Volume 3: My days in a college fraternity Chapter 145 Angels and Demons
In the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, the elevator opened and Tommy walked out, buttoning his suit, followed closely by Delia carrying a briefcase and two Stanford lawyers.
"This is an opportunity you have personally brought upon yourself, Tommy. All media related to the computer industry in the country will pay attention to this hearing. Although the heads of Microsoft, MicroPort, and IBM have also attended, and you have seen those pictures, you must know that they are not the ones being watched, they are just the ones being consulted. And you, the person involved, are the real weight that will make Congress decide whether to make amendments or legislation." Delia was closer to Tommy than the other two. She was chasing after Tommy, repeating the words she had already told him many times.
Tommy, dressed in a well-fitting suit, walked towards the main entrance of the hotel with a calm expression.
Today is the day when Actor's Tommy Hawke will appear before a hearing of thirty-two members of the Congressional Joint Committee on Computer Development.
This hearing was mainly based on the software infringement case between Actor and Lotus, discussing the current development status of the computer software industry and issues such as patent protection and copyright standards. Prior to this, the heads of software companies such as Microsoft, MicroPort, and Biolan had already received subpoenas before Actor and Lotus and accepted congressional inquiries on related issues.
"You seem more nervous than me." Tommy turned his head to look at Delia and smiled.
Delia nodded slightly. "Because I didn't expect Mitch Kapur to perform so well at the hearing. Now the pressure is on you. You have to know that Byron Kennedy's idea is to encourage congressmen to make money twice. They can first amend the law and then make legislation. It's just that the way they eat is a little ugly. Then they will replace Lotus, which should have been sacrificed, with Actor. Although changing the target will have an impact on the software industry, it will make no difference to the congressmen."
Byron Kennedy's tenure as vice president of Lotus was not without accomplishment. For example, he helped Mickey Kapur arrange his order of attendance at the hearing before other software companies and Tommy Hawke, which was equivalent to getting a head start for Mickey Kapur.
Frankly speaking, American congressmen know nothing about computer software. At the first hearing, they will try their best to avoid asking stupid questions and exposing the fact that they are idiots because they know nothing.
So the questions asked will be relatively routine, but as the hearings proceed, their understanding of the industry will gradually deepen, and the questions will become increasingly acute. Simply put, Mickey Kapoor got elementary school student test questions, while Tommy Hawke got graduate student test questions. You cannot question this unfair treatment, otherwise you will be directly judged out by the angry congressmen.
All Tommy Hawke can do now is to do better than Mickey Kapoor on this more difficult exam.
That is what Delia said, don't assume that all congressmen have a bottom line. They are more likely to kill two birds with one stone. First, they will amend the law to make money from Lotus, so that Actor will be the one to die. Then they will enact more laws to make money from those large software companies.
The lobbying force mobilized by Byron Kennedy is also constantly pushing for this situation. Whether Lotus or Actor dies has no impact on the subsequent actions of the congressmen.
"Unless you give them something more important than money," Tommy said with a smile.
Delia nodded. "I know you have prepared the trading items a long time ago, but the most important thing is... you have to tell them clearly in the media records that people all over the country may help you find fault. You have to carefully consider every word you say. If you are not careful, you will be the one who will be hurt. What they need is a trading item that can look directly into the sun."
"Everything can happen under the sun. Actor is just a shell. What will I lose if it loses the case? I said that I never seek personal profit. I seek profit for those developers who are not as lucky as Mickey Kapoor and for those who are eager to change their destiny." Tommy walked out of the hotel door and looked at the blue sky:
"For me, the hearing is nothing more than telling everyone who wants to know what I really think. The Bible tells us that I hope my words will be recorded, my words will be written on a scroll, engraved with iron on stone, and sealed with lead so that they can last forever."
Then, he strode towards the prepared business car:
"After my skin was broken, I was able to see God outside of my body."
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Livingston, a small town near Chicago, Illinois.
SSD Fraternity Headquarters.
Walking through the long corridor of the SSD headquarters, Eric pointed to the closed door next to him, patted Tommy's shoulder vigorously, and carefully helped Tommy put on the SSD brooch on his chest. His voice was a little low:
"As your Big, brother, I can only take you here. You must give an explanation to the SSD Council. To be honest, I am worried that when you walk out again, you will not have this brooch on your chest. You will not know how many SSD school chairmen are sitting here. You will not know their names, identities or any information. You only need to know that the people who appear here tonight will decide whether you can stay in SSD. You will be blindfolded and sit in the middle of the council to accept their questioning. Tommy, answer every question they ask carefully."
