The Internet and the World Wide Web are interdependent.
Lin Lixin was well aware of this.
Without the Internet, the World Wide Web would have no foundation.
However, without the World Wide Web, the widespread adoption of the Internet would have remained a long way off.
The Internet had existed for twenty years before the advent of the World Wide Web.
Whether for military use, academic research, or for geeks who like to tinker, they've already mastered this thing.
However, it always has an extremely high threshold, keeping ordinary people out.
To use the Internet, you must first learn how to use the command line and how to tinker with your PC.
It also requires expensive backbone network access, such as ARPANET.
Only today has Lin Lixin finally kicked down this seemingly flimsy yet towering threshold.
Anyone who installs the Neus Browser can easily enjoy the convenience that the internet brings to the world.
You can jump to other places simply by clicking the links on the webpage.
Text and images can also be displayed on a webpage simultaneously.
People who don't understand technology are finally being accepted by the internet.
This is the most important aspect of the rapid development of the Internet.
However, it still lacks a crucial core standardization.
The World Wide Web is an area that absolutely cannot be monopolized.
Monopoly will not bring any benefits to Lin Lixin or anyone else.
Both HTML and HTTP must have their standardized documentation finalized and made open source as soon as possible, and made freely available to the entire society.
Stanford University, San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Today, a momentous event, destined to go down in history, will take place at this top university located near Silicon Valley.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an international neutral technical standards organization recently established by Lin Lixin, will establish its initial headquarters here.
Afternoon, inside the auditorium.
The intense California sun was already scorching at this early age, streaming into the auditorium through the windows.
The audience was packed; not only were all the seats full, but the aisles were also crowded with people.
Occasionally, one or two officially invited journalists manage to squeeze into the venue, carrying their expensive cameras in an attempt to capture the scene forever.
Many straight fluorescent tubes hang from the roof.
Before LEDs became widespread, this was already the most advanced, mature, and common light source available.
An expensive set of halogen lamps was used above the podium.
Although it was scorching hot like an incandescent bulb, the soft, bright white light truly illuminated the podium clearly, creating a striking contrast with the audience.
Suddenly, the noisy venue fell silent.
The curtain backstage was pulled back slightly, revealing Lin Lixin's figure.
"Alright, that's settled then. Mr. Jobs, please take a seat quickly, or it might get crowded with those guys later."
Lin Lixin smiled at Jobs, who was also backstage, and gestured for him to quickly go around to the audience and sit down before striding towards the front of the stage.
He didn't bring his speech notes, even though he should have.
In such a situation, even the usually composed Lin Lixin was starting to lose his composure.
The audience was already packed with people.
He looked in Jobs ' direction, who was striding confidently to a seat in the front row with his nameplate on it, smiling politely at the two men on either side of him, before plopping down comfortably.
Seeing this, Lin Lixin almost burst out laughing.
He had specifically arranged this seat.
After Jobs was seated, he turned to look at the man to his left who was nearly fifty years old.
"Long time no see, how's Gassée?"
Jobs laughed heartily, with a sense of satisfaction at finally getting his revenge.
The man sitting next to him was John Sculley, the former president of Pepsi-Cola Company and current CEO of Apple Apple, who had ousted him from the company he founded more than two years ago.
Gassée was the successor who took over Jobs's position to continue leading the Mac division.
"He did a good job," Sculley said in a nonchalant tone.
It was Jobs who convinced me to switch from Pepsi to Apple.
"Do you want to sell sweet soup for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
He still remembered what Jobs said to him when he was still president of Pepsi.
Sculley let out a low sigh.
"We're now selling 50,000 Macintosh units every 73 days, proving my plan was correct."
"Really? But I feel like Apple's PC market share is getting smaller and smaller."
Jobs didn't care about the opponent's arguments.
Although Apple is now sparing no effort in aggressively promoting their Macintosh, its influence is no longer at the level of the Applel1 in its heyday.
More and more IBM computers and compatible machines are rapidly eroding the market.
Although Apple's annual revenue is still in the billions of dollars, it is indeed on a downward trend in the long run.
To be precise, it was a sharp drop!
Conversely, a small company that Apple never paid any attention to has grown at an incredibly rapid pace in the past two years.
Jobs looked to his right.
The man sat quietly beside them, a notebook in front of him, and a ballpoint pen twirling in his hand.
He leaned back slightly in his chair, but the tilted corner still revealed his name tag.
[BillGates]
Bill Gates, founder, CEO, and chief software architect of Microsoft.
Unlike Apple's closed strategy, Microsoft was prepared to be open from its inception.
Even now, IBM and many other PCs still use MS-DOS, developed by Microsoft.
This allowed the PC market to grow at an incredible pace.
Not long ago, Microsoft launched its own graphical operating system, Windows.
As usual, it was officially licensed to IBM as soon as it was developed, and licenses were also made available to other PC manufacturers.
Anyone can use this graphics system on their PC, which is not much worse than the Mac system.
And it was this very thing that dealt a devastating blow to Apple, which had been invincible thanks to its graphics system.
Noticing their gazes, Gates looked at them, nodded slightly, but didn't say anything more, instead turning his attention back to the stage.
Watching the much younger figure fiddling with the microphone, Gates's eyes darted around, lost in thought.
"Snort."
Sculley scoffed. "That's because they copied the Mac's design. If it weren't for today's agenda, we'd be in court."
"Cough cough----"
He wanted to say something more, but a static noise suddenly came from the speakers, followed by Lin Lixin's light cough, "I didn't expect it, huh? We got sidetracked into this while playing the game—"