Chapter 447 (2/2)

According to the agreement, the Internet Explorer software installed by users is guaranteed to be upgraded free of charge for 3 years.

Simon's plan is to promote the free Internet Explorer in a few years.

This is mainly due to antitrust considerations.

Igritte portal is the fixed homepage of igritte company's IE browser software. At present, igritte does not even give users the right to change the homepage.

In a short period of time, as a guide website to guide users to surf the Internet, no one felt that it was inappropriate.

But it's not.

After a long time, someone will definitely react.

I've paid for this software, so I should have the right to customize my home page freely.

Even if users do not respond, other Internet companies in the industry will understand how much monopoly advantage igritte has in this respect, so they will definitely jump out and raise objections.

If Internet Explorer is free, igritte will have to bear much less pressure.

I provide you with free software, you should enjoy the default home page and other convenience.

At most, igritte can make some concessions in the future to allow users to change the IE browser home page.

However, the default home page of IE browser software is destined to be igritte portal and igritte search engine in the future.

Any industry, if it can't produce sustainable commercial benefits, can't develop and grow.

Igritte has proved the feasibility of its YWS products and portal advertising business. This time, the success of ypay tool and ystore once again confirmed the broad business prospects of the Internet industry. All kinds of capital and traditional business giants have begun to further increase investment in the Internet industry.

Then, some problems are inevitable.

Now the most popular World Wide Web, the core patented technology is basically in the hands of igrit.

Although on the surface, igritte maintains a very open licensing attitude, as long as it is not a fool, we all know that igritte will definitely use its patent barriers to limit the development of its competitors.In fact, Simon himself would not deny that, of course, igritte would.

It's not normal not to do that.

Now, igritte has taken the lead in many aspects, such as server leasing, portal website, online payment, e-mail and so on. Unless igritte takes the initiative to open the core patent technology authorization, other enterprises will not be able to get involved in these fields.

Igritte has basically completed the most successful Internet business models in Simon's memory.

Then, if you want to completely bypass the patent barrier of igritte and compete with this company, other enterprises may only promote other basic network technologies.

Of course, there are other types of network protocols in this era.

However, after a tour, other enterprises have to admit that other existing network technologies can't compete with the already mature world wide web.

Simon westero has been devoting himself to the research and development of World Wide Web technology since more than two years ago, which is a time advantage that other enterprises can't catch up with. Moreover, protocols or languages such as HTTP and HTML are undoubtedly more suitable for the development trend of the Internet for those who have used the world wide web platform.

In addition, igrit has also launched the relatively popular Internet image format, sound format and JavaScript scripting language.

Not only these most basic technologies, igritte company has also completed the development of related application software, such as IE browser, which is the most popular one. Other relatively professional software such as web design or website management, as well as complete web site solutions, can't be caught up by other manufacturers in a short time.

Even if we start to catch up from now on, however, the world wide web technology will certainly not stop.

Moreover, once there is a business opponent threatening its position, igrit is likely to build more technical barriers on the way to catch up with other technologies.

Since we can't catch up, if we want to get involved in the Internet industry, we can only seek the authorization of igrit.

Igrit seems to be very open, but what if one day, when the company feels threatened by its competitors, it forcibly stops authorizing?

This kind of thing is common in the technology industry.

Even if a company whose technology licensing has been suspended wins a series of lawsuits and regains revenue, if the lawsuits last for several years, a company will lose its vitality after all.

Simon has been aware of this problem since the beginning of this year.

With the success of ypay and ystore products, the industry began to pay more attention to the emerging Internet industry. He also realized that some problems became more and more urgent.

The Internet must be an open platform, only in this way can it attract enough enterprises and users.

Although igritte has set foot in most of the most successful Internet business models in Simon's memory, this industry is destined to have too much potential to tap, and human creativity is endless.

However, the problem now is that many people are worried about whether igrit will use its patent and technology advantages to suppress its competitors.

It's certain to beat down the competitors.

However, for the sake of the rapid development of the whole Internet industry, Simon understands that it is not wise to use patented technology to do so.

In order to dispel the concerns of many people in the industry at one time, after repeated discussions with several senior executives of igritte, Simon finally made a decision to completely release the core patents related to the World Wide Web held by igritte, including HTTP and HTML technologies, as well as related technologies such as image, sound and JavaScript scripting language.

In the proposed plan, these patents will be put into a non-profit World Wide Web Alliance Foundation. Internet companies will no longer need to seek license from igritte to use these technologies in the future.

Some things always spread fast.

As soon as the decision was made, the San Francisco Chronicle carried out relevant reports, which caught igritte's management by surprise.

After dismissing a middle-level manager of igritte who leaked the news, both Simon and the big three of igritte, including several other technology companies of westero system, immediately became the target of the industry.

Although a decision has been made, the specific list of patents that need to be opened still needs to be considered repeatedly.

For example, the e-mail related technology held by igritte is not intended to be opened in the short term, and igritte will certainly restrict other manufacturers from using the world wide web technology to develop browser software similar to ie.

However, in any case, it is a rare and big deal for the whole industry.