"I will, brother. They have a misunderstanding about me. I don't sympathize with black people. I will explain this problem to them and convince them to learn from me." Tommy said with a smile to his older brother Eric.
Eric nodded seriously: "I believe it, because you are always so confident."
"Let me in." Tommy and Eric high-fived each other and said with firm eyes.
Eric took out a piece of black silk with the SSD emblem printed on it and covered Tommy's eyes himself, making sure that he couldn't see anything. Then he took Tommy's hand and pushed open the door in front of them.
"Eric Bell, recruitment chairman of the SSD Stanford Chapter, I personally sent my brother, Tommy Hawke, who is also a member of the SSD Stanford Chapter, here to answer your questions."
Inside the door was a large and dark conference room. All the windows were covered with black curtains. The circular conference tables surrounding the room were filled with people wearing white robes.
The only light comes from a small candle lit in front of each person, illuminating only a small space in front of each person.
In the center of the venue, there was a lonely square table, on which was lit a candle that was brighter than the other candles. It was brighter than the other candles, enough for everyone in the room to see Tommy's expression, and it also seemed to be guiding Eric.
Eric took Tommy to the square table and sat him down, then stood up and walked out.
The moment the door closed, he heard a voice from inside: "Tommy Hawke, when you joined SSD, what did the last sentence on the last page of the manual tell you?"
"The Lord God says, I have sworn by my life, but he has violated my oath and broken my promise. I will hold him responsible for this sin," Tommy said in a calm voice.
Another stern voice sounded: "Right now, everyone in this secret meeting room is your SSD brothers. Are you willing to swear to not lie to them, not cheat them, and be honest with them?"
"I do."
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At the Capitol in Washington, Tommy Hawke, escorted by Delia and two well-known California lawyers and visiting professors from Stanford Law School, walked through the hall filled with flashing lights and surging media reporters and entered Senate Chamber No. 3.
In fact, the practical significance of the three lawyers accompanying Tommy is not great. At most, they can use eye contact or subtle gestures to prompt Tommy on the wording, and they must be careful not to be captured by the camera. Then they can observe Tommy's condition. If they find that his psychological defenses are broken by various problems, they will ask the convener for a rest in time.
It is mainly symbolic. Although only Delia accompanied Tommy into the conference hall, the other two lawyers could stay in the hall waiting for news, and communicate with media reporters who were waiting for the results, and express Stanford's support and opinions for its own students.
This conference hall is not big, especially when it is filled with eager-eyed congressmen, assistants, recorders, and reporters and cameras from several TV stations authorized to record the entire process. It will only make the target person who is passively accepting the questioning at the questioning table in the center of the venue feel more and more suffocated and have the urge to flee.
It is said that many people who attend hearings sometimes do not suffer mental breakdown because they are trapped by a certain question, but feel despair because they do not know how long they will be trapped in front of the questioning table less than two meters away in this depressing environment.
Once they can't stand this kind of pressure, even if they just want to adjust their mood and take a rest, it will be magnified by reporters as psychological breakdown, avoidance of questions, or seeking perfunctory answers from lawyers. In short, the impression score will easily decline.
A hearing is a test of willpower, with your opponent and with yourself.
On the podium at least fifty centimeters higher than Tommy Hawke, the chairman of the Joint Committee on Computer Development, Van Stan, and five senior committee members looked down at the young man with indifferent eyes.
After Tommy Hawke sat down, Van Stan motioned for all the members to sit down quietly, and said to Tommy Hawke in a gloomy voice:
"Mr. Tommy Hawke, before this hearing officially begins, you need to take an oath. Please raise your right hand and guarantee that all your statements at this hearing will not contain any concealment, lies or deception. If any of the above problems exist, you will be subject to both legal and moral sanctions."
Tommy Hawke raised his right hand, looked at the other person calmly, and said slowly, "I do."
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"Do you sympathize with black people, Tommy?" Tommy heard the question in the dark.
Tommy Hawke said in a relaxed tone, "No, I'm from the countryside of Warwick, Rhode Island. My great-grandfather was the vice chairman of the Warwick City 3KKK Death Pension Association. Every time the party members burned a black person to death, he would proudly help them record it in the account book. Thanks to my great-grandfather and his companions, black people in Rhode Island are rarer than animals in the zoo. This makes me have no basis for sympathizing with black people, because there are no black people in Warwick."
