Global monopoly of technology

Bluestar Technology Group headquarters, internal executive meeting.

Zhang Bowen, who was present at the meeting, said: "It's messed up, it's messed up, it's all messed up, and the whole northwestern Shanxi is in a mess..."

When everyone heard Lao Zhang suddenly uttering such a sentence, they all had an expression of laughter.

And Zhang Bowen proceeded to speak rigorously: "Two years ago, it seemed that Google was conspiring to acquire Sun Microsystems. It did not seem to be out of nothing. Oracle also came out at this time. Sun Microsystems wanted to take the Swedish MySQL company. The acquisition directly led to the participation of five or six IT multinational giants, making the whole situation chaotic and even impossible to start."

After a while, another executive who attended the meeting said with concern: "I can say that Bluestar Technology has completely exploded all the competitors in terms of financial resources, but the key to this acquisition is not how much money is. It’s because Bluestar Technology’s surname is “Hua” but not “Mei”. Even if Oracle and Google don’t come out to disrupt this merger, it’s very difficult to succeed. They really want to jump out again...

Obviously, the executive who spoke was pessimistic about the prospect of acquiring Sun. Other participants did not speak, but they basically acquiesced to this fact.

At the meeting, Luo Sheng, who was less vocal, asked in a deep voice: "If you want to win this melee, you must first understand the first point, who is our enemy and who is our friend. ? Or who may be our friend and who may be our enemy. If you don't figure this out first, you will lose."

Having said that, Luo Sheng looked at Zhang Bowen: "Didn't the person in charge of negotiations at IBM say that today is there? What time is it?"

Zhang Bowen responded immediately: "I have arranged the meeting time, which will be around 16:00 this afternoon."

Luo Sheng nodded, looked around at everyone, and said after a moment of silence: "We acquired Sun to build a full-service product line from software to hardware, but the key is the company's Java language, but even if Sun Microsystems is lost It’s not unacceptable for us, but MySQL can’t give up, we must take it anyway, as long as MySQL is in our hands, whether Sun will fall into the hands of Larry Ellison or Larry Page Here, MySQL will always be a thorn in their throat."

MySQLAB is the most popular open source database developer in the world today. Luo Sheng values ​​this company even more. Once the merger is completed, and with the cloud computing service business of Bluestar Technology Group, it can quickly become a server, The best company in hardware such as workstations, enterprise-level solutions, SPARC processors, and storage devices.

...

In the afternoon, Bob Swan, a global vice president sent by IBM, came to Bluestar Technology. He didn't even have a rest when he got off the plane, so he transferred to Sioux City the first time.

In the reception room at the moment, Luo Sheng is interviewing the person in charge sent by IBM.

"Mr. Swann, we will put aside the data center business and talk about it. Now we should talk about the Sun company." Luo Sheng said as he looked at the middle-aged man with a hook nose sitting opposite him.

Bob Swan said without hesitation: "Mr. Luo, IMHO, 99% of the probability that your company wants to acquire Sun is to accompany you, either Google, Oracle, or IBM, you know, The speed of Bluestar Technology Group's expansion in North America has deeply disturbed the authorities. Never before has a Chinese company expanded so aggressively in the IT industry."

Luo Sheng couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and naturally put up his legs, and looked at the American in front of him with his legs up and said, "Is this a compliment?"

Bob Swan shrugged.

"OK, let's open the skylight and speak brightly." Luo Sheng put down the Erlang's legs that had just been raised, leaned forward slightly, looked directly at Bob Swan, and said: "...Oracle has swept the software field and Taking the opportunity to enter the hardware field, this move will inevitably face the competition with IBM and HP. The original competition between IBM and HP will also be broken. The IT industry has entered an era of tripartism. I think your company should know more about this than I do. What's the matter, I know that your company also wants to take Sun down to prevent Oracle from invading your core territory."

Speaking of this, Luo Sheng leaned back on the sofa and once again tilted Erlang’s legs, looking at Bob Swann, adding: “Oracle is a company with a personality. This point inherits from its CEO Larry Ellison. Characteristics. Earlier, I saw a news website commenting on Larry Ellison: He is Button. During World War II, Button led the Third Army to sweep the European battlefield."

Bob Swan looked at Luo Sheng suspiciously: "I don't understand what you mean, can I be more direct?"

Luo Sheng didn’t know if he really didn’t understand or if he didn’t understand it, but if he could be sent by IBM to negotiate with him, that should be asked knowingly. Luo Sheng simply acquiesced that he was pretending, and said with a smile: "Come on, Sun is seeking Acquire MySQLAB, the most popular open source database developer in the world. Once these two companies merge and turn into the arms of Oracle, you and I don’t want to see it, don’t you?"

