The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

16. WWW (2)

“What do you want? As a reminder, I have no intention of betting a paid license on WWW technology.”

Berners-Lee said with a determined expression.

Internet world that anyone can use without discrimination.

It was the world he dreamed of.

In fact, even in his previous life, he agreed with the research institute in 1993 to release WWW technology to the world.

Thanks to that, the internet was able to spread all over the world in an instant.

“It’s the same for me. If the WWW takes a paid license, the Internet won’t explode.”

“Then what the hell do you want?”

Hoyeong pointed to her laptop and said.

“You just saw it. Web browser.”

“A web browser?”

“I want my browser to be adopted as the official web browser of the WWW.”

Berners-Lee looked at Hoyeong with absurd eyes.

“How is the monopoly of the web browser different from the monopoly of the Internet?”

“There’s a lot of difference. I’m thinking of making the supply of the web browser ‘free’ as well.”

“Free?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Then, what on earth does Mr. Yoon gain? Are you going to provide it for free at first and then secretly switch to a paid service later?”

“It will never happen.”

“Huh… true.”

Berners-Lee was speechless.

It’s because I didn’t understand what Hoyoung was asking for.

Berners-Lee himself is a scholar.

A scholar considers honor as the highest value, although money is also money.

But entrepreneurs are different.

Every entrepreneur I’ve ever seen has acted with money as the highest value.

Berners-Lee racked his brains to see if Hoyeong had other ulterior motives.

‘You probably can’t even guess about the profit structure of web browsers yet.’

Seeing Berners-Lee like that, Hoyeong laughed inwardly.

The reason why Hoyoung insisted on monopolizing the browser even while helping the development of the WWW was elsewhere.

In 1993, a company called NCSA announced MOSAIC, a web browser with graphics capabilities added.

Microsoft overlooked the Internet revolution until the early 1990s, and in 1995 paid 10 million dollars to acquire the Mosaic license.

And the mosaic has evolved into a web browser called Internet Explorer, which everyone knows now.

Internet Explorer once occupied 90% of the browser market and made huge profits.

Because the web browser is a window that can earn huge profits in connection with search engines, if you monopolize this market, you can get huge profits later.

“Hmm… No permanent monopoly. Right now, since you started research and development of the browser first, it is probably the most powerful web browser at the moment. However, if research is carried out in the future, a better browser will surely come out. It’s a possibility. There’s absolutely nothing stopping Internet users from using it.”

“You can be proud of your browser’s performance, but how long do you think the exclusivity is?”

“At most five years…”

Hearing Berners-Lee’s words, Hoyeong hardened her expression.

“The manager is asking me to do charity work now.”

“yes?”

“It’s been 5 years since development was completed… I think that 5 years will be the period when the Internet is in full swing. Institutions and research facilities will actively use it, but it’s still unfamiliar to the general public. At least 4 It’s going to take 10 to 5 years before the Internet will finally blossom, but at that point the monopoly will end, right?”

“However, users have the right to choose one of many browsers.”

Hoyoung closed her laptop and stood up.

“Then it can’t be helped. I’m really sorry. I thought the team leader and I would get along well…”

“Is this exactly what’s happening?”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it because I’m running out of time.”

“Did you have another schedule?”

“Originally, it didn’t exist, but it came into existence. There are many other procedures to go from here to the United States.”

“USA···?”

Hoyoung said with a very sad expression.

“I think I should go to Virginia Tech. I have to make the same proposal I made to the team leader there to Professor Hummington.”

“Humington!”

Professor Humington knew Berners-Lee better than anyone else.

If Berners-Lee was the pioneer who first outlined the concept of HTTP, Humington was an authority in the field of protocol networks.

“I thought that the title of founder of WWW suits you well, but I can’t help it.”

“Wait, can you wait a minute?”

Hoyoung’s last words were enough to shake Berners-Lee.

As mentioned earlier, scholars value honor as the highest value.

Among them, I consider it one of the highest honors to be called by nicknames such as the father of physics and the mother of chemistry rather than my name.

Berners-Lee was silent for a moment, lost in thought.

and after a few minutes.

“How many years do you want browser exclusive rights?”

“Fifteen years.”

“15 years? 15 years is too long.”

“Then 10 years. And there are additional conditions.”

“Additional conditions?”

“For 10 years when I use my browser exclusively, I want the team leader to file a patent for the WWW, and for 10 years, I want to limit the disclosure of technology related to the browser.”

Originally, Berners-Lee disclosed this amazing technology to the public without a patent.

Thanks to this, Internet technology has developed rapidly through various research institutes, and in the browser market, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, etc… Countless web browsers are pouring out. Ho-yeong is trying to block such things at the source.

“Then, is it okay to disclose technologies other than browsers, such as URLs and HTTP?”

“I won’t be involved with them.”

Berners-Lee gave a big nod, as if he had made a big decision.

“Okay. May I ask you one last favor?”

“As much as you like.”

“I’m afraid of monopolies. In any market, a single company’s monopoly slows technological progress, raises prices, and ultimately forces consumers to use inferior products. You know that, right?”

“of course.”

“Do your best. Help users always enjoy the best Internet experience.”

“I think so too. I will do my best to always provide the best quality.”

Hoyoung and Berners Lee held hands.

Berners-Lee was convinced that what he had been planning and dreaming of for 10 years would be possible through Ho-young.