"But you have participated in many interviews, and you have never publicly expressed your dissatisfaction with black people. Instead, you have shown a closeness to them that makes the SSD brothers feel uncomfortable. When the SSD was first established, it made its position public, that is, it will never accept any person of color into the organization. On a public level, you are doing the exact opposite of what the SSD does. Are you going to betray your oath and leave the SSD?" asked a hoarse voice.
Tommy closed his eyes and shook his head slightly. "No, everyone in the SSD secret council, I need to explain this issue in detail. Due to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, SSD's racial discrimination behavior has not been excluded too much. As long as SSD does not publicize it, it can continue to survive. But believe me, sooner or later, even if racial discrimination only exists in our internal manuals, it will be condemned and excluded. In the end, Stanford University and other universities will be forced to not allow SSD to exist on campus. That day will definitely come, and what I plan to do is to delay that day."
"Are you the one who hypocritically chats and laughs with black people in front of the camera? And empathizes with them?" a voice asked disdainfully.
Tommy shook his head again, with a smile in his voice: "That's not enough, brother, I will do more than just talk and laugh, and empathize with them. I will become a good friend and a part of black people. I will become one of them. I will regard myself as a black man."
"Of course you can, but you will have absolutely no relationship with SSD at that time, and SSD will disclose all your previous actions to the court, showing that you are a hypocritical person, because you deceived your brother and broke your oath, and you need to be punished." Because of Tommy's words, there was obviously more anger in that voice.
Tommy smiled and asked, "Can I ask you guys a question?"
"Okay." said a voice.
Tommy asked in a natural tone, "Do you think you can still hang black people or other people of color on a cross in public and set them on fire like your ancestors did?"
"This question is meaningless." The other party gave an answer.
Tommy insisted, "Give me a definite answer, yes or no."
"No." After a long silence, the other party gave the answer with a sigh.
Tommy tilted his head slightly, used his hearing to turn his face towards the direction of the sound, and said calmly: "I can."
…
A committee member asked, "Mr. Tommy Hawke, Actor's OSS software is extremely similar to Lotus' Lotus 1-2-3 in terms of interface, and even has the same key combination operation method. In addition, OSS is not authorized to be compatible with Lotus 1-2-3's file format. Do you know that all this is wrong and inappropriate?"
"Mr. Chairman, members of Congress, I am aware that Actor may have made some mistakes, but they are definitely not the mistakes you are mentioning now . The great United States has laws such as the Intellectual Property Law, the Copyright Protection Law, and the Patent Law. When I was developing OSS, I went to the library to work part-time and consulted relevant legal materials. At least I did not find an answer in the Stanford University Library that could clearly tell me that the development of OSS software was wrong." Tommy replied to the other party with a smile.
The other party immediately stared into Tommy's eyes and asked, "You said that Actor had some mistakes. Can it be considered that you knew that OSS's plagiarism was wrong?"
"No, plagiarism is of course wrong, but the question is, who told us that OSS will be defined as plagiarism just because it is similar to Lotus1-2-3? If the similar interface distribution is identified as plagiarism, I think yachts all over the world can accuse each other of plagiarism, because there are only a few types of yachts, monohulls, catamarans and multihulls. But why is there no lawsuit based on this issue in the yacht industry? Because the Supreme Court ruled that the existence of the hull is for the safety of users and is a public patent. The problem with software lies here too. The interface distribution is the hull and it does not have any technical content. I can design it into other types of interfaces. Or if the law told me from the beginning that the software operating interface is protected by patents, then OSS would definitely not have borrowed from Lotus1-2-3, because it was the US law that guided me to make the interface so similar to Lotus1-2-3. I thought the interface, like the hull, was not protected. Otherwise, why can't I find relevant provisions in the law?" Tommy said calmly.
Seeing that the committee had no other questions, Van Stan did not give Tommy any chance to pause and rest, and immediately asked Tommy: "You just said that you could design the OSS interface into other types, but you still chose to plagiarize, or the word you used, borrow. Why? Why don't you redesign an interface? Can we assume that you are trying to imitate Lotus because of its amazing sales?"
"Yes, sir."
Following Tommy's "yes", the flashbulbs started flashing continuously. The seated congressmen also made light discussions. Van Stan signaled for everyone to be quiet.
