Chapter 510: The First Year of the Internet
The Internet has been around for many years, let alone e-commerce, knowing how e-mail works is already a genius.
Of course, what is mentioned here is a relatively large range. Those madmen in Silicon Valley are naturally not so superficial.
"Hi everyone, I'm William White. I now announce that NBC Online is officially launched. Here, you can not only communicate with different people, but also have a free e-mail. Of course, if you are willing to pay some fees, we will also Provide some value-added services."
After checking it, William White pressed the Enter key. The first message from NBC Online, published here.
The official unveiling of NBC Online has amazed the people who eat melons. What kind of thing is this thing of yours?
Sometimes this is the case. The more you hide it, the easier it is to attract public attention.
Since someone pays attention, someone will naturally reveal the secret. Of course, a group of paparazzi are also very confused now13. Could it be that NBC has created another news platform.
The paparazzi think so, but actually overestimate the current Internet. Now there is only a BBS, and it is no problem to issue some announcements, and short messages are also fine. As for other things, there is no way to talk about it without the website being established.
Rao is so, this NBC Online is already very amazing. Most importantly, this guy's free email is really easy to use.
"Boss, is the rent of 1.99 yuan a month a bit of a loss?"
"Haha, Tom, I don't care about the price. The purpose of transferring you to NBC Online is not for profit. What I need is the number of users."
"Boss, if this continues, the losses will be very serious, are you sure?"
"Very sure, I'll give you 100 million dollars first, don't worry about burning it. All I need are two pieces of data, the number of paid registered users and the number of user views."
"Okay, as you wish."
Tom didn't know the role of traffic, William White knew it all too well. Traffic is king is a bit new now, but in a few years, individuals will be able to say something.
E-mail is even more straightforward. This is basically a winner-takes-all thing. When he did this, the existing small companies immediately collapsed.
Someone said, you are now engaged in instant messaging, isn't it a little too big a step? It's very dangerous to do this, so don't talk about it.
Well, you guys are overthinking this. What NBC offers online is just a public communication platform. It's a bit like a board game of later generations. You can only choose a different area or community, such as the Los Angeles community or such-and-such university.
If you must make a horizontal comparison with the little penguin, then sorry, even in later generations, the United States will not be able to find one that can be compared.
Everyone's population base is different, and the so-called online number is even more incomparable.
Today's NBC Online, while crude, is compelling enough. Not many people use the Internet, but these guys are on a high level.
William White doesn't care how the outside world has mixed reviews. Within his company, it has already begun to promote paperless office.
William White was having a great time, but Bill Gates was having a hard time. His Windows 3.0 obviously neglected the network function.
"You bastard, you wouldn't have said it earlier? Now it seems that you can only make a fuss about the 3.1 system." Bill Gates was a little bit aggrieved, but he didn't expect that William White did it on purpose.
Don't look at it as just free software, like browsers, it's a winner-takes-all game. This is true for browsers, and it is still true for e-mail receiving systems.
William White is very sure that as long as Bill Gates is not stupid, he will definitely be included. Of course, he can also make one himself. However, without the cooperation of NBC Online, his software would definitely be judged as junk.
"Boss, is he doing this to promote the use of the Internet?"
"Hehe, this plan will not be decided within a day. If we hadn't compromised on ADSL, he probably wouldn't have done it. This cunning guy."
"Yeah, Time Warner also has plans to follow up. This promotional platform is a bit interesting."
"Publicity platform? Tell me carefully."
NBC Online is free, but to paraphrase the old saying, what's free is the most expensive. At least, the promotion of 007's Golden Eyes started from the Internet.
After listening to his subordinate's report, the old guy from Damo was a little confused. Hundreds of thousands of views are nothing, but the levels and spending power of these guys are definitely very good.
If you want to say how good the propaganda effect is, this is not to say, it is the level of a second-rate tabloid. It is this development trend that has attracted the attention of all parties.
Yes, in just one week, major universities in the United States first entered the era of NBC Online. It's a lot of fun.
College students are naturally very quick to accept new things. Whether this so-called instant messaging has other effects is hard to say. It's not too convenient to organize some parties or something.
"Boss, if you had come up with this a few years earlier, my college life would have been more exciting."
"Fuck, this is not my original intention. How can these children do this? I asked you to discuss and study, but you actually use it for dating."
Jason Gao didn't take it seriously for William White's indignation. He is very sure that this guy won't care if he learns the magic horse. The current kind of indignation almost means envy, jealousy and hatred.
"Boss, how about we pretend to be?"
"Cut, don't talk about it, you may be fine, if you guys do this, there will be a lot of noise. Forget it, let's take advantage of this group of boys. However, we still need to set some sensitive words, these **** bastards. "
William White didn't care about these children, but he didn't want this platform to be used by others. There are too many smart people, and some network administrators must be established. If they jump too much, they will directly ban their accounts.
Regulation or something will naturally lead to dissatisfaction, no matter where it is. Of course, William White also has a way. You can say whatever you want, if it involves religion or politics, it must be blocked. If racial issues are involved, direct title ban is not discussed.
If you bring up a big hat, others will naturally lose their temper. The most critical one is that it is free for others.
Yes, this is very important, since it is free, the right of interpretation is in the hands of others. If you are interested, people welcome. If you make some inappropriate remarks, people can directly kick you out.
It's just so domineering, it's just so unreasonable. Of course, if you become a registered user, your permissions will naturally be different.
To put it bluntly, money is not the biggest problem. Registered users are real individuals. As a tourist, who knows if there is an ulterior motive. It doesn't matter if you browse it, if you start spraying at will, it won't work if others want to ask you for a theory.