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Chapter 527 Netscape Navigator

Erickson, from CEO of Far East Software Lab to CTO of Far East Group.

Although Erickson has become a world-renowned top figure in the software field in recent years, he has been forgotten in the Far East system.

When people think of the Far East, their first impression is of its products and its electronic semiconductor technology.

Industrial software such as CAD, EAD, CAE, etc.? Although Far East has the largest share of industrial software in the world, it is something that ordinary people cannot access.

So as far as the senior management of the Far East is concerned, Erickson may be one of the least visible decision makers in the eyes of outsiders.

But isn’t it always said that things change over time? Now Erikson’s time has finally come.

Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Because of its early construction, the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre was completed in 1987.

The first phase of the convention and exhibition center is seven stories high and has a conference hall, two lecture halls, an administrative center, a restaurant and 12 exhibition halls.

Luo Nianzhong's initial purpose in promoting the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre was to make it the main venue for future Far East Exhibitions.

However, the construction speed of the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre is not as fast as the development speed of the Far East Exhibition. Now the Far East Exhibition can attract hundreds of thousands of people to Hong Kong Island every year, and the number of visitors every day is in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

The Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre can accommodate no more than 27,000 people, and that’s because they are spread over seven floors.

Seeing this situation, when the first phase of the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre had just been completed and had not yet officially opened, the second and third phases on both sides had already started construction at the same time.

Because the Far East Expo will feature large items such as cars, more and more car companies have participated in the past two years, so the second and third phase projects have been designed to be much larger than the original time and space.

Finally, in March 1990, the Phase III project of the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Centre, which took three years to complete, was completed, and its debut was dedicated to the Far East Group.

"Without electronic products, we will eventually lead the world"

As early as January, the brochure for this Far East Exhibition had been printed and everyone who wanted to know more about it had already received it.

The brochure is very simple, it just informs you of the time and place of the exhibition, which companies have been selected to participate, which exhibition hall they will be in and some basic information etc.

As one of the characteristics of the Far East Expo, the main stage attracts much attention every year.

In the past, although the exhibits on the main stage were not introduced in detail to maintain a sense of mystery, they would also provide simple information such as corporate information and industrial fields.

But this year's main stage was different. There was no introduction, just this promotional slogan.

This will undoubtedly increase curiosity around the world, with technology fans speculating on what will be amazing on this year's main stage.

In fact, it is easy to guess. Now the whole world has started to lay out the Internet because of the highway plan of the United States. I think the main stage this time is also related to this.

Saturday, February 1990, 3.

This day marks the opening of Phase III of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to the public, and is also the opening day of the Far East Exhibition.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Governor Pang Lizhi arrived to attend the launch ceremony of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and the opening ceremony of this year's Far East Exhibition.

At ten o'clock, the Far East Exhibition officially opened and the waiting crowd began to pour into the venue.

Technology fans, reporters, tourists, men and women, tens of thousands of people lined up and poured in.

What no one expected was that the first places to be crowded were the car showrooms and clothing showrooms.

The car showroom was crowded because of the large number of car models sent by Asia Media's modeling agency this year, and the reason why the clothing department was crowded was similar to that of the car showroom.

In the center of the exhibition hall, a catwalk was specially arranged this year, and major luxury companies sent models to perform on the catwalk.

The fashion industry, don’t they understand how to dress models to attract customers?

For example, those jewelry brands, they just let the models not wear any clothes in order to display the products. It is comparable to the underwear display, and you can imagine how attractive it is to the audience.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the main stage was held in the multi-purpose hall on the second floor which can accommodate 4600 people.

Due to time constraints, this year's first press conference on the main stage did not start in the morning, but was held at 1 p.m.

Looking at the packed audience and the questions, Erickson walked onto the stage and took a quick look, his heart pounding.

"In 1985, Cambridge computer professor Soscolarro developed the World Wide Web, and the Internet entered a new stage. More than four years later, there are more than World Wide Web servers in the world, but unfortunately we have not seen much of its commercial value.

Most of those websites are owned by government agencies, schools, and enterprises, and it is difficult for ordinary people to experience the joy of the Internet."

Erickson, who was pacing on the stage, not only explained the current status of the Internet, but also constantly mentioned the great invention of the World Wide Web by Cambridge, England, and Soscolarro.

"I know very well why this situation has occurred. Hardware internet speed is a major limitation, and the wildness of software has made capitalists afraid to invest heavily because they cannot find a profit model.

It’s different now. The United States has proposed a highway plan, and Western European countries have followed suit.

Just earlier this year, BellSouth and Bell Atlantic completed the upgrade of their backbone networks, adding more than 44.736 ports, which increased the effective speed of the backbone network from 622 mbps to mbps, an increase of more than ten times.

So now hardware is no longer a limitation to our development, and many possibilities can be realized.

Now, we want to tell the world that the Internet will no longer be just for work, but a great entertainment era is about to arrive.

What we are releasing today is Netscape Communications Corporation's Netscape Navigator."

Browser? Everyone present frowned when they heard this name.

This word is not unfamiliar to them. There are at least eighty browsers in the world. Is it necessary to say so much about a browser and lay so much groundwork before doing so?

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But they soon found out that they were wrong. The Netscape browser screen on the big screen was completely different from the browser they were familiar with.

Although it is also a browser, the Netscape browser page has too many things.

Classified one by one, followed by various well-known websites.

For example, behind the news category there are links to The New York Times, Daily Mirror, and Island Business.

There are also words like Disney, NBC, and ATV after the word "entertainment".

This can no longer be called a browser, it's more like a browser plus a portal.

However, Luo Nianzhong also knew how to hide his shortcomings, so he did not include the concept of a search engine.

Many people don’t know the difference between browsers and search engines and think they are the same thing, but there is a big difference between the two.

A browser is a must for surfing the Internet. For example, if you want to browse a website, you have to enter the URL of the website.

Search engines are different. You don’t need to know the URL, you just need to know the name of the website.

In this wild age, no matter how many browsers there are, they are all the same. You need to know all the URLs of the websites you want to visit, without making any mistakes.

But for many people, who can know so many URLs?
"How do ordinary people experience the joy of the Internet? It is that we can easily find the information we need on it.

Website? Who can remember all those letters? Many people don’t even have the channels to know the website.

It’s different now. If you want to read the news, you just need to find the name of the newspaper in the news category below, and Netscape Navigator will jump automatically.

If you want to know about Disney's animations or movies, you just need to click in, and then on Disney's website you can see what movies will be released this year, when, the box office of the next movies and other information.

If you want to watch TV, you can go to Asia TV's website to find their program list. If there is something you want to watch, you need to make arrangements in time.

In addition, unlike previous browsers, Netscape Navigator can also load images.

Just like the official websites of Disney and NBC, pictures will have a greater and more three-dimensional visual impact on viewers.

Ericsson was demonstrating on the stage, and the people below were almost going wild with constant discussion.

"For Netscape, letting more people experience the charm of the Internet is the company's mission.

Let's surf the Internet together starting today."

Netscape, the first company in the original time and space that allowed everyone to see the commercialization of the Internet, left a deep impression on Luo Nianzhong.

He hoped that this pioneer could be preserved and create more glory, even if it was just the name.

(End of this chapter)