Tommy continued, "This is not my decision, but the market's. Lotus 1-2-3 has an amazing market share. It tells the United States what the interface of spreadsheet software should look like and how people should complete spreadsheet-related work on computers. This also brings up another problem. Another similar software tries to enter the market. It needs to understand industry standards, such as Actor. Actor wants to understand industry standards, but standards don't exist at all. What should we do? We can only choose the software that best represents the industry, which is Lotus 1-2-3. If I design a completely different operating interface that goes against industry standards, sir, please forgive me, my IQ may not be suitable for this profession."
"As a practitioner, what do you think of industry standards as copying similar products?"
"I have no opinion on industry standards, Mr. Chairman. I am just the head of a small company, insignificant in the industry. You should tell me the industry standards. For example, whether you decide to use the lawsuit between Lotus 1-2-3 and OSS as a reference and issue relevant standards after a brief discussion, or to carefully understand the development of this industry and carefully formulate a series of standards, it is not me or other companies who have any opinions, but me. We are waiting for you to tell us what to do. The industry cannot grow wildly and needs supervision. But there is a problem. Both Actor and Lotus should be the objects of supervision. No one can be immune. If this lawsuit is used to determine the standards, it will be a bit harsh on Actor or me personally, because I will not be reconciled. Lotus has done the same thing before, why can it now be sanctimonious and accuse Actor of just imitating it? This is very unfair to Actor."
The scene was in uproar again.
Fein Stan's face turned stern and he spoke slowly: "Mr. Tommy Hawke, what you just said may be suspected of undocumented defamation."
Tommy looked fearlessly at Van Stan's wrinkled face, which was like a snake's wriggling every time he spoke, and said, "Soft Art CEO Dan Blicklin is willing to testify to what I just said. If you allow him, he is outside and can attend this hearing at any time to cooperate with your questioning and submit the development log of Soft Art that year as evidence. He and the software development log can prove that before Lotus 1-2-3 was launched, Mr. Mickey Kapur went to Soft Art many times under the pretext of exchanging computer technology with his classmates. Not long after, Lotus 1-2-3 was launched, and the software included Soft Art's PC version of Vis iCala has many convenient functions that are ready to shock the industry. This behavior caused VisiCala's sales to decline rapidly. Another point is that Lotus tried to acquire Soft Art when VisiCala's sales fell sharply. Mr. Dan Blicklin believed that Lotus was preparing to completely cover up the scandal of plagiarism, so he refused to acquire it. However, because there were no relevant laws for him to refer to, and the company was short of funds and could not afford the high cost of lawyers' consultation, Soft Art did not file a lawsuit. But now, Soft Art has officially filed a lawsuit against Lotus. Like Actor, they firmly believe that the sun will always shine into the computer software industry and bring light here. "
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The voice said dissatisfiedly: "You mean you are willing to burn a black man to death now to prove your innocence? Tommy Hawke, we don't need such bloody and illegal acts that bring a negative impression to SSD. Black people can live in this country. We just..."
"You just want to deceive yourself. There are more and more blacks, and you are powerless. You dare not burn the blacks to death. You can only severely reprimand your white brothers who smile at the blacks, right?" Tommy interrupted the other party and said.
A voice said dissatisfiedly: "Watch your attitude, Tommy."
Hearing this voice, Tommy smiled slightly. He was very familiar with this voice. It belonged to the boss of his own Stanford branch, Charles Salmon. He had been silent before, and only spoke with dissatisfaction after Tommy rudely interrupted the questioner. He was not really dissatisfied, but wanted to remind Tommy to be polite, as these people were deciding his fate in SSD.
Tommy exhaled, "Let me tell you how to burn black people to death in public. I am going to set up a TV station, a black TV station. I think black people need to be treated equally. They need TV stations and programs that care about their preferences, hip-hop singers, black directors, producers, black players, etc. Maybe you think this has anything to do with burning black people. Let me tell you! TV stations can spread the impression of black people to other races. I want white people and other races to have a stereotype of black people through the programs of black TV stations and the stars who come out of black TV stations. They will know what kind of virtues black people are. Dig deep into the negative image of black people and present it to the audience. This will make everyone hate black people in their hearts. In this way, the brainwashing resistance of those organizations promoting racial equality can be increased, racism can continue to exist, and there will always be people willing to defend racism. If you still don’t understand, I can put it more simply, that is, to present and magnify the bad side of some black people, so that Americans think that these black people can represent all black people, and put the black people on the fire. Then we can use the black people to earn subscription fees, and then donate the money earned to SSD or other organizations, making money from black people and discrediting black people. So how can you doubt that I sympathize with black people? When I was in the countryside, black people didn’t give me a bowl of rice to eat. "
"Maybe it's because your grandfather killed all the blacks, so there are no blacks to give you a bowl of food." A voice spoke again, with a smile, he obviously understood Tommy's plan.
