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正当微软身陷泥沼难以自拔的时候,一个新的企业巨人出现在人们视野。今年3月下旬,硅谷的网络设备公司思科一度超过微软成为美国市场价值最高的公司,一时名声大噪。美国一些媒体把思科形容为一部因特网时代的商业机器,推动这架机器运转的约翰·钱伯斯也成了传奇人物。 硅谷跑出“黑马” 在风云变幻的股市,没有永远的第一。从50年代中期到现在,市场价值最高的公司变化不定,国际商业机器公司和AT&T曾经独领风骚达19年半和13年半之久,之后让位给埃克森(石油)。到90年代中期,通用电气上升到第一位,做了四年多的霸主又被微软取
Just as Microsoft was stuck in the quagmire, a new corporate giant appeared in people’s minds. In late March of this year, Cisco’s network equipment company Cisco once overtook Microsoft to become the highest valued company in the US market and became famous. Some American media described Cisco as a commercial machine in the Internet era. John Chambers, who drove the machine, became a legend. Silicon Valley ran out of “dark horses” In the ever-changing stock market, there is no eternal first. From the mid-1950s to the present day, the companies with the highest market value have changed. International Business Machines Corporation and AT&T have dominated for 19 and a half years and 13 and a half years before giving way to Exxon (oil). By the mid-1990s, General Electric had risen to the top position, and over four years of overlordship had been taken by Microsoft.