in the IT industry. It took nearly 20 years for this company to go from entrepreneurship to prosperity, but it only took one year to collapse. The Internet bubble burst in 2000. One of the epitome of tragedy.

The reason for its failure is that the hardware culture that has always occupied a mainstream position has misled Sun's development. The understanding of the market from the beginning of the hardware is entirely from the perspective of the hardware manufacturer to emphasize high-end, low-volume, and high-value, and to deploy network computers.

As for the characteristics and functions of software products, the trend of software dominating the market is not worth mentioning in the face of sales indicators, partners, channel plans, and supply chains.

The most valuable thing about Sun is the open Solaris system and classic JAVA, but they have not been used well.

Perhaps because the hardware and operating systems were so good to sell at that time, Sun only sold these things to large and medium-sized companies to build a hardware empire.But it ignores the small business and microcomputer user market that Microsoft and Intel are taking free and selling services to eclipse, secretly fighting guerrilla warfare.

Of course, Luo Sheng really wants to buy Sun. The lean camel is bigger than the horse, which is very helpful for the future layout.

He did not want to start with Sun at this time because the price was still a bit high. Even if he wanted to acquire, he would have to complete the acquisition through the cross-shareholding of the Bluestar Technology Group without obstruction by the North American authorities.

Sun has fallen again, and now it is a technology company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. Luo Sheng’s calculation is to wait for the financial turmoil around 2007 or 2008 to take the opportunity to take action. At this time, the opportunity may be the greatest. But it is not easy to say.

Luo Sheng cannot predict whether Google will win Sun, but he is absolutely sure that Lao Mei will not be able to get away with this wave of credit defaults in 2007. The detonators are already buried. It is only a matter of time before detonation. Just look at the fact that half of the top ten listed companies in the world by market capitalization are financial companies.

When this storm hits, not only will Sun's share price fall sharply, Luo Sheng will also have enough cash on hand to see the harvest, and the foreshadowing has already been laid.

As he was thinking, Qin Weimu watched him and reminded: “It’s probably impossible to want the Blue Coast to acquire Sun. First, it doesn’t have the financial resources to acquire, and second, even if the financial resources are sufficient, the North American authorities may pass this barrier. No, the Côte d’Azur does not have the support of Wall Street. The acquisition is also from Bluestar Technology. Even Bluestar Technology may not be able to achieve it."

After hearing this, Luo Sheng couldn't help but smile: "Then Bluestar Technology is ambition, how can I know if I don't try?"

If based on the current market situation and environment, Qin Weimu is right, and the prospect of acquisition is slim.

Next year is still a chance. The storm hits Lao Mei next year and there is no time to take care of it. At that kind of burnt-out timing, the success rate is the greatest.

If it is regrettable that Sun cannot acquire Luo Sheng, but it will not be too entangled, then MySQLAB from Sweden is inevitable. No matter how hard this company spends, it must be included even through cross-shareholding. In the bag.

Because it is very important to the data core of Bluestar Technology, MySQL is a completely free open source relational data management system.

Compared with other large databases such as Oracle's Oracle, MySQL has its shortcomings, but this does not reduce its popularity. For general individual users and small and medium-sized enterprises, MySQL provides functions It is more than enough, and because it is open source software, it can greatly reduce the total cost of ownership.

Bluestar Technology could not afford expensive services such as Oracle in the early stages of entrepreneurship. BlueSpace runs on MySQL, even now.

The facts have proved that MySQL can fully support large-scale applications, including the current Google database, Bluestar Technology database, etc. are all supported by MySQL.

Especially in the Internet industry, 80% of the world’s top 20 Internet companies currently use MySQL databases.

However, in the current domestic Internet industry, it is difficult to find a few companies that are not supported by MySQL databases. Only a few Microsoft websites are not used. MySQL is undoubtedly the leader in this field, and if this company is acquired now, it will not exceed 1 billion Dollar.

But for Luo Sheng, the biggest difficulty in acquiring MySQL is also not a question of money.

The problem that can be solved with money is really a trivial problem that is not worth mentioning. The problem is that the EU is not so easy to pass, or is it because of his identity as a Chinese. Europeans and Americans treat Chinese in the field of science and technology. The expansion of the company is actually very vigilant, especially this kind of acquisition, not that you can do it with money.

Unless Luo Sheng changes his nationality, it will definitely be much easier, and many obstacles will disappear.

But there is no doubt that there is no option to change nationality in Luo Sheng.

Whether it is the acquisition of North American Sun Company or Sweden's MySQLAB Company, Luo Sheng is not an urgent need to deal with right now.

He needs time, timing, and opportunity. He needs to wait until the storm that swept the world arrives before making further plans.

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