But not all SSDs are smart. An idiot asked curiously, "...TV stations broadcast negative content about black people? Are you sure black people are willing to do it?"
"If a white person curses, they will be in trouble with the black people. But the louder the black people curse and the more vicious their words are, the happier they will be. They are a group of rubbish who regard past suffering as present glory." Tommy said in a firm tone:
"Believe me, no one understands black people better than me. After all, your state has never been as clean as Rhode Island. When a hip-hop singer uses black stereotypes such as Jim Crow, alligator bait, Mandingo, and black buck to write a song to mock his own race, those black people can happily pay for it and think that guy is helping them remember history. Those idiots regard calling themselves niggas as a privilege worth showing off to white people, rather than a humiliation. Have you seen other skin colors with this kind of cerebral palsy symptoms of evolutionary failure?"
"What you said... makes me believe that you are unlikely to sympathize with black people, Tommy. I don't even need to hear you finish, everyone, I believe this brother." A voice said, then stood up, holding the candle in front of him, walked to Tommy's square table, and placed his own candle on it.
Then he patted Tommy on the shoulder and slowly walked back to his seat.
Another strange voice sounded: "Tommy Hawke, do you have any opinion about black people other than what your grandfather or father instilled in you?"
"Of course there are. In addition to the impressions of ugliness, violence, rudeness, lust, criminals, etc. that my grandfather instilled in me, now we have to add the ability to use the identity of the weak to gain benefits and public support, and the cunning. 32% of the students at Stanford Law School already have black ancestry, and there may be more in other schools. These blacks are smarter. I think after they have an upper-class status, they will definitely not be willing to abandon the label of the weak. Then a scene will appear, a debate, you and a black person are opponents in the debate, and if he wins, he can publicize that I am the first black person in the university to defeat a white person in a debate, and it is the honor of black people. If he loses, he can publicize that white people oppress black people, he has been treated unfairly, there are shady dealings in the competition, and they do not accept the victory of a black person. In the future, this kind of thing will be extremely common, and sooner or later black people will join SSD. This is not alarmist, but the inevitable result of the current poor development of the United States." Tommy said without hesitation.
Charles Salmon's voice sounded: "In this terrible environment, how do you think the SDD can avoid mixing in blacks?"
Tommy took a deep breath. "Everyone in the U.S. knows that SSD represents white supremacy. I think the best way is to start diluting the stereotype of SSD from now on. We need to change the SSD label to honesty, simplicity, diligence, piety, and patriotism through action, replace racism with nativism, and replace the exclusion of people of color with the exclusion of immigrants. This is my opinion. No one can wear a white robe and burn black people to death at no cost. No one can wear a white robe and use black children as bait to hunt alligators, and then tell the newspaper that it is beneficial to the United States for anyone to die. The times have changed. If we don't want to be abandoned by the times, we need to change with it."
"This whole vicious idea comes from the education of your parents? Brother, you are far more vicious than everyone here." A voice asked with a chuckle.
Under the candlelight, Tommy's face was solemn, mysterious and sacred. He chanted: "In the Bible, God tells us that he is greedy and will use false words to fish for your profit. Since ancient times, he has been interrogated without delay and will perish without rest."
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Van Stan picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, looking at Tommy Hawke who had been sitting in the same position since he sat down, without even touching the water cup. "Do you think Mr. Mickey Kapur's claim that the free distribution of OSS is a trick taken by Actor to protect itself?"
"Shouldn't the best way for me to keep Actor be to stay away from Lotus?" Tommy smiled and then shook his head:
"Actor was not established to become a software company. Its original purpose was simple: to help some women get jobs. The other party's lawyer investigator, my lawyer, alumni, and teachers can all confirm that I bought five or six popular computers and dozens of office software on the market. My purpose in studying them was to think about how to use the existing software on the market to help these women. Unfortunately, these software are too difficult to operate, and those unemployed women have only high school education. If they could memorize the instructions that are as thick as a dictionary, they would not drop out of high school."
