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Chapter 439 The World Wide Web is Here

"After pioneering the computer field, the British Empire will once again lead the greatness in the Internet field."

As Fleet Street is synonymous with British news, it is rare that all news media make one event the front-page headline of the day.

Now that this day has come, it shows how glorious this event is and how proud it makes the proud British people.

The World Wide Web, an invention that has had a huge impact on the Internet world, was finally born.

However, the founder is no longer the British Tim Berners-Lee, but Professor Soskeraro of Cambridge Computer Science.

Of course, the driving force behind all this was Luo Nianzhong, and this research and invention was also completed through collaboration between the newly established British Far East Laboratory and Cambridge.

The establishment of the Far East Laboratory's European headquarters in Paris did not occur to Luo Nianzhong that this would greatly stimulate the self-esteem of the British people.

As for the British academic community, they have Cambridge University and Oxford University, and their university foundation is comparable to that of the United States. So why is the European headquarters of the Far East Laboratory, one of the best laboratories in the world, not located in London?

Especially after Far East merged its two major laboratories, the British academic community became more dissatisfied with France and Far East. In fact, it all came down to the issue of research funding.

No matter where the Far East Laboratory is established, it will have a huge boost to the scientific research community in the country where it is located.

Far East is well-known for its bold investment in scientific research, which is unique in the world. These are considered the most important reasons by business schools around the world that study Far East's success stories.

In fact, even if it is not the most important thing, these business schools will tacitly say this because the ultimate beneficiaries are those in the academic world.

Regardless of whether the research projects are successful or not, they have only benefits and no disadvantages.

It is also because of the leadership of these people that the academic community in Western countries has been calling on companies to significantly increase their scientific research funding.

But capitalists are not fools. If they really play like Far East, they may go bankrupt in minutes. Far East's high R&D and high investment are supported by high profits. Without high profits, they will not copy others to avoid being an ugly imitator.

However, it is not without effect. After the economy began to improve in the past two years, many companies have indeed increased their investment in research and development, but it is still incomparable to the Far East.

The Far East European headquarters incident was very serious, so serious that the British felt that their faces had been damaged. The consequence was that Far East Communications was maliciously strangled in the privatization of British Telecom.

The Luo family's entry into the British telecommunications industry was one of the conditions that the Conservative Party promised to Luo Nianzhong. It cannot be said that the other party went back on their word, but rather that they played a word game on Luo Nianzhong.

As early as 1981, Britain promulgated a new telecommunications act, which, in addition to separating telecommunications and postal services, also abolished the monopoly of British telecommunications company BT in communications network operations and service provision.

At the end of the same year, Cable & Wireless, Barclays Bank and British Petroleum jointly established Mercury Communications and obtained a telecommunications operating license issued by the British government.

So it is not wrong to say that the Luo family entered the communications industry in Britain, because the big boss behind both Cable and Wireless and Barclays Bank is the Luo family.

However, Luo Nianzhong knew that although Mercury Communications had been prosperous for a period of time, its largest business was international long-distance business, which was also the foundation of the Cable & Wireless Bureau.

In the UK, Mercury Communications was forced to transform, which was seriously inconsistent with Luo Nianzhong's expectation of occupying the local British market.

Just like now, Mercury Communications only has the right to operate communications in Northern Ireland, and other parts of Britain cannot enter at all. Sooner or later, the result will be the same as history.

Luo Nianzhong's psychological expectation is that he will be able to steadily capture half of the British communications market in the future. If he wants to stand out in the subsequent competition, he must deal with British Telecom in advance and unify the British market first.

As for Vodafone, which was founded by Luo Nianzhong two years ago, after the British blocked its lines and refused to allow you to share British Telecom's lines, Vodafone, which had just started to show some signs of improvement, is now struggling.

Don’t the British need face? Then give it face, and this face is epic.

"Luo, this is the Mirror server that we jointly established with the Daily Mirror. As long as we enter the correct URL of the Daily Mirror, we can watch the news of the Daily Mirror.

What’s more, ours is real-time. As long as Daily Lens modifies the news content in the background, we can watch it here. Isn’t it incredible?

In the future, our information will be up-to-date. We don’t have to wait for the next day’s newspaper. If we want to know what news just happened, we only need to enter a URL to find out.”

I watched Soscolaro skillfully type in the Daily Mirror's URL and hit enter. After waiting for a minute, the computer screen refreshed to a new page. The title on the page was the big words "Daily Mirror", and below it were various news headlines.

"These titles are all hyperlinks. If there is content we want to read, we just need to click it to enter the next interface, and the entire related news will be presented to us."

Soscolaro continued his demonstration excitedly, and Luo Nianzhong listened very carefully with an incredible expression on his face.

Little did he know that at this moment, he was complaining a lot about the current Internet speed.

With just two simple operations, four or five minutes had passed before I could even see the news. This internet speed is really not commendable.

"A great invention has been born. I believe it will affect the entire development of the Internet. If I were to choose, I think I would win the Turing Award."

The Turing Award is the Nobel Prize in computer science. There is no scholar or inventor in the computer field who does not aim to win it. Just look at Soscolaro, who smiled as if he had eaten bee shit when he heard the word "Turing Award", to know the temptation of this award.

“If I can really win the Turing Award, then I will have no regrets in my life.

At the same time, I would like to thank Mr. Luo for founding the Far East Laboratory. Without the help and financial support from colleagues in the Far East Laboratory, this great invention would not have been possible."

“Although the credit belongs to everyone, you are the general.

But you should know that it is far from enough for the Far East Group alone to promote the use of the World Wide Web. If Britain or Europe can promote it together, I think its influence will increase exponentially.

I also want the whole world to understand its charm. I want to make the technology of the World Wide Web open to the public for free. I wonder if Professor Soscolaro and Cambridge are willing to do so?"

This project was completed jointly by the Far East Laboratory and Cambridge University. If the technology is to be published for free, the other party's opinion needs to be sought.

But it doesn't seem to be a problem. Although we can't gain tangible benefits, the invisible benefits are huge.

If it can be promoted and used all over the world, the title of developing the World Wide Web alone will greatly increase Cambridge's reputation, which is very important to British gentlemen.

"Really? Mr. Luo, you are indeed the capitalist who understands scientific research best, and you are willing to give up your interests for the advancement of science and technology.

Our Principal Kane had this idea long before the World Wide Web came out, and was afraid that you would disagree."

Disagree? How could it be possible?

Free things are the most expensive. How much money can be made from a patent for the World Wide Web? The real big money is in the surrounding areas.

Whether it is communication costs, equipment regulators to increase Internet speed, or the entire Internet industry in the future, no one knows as well as Luo Nianzhong what kind of super-huge gold mountain this is.

“The most important thing is to promote technological innovation and human progress. As for capital, it is just a tool to assist this purpose.

I decided to use 30 million US dollars to establish a World Wide Web Consortium, in addition to strengthening the redevelopment of the World Wide Web, the most important thing is to promote the use of the World Wide Web. "

The things are free, but we need to hold the right to speak in our hands.

All patents for the World Wide Web will be placed in the World Wide Web Consortium, regardless of whether they are useful or not. Luo Nianzhong will definitely take a position in this non-profit organization that will set standards in the future.

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