2624 [Acquisition of Apple]
After the New Year, the third biggest news broke out by Tianxia Technology is that it bought Apple for $4.5 billion. Novel.
Apple is the first company in the world to sell personal computers and the first company in the world to launch graphical interface operating systems. It was once very popular in the 1980s, and its market share was as high as 16%. It can be said to be a pioneer in the technology industry.
Although Tianxia Technology is now famous and has a growing popularity, it is just a junior in front of Apple. Now, the senior Apple has been acquired by Tianxia Technology, which is really shocking, and at the same time it can't help but feel a little sad.
Apple was once proud of Midea, selling more than one million computers every year. Macintosh computers were once synonymous with personal computers. Many schools, libraries, scientific research institutions, etc. use this computer.
It can be said that Apple is the first computer used by many people. Everyone has the so-called "virgin complex" and they cherish their first time.
For example, the first time I read a book, the first time I play with a toy, the first time I watch a movie, the first time I watch a TV, the first time I love a girl, etc.
Therefore, many people feel it is a pity to see it being sold now.
It is really sad to think that Apple has fallen from a well-known brand to the point of selling itself.
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However, this news is another good thing in the eyes of the technology and investment circles.
Apple has been gradually declining since Steve Jobs was kicked out of the company.
Before, Apple was the pioneer of the personal computer era, and the Macintosh computer it developed was the most popular brand. The maos it launched is the world's first commercial graphical interface operating system...
It can be said that Apple was definitely a pioneer in the computer industry in the 1980s, and it created many firsts, and even Microsoft was willing to give it a disadvantage.
But after entering the 1990s, Apple lost its creativity. The many products it launched were not popular in the market and the sales volume was very poor.
On the other hand, Microsoft has greatly strengthened its innovation.
Microsoft's Windows 95 is the world's first 32-bit graphical interface operating system, with advanced functions, simple operation and beautiful interface. It can be said to be the most perfect operating system at that time.
Tianxia Technology has launched pioneering products such as mp3, U disk, Apocalypse mobile phone, and genius operating system, which has even changed the pattern of world technology development.
Before Tianxia Technology, all operating systems around the world were charged. If any company, enterprise, or individual wants to use it, they must pay a large amount of fees to the R&D company, which makes many countries, enterprises, and individuals unable to bear it.
Especially in some poor and backward countries, freshly-official companies, schools with shortage of funds and individuals with shortage of cash, these charging systems are even more difficult to support.
Moreover, for the country, using these operating systems is not safe, and it is easy to hand over state secrets to others.
The genius operating system is free and open source, allowing the problems faced by these countries, companies and individuals to be easily solved. The genius operating system is open source and all codes can be viewed, which ensures that the system is safe and does not leave behind fearful backdoor programs.
At the same time, the free genius operating system has also saved many companies, enterprises and individuals a lot of money. Especially for companies that produce products with operating systems, the free and open source operating system has saved them a lot of copyright fees.
For example, medical devices, atm machines, cash registers, CNC equipment, etc. If a charging system is used, the copyright fee alone will cost a lot of money, not to mention the maintenance, upgrades, etc. of the system in the future, which is also a considerable fee.
For example, Bank of America's Atm machines are upgraded from XP system to win10, and each Atm machine costs at least 1,000 to 3,000 US dollars. The number of Atm machines in North America exceeds 200,000, which will cost hundreds of millions of US dollars at once. After adopting the free Genius operating system, this fee can be completely saved.
As for mp3, the way people listen to music, the apocalypse mobile phone changed the way people talked, and the U disk changed the way people transferred files... These are all revolutionary changes.
Therefore, extremely pioneering companies like Microsoft and Tianxia Technology have developed very vigorously in recent years. However, Apple has lost innovation, so its development has been difficult in recent years. Now its market value has fallen to less than 4 billion US dollars.
Moreover, due to weak innovation, backlog of goods, debt arrears and other reasons, there is a possibility of bankruptcy at any time. It can be said that it has reached a very critical moment.
At this time, it can be acquired by summer, which is definitely a good thing in the eyes of the business and technology community.
First, there is plenty of funds in the summer. After Apple is acquired by him, there is no longer any lack of funds. In this way, it can continue to operate without going bankrupt in the short term.
Second, Xia Tian has a very good strategic vision. In recent years, he has led Tianxia Technology to develop into a world-class technology giant from a very small computer assembly workshop in just a few years.
Moreover, many products are produced under his guidance. Not to mention personal computers, servers, USB flash drives, MP3s, Apocalypse mobile phones, genius operating systems, etc., are also guided by him.
The main reason why Apple has developed unfavorablely in recent years is that it has not found its development goals, such as a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, it has also pushed handheld computers, high-end computers, and local computers... There have been many product lines, but none of them are very popular.
It not only lost a lot of money, but also delayed a lot of time, allowing competitors such as ibm, Microsoft, Intel, and Tianxia Technology to catch up.
If there is a master who can point out the path of future development for it, then with Apple's R&D level, works that can surprise the world will definitely be born.
Therefore, the business and technology circles are very optimistic about Apple's acquisition in the summer.
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However, some people have expressed their objections, believing that summer's entry may bring disaster to Apple or subvert Apple's ecology.
Because the business model of Apple has always been based on a closed ecosystem. It designs and produces computers and operating systems by itself, and only uses its own system and cannot install other systems. At the same time, its system cannot be ported to other computers.
Xia Tian is a world-renowned open source software supporter. The genius operating system was contributed by him and has now developed into the world's most widely used operating system.
Chapter completed!