"The main problem is that the price is too high. Even if my fraternity organization SSD is willing to support my charity, it can't do anything because SSD doesn't have much disposable funds. I don't know if 495 yuan per floppy disk is financially stressful for everyone here, but those women don't have the money to buy such a piece of software. Even the initial price of OSS at 49.99 yuan scared many people away. They were willing to trust us until we allowed them to find a job and pay. If I set up Actor just to develop software, I would definitely develop a software that I like. I have always wanted to develop a chat software that allows me to sit in front of the computer without making a phone call while sitting in California. , I can chat with my brother in my hometown by typing, asking him about the weather, whether my father was injured while dismantling a ship recently, etc. How does this idea sound? At least for a young person like me, it must be more interesting than OSS. In addition to talking to my family, I can also chat with my girlfriend in another place without paying expensive interstate phone bills. I say this to tell you that Actor Company is not short of creativity and does not need to learn from others. The reason why we developed OSS, which was criticized by all practitioners as having no highlights and lack of novelty, was never to show off ourselves, but to help others, so that those who are helped can master a computer technology more quickly, find a job, and add a smile to the face of the United States. "
“But that shouldn’t be a reason for you to copy other people’s work,” Feinstein continued.
Tommy nodded. "No one wants to learn from me, Mr. Chairman. I am... I am a proud college student. It's okay. I heard someone trying to hold back laughter. Go ahead and laugh. I really think so. Although I come from the countryside, I am proud inside. The reason for my pride is of course because I am the first college student in the Hawke family. I was admitted to Stanford University. I work so hard and I am so diligent. A person with a proud heart will not learn from anyone or anything, unless... he finds that there is only this way. If Lotus or other companies are willing to help those women, I will not set up Actor. It's the expensive prices of those companies that discourage many people who want to change themselves and block their way to change themselves. It's not that I want to set up Actor, but my sense of responsibility to this country is calling me."
"I am sitting here at this moment, accepting the questioning of all the representatives of the American people. I am very grateful for giving me this opportunity. I know that Actor has made some mistakes in communication with Lotus in the process of helping others, but that is only because we are seriously short of manpower, not what we think. You can tell me that Actor has done something wrong and should be punished. I have no problem at all. I will accept it unconditionally. Don't ignore the evil he has done because of a good thing. Any decision is fine. I only have one question, a small question. I hope that the congressmen can give me a guarantee and a promise."
Van Stan frowned slightly. "What promise? Mr. Tommy Hawke, this is not a deal. You can say whatever you want, but you cannot demand that everyone here give you an answer."
Tommy Hawke stood up in front of the camera and bowed to all the members present:
"It is my honor to be here, and it is also because I must have done something wrong. But at this moment, I want to say that 600,000 copies of OSS have been distributed, which means that 600,000 people have the opportunity to learn this software, master a computer skill, and find a job that may pay more. The extra money may not make them rich, but at least it can allow a father to buy a big enough birthday cake for his child, a husband to buy a more beautiful bouquet of flowers for his wife, women to be independent, and the weak to gain dignity. I know that the verdict will often require the loser to recall the product that has been disseminated, but I would like to appeal here that you may be willing to give 600,000 people a chance, and not let them waste the computer skills they have learned in their hard work and precious time, and instead buy a new software at a high price and spend a lot of energy to learn it again. Don't recall OSS, or you can recall it, as long as Lotus is willing to give those users a copy of Lotus 1-2-3 software free of charge."
"I come from the countryside, and I know how difficult it is for the lower classes to change their fate. People often say that the American dream is inspiring. For example, my admission to Stanford University represents a small American dream. Through my own efforts, I went from a remote town to beautiful California, stepped into the palace of knowledge, and made myself stronger spiritually. The neighbors in my hometown were inspired by this, and they also began to strictly require their children, hoping that they would work as hard as I did and change their fate. Those 600,000 people are the same as me. They finally have a small American dream now. While they are working hard to learn OSS, they are dreaming of a better future. I would like to ask all members of Congress to protect those 600,000 small American dreams."
"Don't take away everything they have now, don't destroy all their expectations for this country and their future. I'm sorry that I may not be able to continue to protect their dreams in the future. For this, I deeply apologize to those kind and hardworking people. I always tell people to listen to their mothers, because my mother told me to do the right thing. As the actual person in charge of Actor, I think the most right thing to do at this moment is to beg you to allow me to bear all the sins related to Actor alone and accept all the punishments."
"The Bible, 2 Peter, once said that even if angels sin, God will not forgive them. They will be thrown into hell and imprisoned in eternal night to await judgment."