Bob Swan was silent.

Luo Sheng said again: "In fact, I want to do the same."

Facing Luo Sheng's frank and frank words, Bob Swann's eyelids jumped slightly, but he quickly recovered.

Yes, for IBM, Oracle is a big threat, and Bluestar Technology and Luo Sheng are equally threatened.

There is nothing to conceal. Everyone is a giant, and no one think tank is planning behind it.

Luo Sheng himself basically has a general judgment. It seems that the chance of Bluestar Technology Group acquiring Sun is basically very slim, and the North American authorities cannot pass this barrier.

Since this is the inevitable outcome, there is no reason to have a stalemate with IBM at this time, when large data centers cannot enter the North American market, and the loss of cloud computing services in the North American market will cause greater losses.

On the bright side, although there is a stalemate with IBM and HP and Intel can cooperate, Luo Sheng still prefers to cooperate with IBM in his heart. After all, he prefers IBM's solutions for the server, which is also in this field. The number one player.

It's just that Luo Sheng didn't show this thought and was detected by IBM.

After a while, Luo Sheng said: "I have a compromise solution here. Maybe both IBM and Bluestar Technology Group can accept it. I think your company definitely doesn't want others to go deep into the heartland of IBM's kingdom, and I don't want others either. Go deep into the hinterland of the kingdom of Bluestar Technology. Very good. It seems that a delicate balance can be achieved on this issue and a consensus can be reached."

Luo Sheng knows that if Bluestar Technology merges Sun and MySQL into its subordinates, it will also compete with IBM and Hewlett-Packard and become a three-pronged industry pattern. Therefore, IBM will definitely make a mess of it and become an enemy. With adjustments, the enemy can also become friends between fights.

MySQL may be worth about one billion US dollars, but it is the largest open source database system in the world. It has a far-reaching impact and has become the de facto standard for open source databases. It is mainly used in small and medium-sized enterprise database applications and huge Internet back-end system applications. Bluestar Technology, Google, and most domestic Internet companies in China are built on this huge open source database system.

Bob Swan looked at Luo Sheng curiously when he heard it: "Oh? I would like to listen to you."

Luo Sheng said without hesitation: "I can give up on Sun. I don't care whether its ultimate ownership is Oracle, Google, or IBM, but MySQL should belong to me, and IBM should actively promote it. The only way is to split it. Come, it’s the most favorable situation for you, because you don’t have to worry about threats, and it’s acceptable to me.”

"Whether Sun Microsystems falls into the hands of Oracle or Google, it will naturally drive our Bluestar Technology and IBM to form an alliance. Two-to-one we can firmly suppress our opponents."

As soon as Bob Swan thought about this, he was not eager to respond, and Luo Sheng was not eager to respond immediately.

No matter how you look at it, this is indeed a fairly compromised plan, and both can accept such a result.

In this way, if Sun is acquired by Oracle, it will have to compete with Bluestar Technology. After all, the database application solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises have to look at MySQL, which will greatly break Larry Ellison’s Ambitious, thinking about taking care of his own backyard will save him from tossing in the hardware field.

For the hardware, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are enough. Just like Intel is to AMD, the young couple have a safe and secure life, breaking into a nasty third party to break the balance. Who won't you do?

At the end, Bob Swan finished thinking, looked at Luo Sheng and said, "I can't answer you right away."

Luo Sheng nodded and smiled happily: "No problem, things can be discussed slowly, I am not in a hurry, IBM has plenty of time to consider."

Bob Swan rolled his eyes frantically, scolding this bastard that he could not speak while standing. Of course you bastard is not in a hurry, but IBM is almost dying of anxiety.

The data center contract is about to default. It’s only the blame for not being able to withstand the temptation of Luo Sheng’s olive branch. The tens of billions of dollars of contract plus the sky-high liquidated damages will make anyone weak and can’t move.

Unless the contract is signed.

So, IBM signed.

It's just that IBM didn't expect that the North American authorities would be so obstructed. They thought about it, but they never thought that the force would be so large that it far exceeded IBM's internal estimates.

And once the contract is breached, not only will the tens of billions of dollars of contracts disappear, but also a huge amount of liquidated damages.

If you don't explode, you have to explode in place.

Fortunately, the progress of this matter is barely smooth. Although there are many twists and turns in the middle, it took more than a year to make the new progress. As long as the contract is not breached, it can safely make tens of billions from Bluestar Technology Dollar list.

Everything is worth it.

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