“I’m so glad the conversation went well. Then, would you like to have a meal together? I’ll treat you.”

“I’m really glad. But there’s one thing I still have to do before we go to dinner.”

“What is it?”

Hoyoung took out a wad of paper from his bag.

“First of all, let’s write the contract.”

Hoyoung took out more than one contract.

There are a lot of things to discuss, and there are not just one or two areas that need to be coordinated in detail, but Hoyoung has been drafting them.

Berners-Lee looked at the thickness of the contract and thought that the meal would have to be postponed until later.

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The contract between Hoyoung and CERN was completed smoothly.

Although Berners-Lee was a practitioner and team leader, the authority to decide on contracts actually belonged to the head of the research institute.

After fine-tuning with Ho-young, he brought the contract to the director.

The warden finally approved the project after Berners-Lee’s persistent persuasion and detailed explanations.

Hoyoung did not leave right away this time, but decided to go back to Korea after doing the basic work together for about a week.

“Thank you. You gave me the source and basic data, but you also helped me with the work.”

“A week or so is fine because the return flight is scheduled for ten days anyway.”

Since Hoyoung had no interest in tourism or travel, he wanted to spend most of his spare time on research on WWW.

There are no big cities around, and even Geneva, Switzerland, which is close by, had to be reached by car for more than two hours, so only Miru was bored, but from the point of view of a bodyguard, Hoyeong did not bother to show it.

Hoyoung and Berners-Lee made good use of the time of the week.

Berners-Lee seems to have completely forgotten about the particle collider control device he was currently working on, so Hoyeong reminded him of the control device as he immersed himself in WWW research.

Since the ongoing project needs to be finished quickly so that he can properly start researching the WWW, Ho-young recalled the memory of making a control program for the Hadron Collider in his previous life and gave Berners-Lee a little tip.

One week passed quickly.

Although it was impossible to lay the groundwork for WWW research, which required a great deal of manpower and time, we were able to set the concept of the network search method and the direction in which direction to go.

“Thank you so much. In fact, I had a bad prejudice against entrepreneurs until now, but looking at Mr. Yoon, it seems that I had the wrong idea.”

It didn’t take long, but the relationship between Berners-Lee and Ho-Young grew closer.

“Haha. I’m grateful that you look at me as good as I’m lacking.”

“If Mr. Yoon is not enough, all the developers and researchers in the world will not be able to raise their face. Haha.”

Sensing that Hoyoung’s sincere attitude towards research and his promise to provide the highest quality to consumers were sincere, Berners-Lee shook off all resentment that Hoyoung had monopolized the web browser for 10 years.

“Then see you next time.”

“Okay. I’ll contact you as soon as the research progresses.”

Hoyoung also felt a lot through this meeting.

Berners-Lee was conducting research activities with a sense of mission to contribute to the development of mankind.

WWW was a technology that could make you one of the richest people in the world if you wanted to.

However, the decision to disclose everything so that people around the world can enjoy the convenience of the Internet and achieve a developed world was sympathetic to Ho-young.

‘But in this life, such sentiments are a luxury.’

However, Hoyoung calmed down inwardly.

The whole incident started with trying to release Gaia OS as freeware in the previous life.

‘With this, I also got a web browser. What to do next…’

Even on the flight to Paris, Ho-yeong had no time to rest while making plans for what to do next.

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Hoyoung and Miru arrived in Paris around 3pm after a 4-hour flight.

Miru has been used to renting a car this time as well.

“Director. Are you going straight to the hotel?”

“That’s right. There’s nothing else to do.”

“All right.”

At Hoyoung’s words, Miru said calmly, not changing his expression.

However, Ho-yeong knew the sincerity hidden behind Mi-ru’s expression.

“What time was our flight back to Korea?”

“I have a 13:00 flight tomorrow.”

“Then can we leave here around 10:00 am?”

“That’s right.”

In fact, it wasn’t Hoyoung who didn’t know the schedule.

“Then please take me to that hotel.”

“yes?”

“I’m on vacation until 10:00 tomorrow.”

“No. Something might happen, but I have to stay by the director’s side.”

Miru still refused Hoyeong’s words with a calm face.

“But since you’re in Paris, why don’t you try a piece of baguette? I hate bread.”

“However···.”

“If you refuse one more time, I’ll take it as a real rejection and pretend there was no vacation.”

“I’ll have a good trip.”

“okay.”

Miru finally put a smile on her lips.

Ho-yeong thought that if the dissatisfaction of someone close to him was resolved at the time, it would not harm the relationship in the future.

After a while, Hoyoung arrived at the hotel.

“If you’re going to drink, don’t drink too much.”

“I don’t like that drink very much. I’ll just look around and come back.”

“Please play carefully.”

“Thank you, Boss.”

Miru left and Hoyeong checked in to go up to the room.

“uh···? Who is that person?”

In the meantime, Hoyoung found a familiar face and stopped.

Although he is not very tall in a suit, he has strong shoulders.

Hair swept back in an all-back.

But it was a face I would never forget.

The face Hoyoung remembers was a face from the future more than ten years ago, but he could easily recognize the face now.

Even at the moment of death, no, even if you come back to life, a person you will never forget.

In front of Hoyoung’s eyes, Namsik Cho, the chairman of the Myeongseong Group, was standing.