Chapter 2405 The Era of Cloud Collaboration

Weishu is a product that Zhou Buqi is proud of and is his proud work. Whether domestic or foreign, customers who have used this product have given extremely positive feedback.

In the past few decades, Microsoft Office has always been the dominant office software. No matter how many software giants want to challenge them, it is difficult to shake them.

Google created Google Docs a few years ago, which posed a certain threat to Office, but the effect was limited.

The emergence of Weishu has really brought some vitality to this market.

A very important reason is that other office products are imitating Office. Including the three-piece Apple office suite developed under the leadership of Jobs, it is also an imitation of Office.

Weishu is different, it’s a completely different logic!

It’s an Internet idea!

Office is traditional software.

Weishu is an Internet product with strong connection attributes. It is a product based on cloud computing.

Currently, there are 1.2 billion Office users worldwide and 120 million Weishu users.

The gap is still huge.

But in terms of reputation, Weishu is much better than Office. As long as merchants use Weishu, the renewal rate is as high as 92.5%.

Weishu is not a completely free product, it is free for individual users. If you want to activate more functions when collaborating in a team, you need to pay.

The payment rate of 92.5% is enough to show that the market recognizes this product. It currently serves more than 6 million merchants around the world.

Of course, such data cannot be compared with Office, which has dominated the world for decades, but at least it has become a veritable challenger.

Microsoft is also cautious about this.

Weishu is even positioned as the biggest competition between Microsoft and Ziweixing.

Zhou Buqi lamented: "Office is still powerful, and they have also realized the general trend of cloud computing, improved the strategic positioning of Microsoft Cloud, and also launched a cloud version of Office."

Zhou Shaoning said nonchalantly: "That's not okay. I think it's a matter of philosophy. In the past few decades, Microsoft has made so much money by selling Office, which is Microsoft's most profitable product. Change means risk. In the past, Success becomes a constraint.”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "It's true."

Zhou Shaoning was not joking at all, and said seriously: "It's true. I have been using Office products before. In the past few years, I have only used Weishu. From the user's point of view, I also have a say. In the past, Office was just Traditional software only fulfills content requirements without accumulation or collaboration. Now that Office is paired with Microsoft Cloud, with cloud file sharing, the problem of accumulation is solved, but there is still no collaboration. And Weishu’s most powerful office The attribute function is collaboration. Powerful cloud collaboration functions should be the core competitiveness of SaaS products."

Zhou Buqi said "hmm".

Zhou Shaoning said: "With Microsoft's strength, if they want to add online collaboration functions to the Office series, I believe it can be done easily. But they don't. This should be a matter of courage and efficiency in decision-making. In the past few decades, Office is so successful that they don’t dare to change easily, and even if there are changes, they are only minor adjustments.”

This is not a Microsoft problem, it happens to almost every company.

Even Steve Jobs couldn't escape it.

He launched the iPod, which directly changed the structure of the Walkman industry and defeated Japanese technology giants led by Sony. But after the success of the iPod, it will be difficult to make any major changes. Every year's new iPods are made with tinkering and minor modifications, and innovation seems to have weakened.

The same goes for iMac, iPhone, and iPad.

It’s easy to say if you fail, you will definitely make major changes.

If it succeeds, it must be fine-tuned and not changed too much.

Just like a saying in football: "Winning does not change the formation."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "It also has something to do with Ballmer. His current position is unstable and he is worried all day long. He just wants to rely on the Office series to make billions of dollars every year to ensure the stability of the stock price. Window8 system With such a big change, in my opinion, Win8 is heading in the right direction, but the product is not mature enough and needs further polishing, adjustment and upgrading. But the impact on the market is too great, and Ballmer, who is in danger, cannot afford it. "

Zhou Shaoning said: "The same principle should also apply to Adobe."

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi suddenly opened his eyes wide.

yes!

Makes sense!

This is really the case!

Microsoft has a very strong level of cloud computing, and Microsoft Cloud is receiving more and more attention. Even core products such as Office are available on Microsoft Cloud...

This action is much faster than Adobe!

Adobe's Photoshop, Illustrator, PremierePro, PDF, Flash and other products have a similar status in the creative design industry as Microsoft's Office series does in the office software industry.

However, Adobe's movements were slower.

They have not even touched the shadow of cloud computing, and they have to rely on cooperation with Ziweiyun to explore a feasible way to independently build a cloud computing platform in the future.

This is the opportunity!

Microsoft has Microsoft Cloud, but the Office series products still lack the attributes of the Internet and lack brave exploration in cloud collaboration, leaving a huge living space for Weishu.

Microsoft's decisions are so hesitant and its U-turn speed is so slow, Adobe will only be slower!

Under the wave of HTML5, Adobe still adheres to the Flash standard, and Microsoft still adheres to the IE standard... It can be seen that these two brothers are inseparable brothers.

In comparison, Microsoft is a little better.

At least Microsoft also has an Internet business.

The same cannot be said for Adobe. It is a purely traditional software company. Even if they really develop their own cloud computing platform, it will be difficult for them to keep up with the business ideas of the Internet in a short period of time.

Zhou Shaoning said: "Adobe will independently develop its own cloud platform, which should be the general trend. However, even if they do cloud, it should only span from traditional design software to design cloud software. But now the products are designed independently. There are fewer and fewer people working together to design together. Weishu is the best proof. Cloud collaboration is the best way out. It should be difficult for Adobe to jump directly into the era of design collaboration. If you want to do this For this matter, it is best to use Weishu as a model, rely on Ziwei Cloud, and develop products directly from the direction of cloud collaboration around creative design."

Zhou Buqi was very happy and said excitedly: "Okay, Old Zhou, your words really wake up the dreamer! I'm still confused and can't find a suitable entry point to fight with Adobe. What's your idea?" That’s right, I think it will work!”

Zi Weiyun is going to cooperate with Adobe.

Once the contract is signed, it lasts for ten years.

If during this period, Zhou Buqi started a new business and established a new company to develop products that are exactly the same as Adobe's to compete... this would be a bit unreasonable.

How can this be cooperation?

Even if business is ruthless and backstabbing is common, we can't keep bayonets on the ground so openly, right?

Zhou Shaoning's entry point is very good.

That's how it should be!

Develop creative design software from the perspective of cloud collaboration and do things that Adobe's products cannot do... This not only avoids direct competition with Adobe, but also aims at the next era.

You can gradually switch from supporting Adobe to replacing him.

This product positioning and long-term planning should follow the ideas of Weishu.

Zhou Shaoning smiled and said: "I am also a layman, so I can just talk about it casually. If you think it is feasible, you have to find some experts in the industry to analyze it."

Zhou Buqi said: "It is often people outside the industry who change an industry. In my opinion, this idea is feasible!"