Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"When do you plan to finish -2-3?" Benjamin Rosen stopped the spirited Mitchell Kapoor and asked, pointing to the monitor screen.

I have to say that given Mitchell Kapoor’s past experience of inconsistency, Benjamin Rosen is not as easy to gain trust as Compaq’s Rod Kenyon.

Therefore, when it comes to the issue of product progress, Lotus Software’s impression of Benjamin Rosen is not as reliable as Compaq Computer.

"The functions of -2-3 in electronic trial calculations have been basically completed, and the functions of drawing and database are still a bit worse. Therefore, I said -2-3 is more powerful than other spreadsheet software on the ibm-platform. It is a fact. According to."

Mitchell Kapor's psychology major was not learned for nothing. He had already noticed the suspicion that Benjamin Rosen had inadvertently revealed.

"In the next time, we will fix the unfinished functions, and carefully eliminate bugs, and strive for -2-3 to be more mature than Zheru software."

Mitchell Kapoor brought a scribbled software development notebook to Benjamin Rosen to see, "According to the current progress, -2-3 can catch up with Las Vegas at the end of November. At that time, I To become famous in one fell swoop."

Seeing Mitchell Kapoor, who had been playing tricks, finally came up with the text materials, Benjamin Rosen's perception finally improved.

"It's a coincidence at the end of November." Benjamin Rosen, who was talking to himself, couldn't help but think of Compaq Computer with the same schedule.

"Although neither and -2-3 are completely original. But they are the first on the ibm-platform. One hardware, one software, two firsts added together, it may really be a blockbuster, differentiated from ibm. A delicious cake came out. I count it like this. Before I knew it, I had two good cards in my hand at the same time. Could it be that Goddess of Fortune started to favor me?"

The more he thought about it, the more bewildered Benjamin Rosen was, he tried his best to settle down, stretched his body and leaned on the back of the chair. He raised his leg and asked leisurely, "Is there still contact with Mitchell rp company? How is the dispute between them and sa company resolved?"

Dan Bricklin's spreadsheet software was completed by the division of labor between the two companies in terms of technology research and development and market operations. Sales revenue is distributed in accordance with the previously agreed ratio.

With the sales revenue entering the range of tens of millions of dollars, the originally inconspicuous microcomputer software has become a hen that will lay golden eggs. A few tenths of a percent means the gains and losses of tens of thousands of dollars.

In this way, holding ibm's thigh, the rp company, which is on the rise, and the original partner sa company, have a conflict.

For this situation. Benjamin Rosen is very speechless. Fortunately, he doesn't have many resources to invest in rp, so he can get out of the business at any time.

"I don't bother to care about them." Mitchell Kapor replied casually. "After -2-3 is officially launched on the market, the first one to be stepped on is rp."

Hearing the resentment in Mitchell Kapor's words, Benjamin Rosen couldn't help laughing.

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Looking at the IT industry information briefings collected and organized by his subordinates, Tang Huan shook his head and laughed. The brothers still have to settle accounts. Isn't it all right for rp and sa companies?

A few years ago. Everyone is still focusing on computer hardware, but with Gary Kildare’s operating system cp/m, Tang Huan’s spreadsheet and other ace software. It quickly spread and became a gold-sucking weapon. Naturally, more and more people specialize in software business.

This trend of change can be seen from the amount of advertisements in magazines and newspapers.

Tang Huan can also find other information. For example, Microsoft has finally entered the ranks of companies with tens of millions of dollars in sales under Gates's painstaking efforts.

Of course, Gates is still the younger brother behind Tang Huan and Jobs.

However, being behind also has its advantages. For example, you don't need to care about your face so much and do something that "knows the shame and then courageously".

For this reason, Charles Simeone, the vice president in charge of software research and development, specially reminded his engineers-fire prevention, theft prevention and gates, because the other party has always been tirelessly stealing the teacher, and now he is everywhere here in Zheru. .

Regarding this situation, Charles Simeone complained in front of Tang Huan, and bluntly suggested that he should not give face to Gates, a guy who does not know how to constrain, and should give a good beating.

But Tang Huan just replied happily, "Everyone has known each other for so long, so I am ashamed to not be affectionate. If he wants to steal the teacher, you just need to keep it secret."

Tang Huan's vague attitude made Charles Simeone very depressed. He could only passively guard against the shrewd Gates like a thief, and made a lot of jokes.

The reason why Tang Huan did this, of course, had his own considerations. You must know that Gates is an energetic and ambitious person.

IBM chose Microsoft's ms- as the ibm- operating system, and Don Estelich chose Dan Bricklin's as the signature spreadsheet software on the ibm-platform.

According to the thinking of the big brother of Big Blue, little brothers like Microsoft who are eating with their own buttocks should plan their food within the range he has delineated, regardless of messing up the rules.

But Gates, who has always been aspiring, was not dazzled by the surprise of holding ibm thighs. He too understands the power of the giant blue. The main reason why the other party chose to complete the operating system by himself is the main factor. The launch of ibm- takes time.

It can be said that if ibm wants to change its mind on a whim one day, it can kick Microsoft without hesitation. Build an operating system by yourself.

Therefore, Gates, who is in danger in times of peace, does his best to please ibm on ms-, while actively expanding his software product line, such as spreadsheets, word processing, and other popular programs. Microsoft has begun to get involved.

Of course, ibm is not satisfied with Gates' restlessness, ms-you haven't developed a neat solution for me yet, just wondering about it?

As a result, the Blue Giant increased the pressure on Gates in the development of ms-, while allowing Microsoft's newly launched spreadsheet software to closely match the hardware specifications of its own products. Focus on the performance of the software on ibm- with a memory capacity of no more than 256kb.

Obviously, this also means that it is difficult to handle spreadsheet software with a larger amount of data.

At present, Microsoft does not have enough capital to fight, and can only obey the mercy of its big brother ibm.

But this also makes Gates more and more aware that ibm has a clear product line plan. It has been consciously avoiding the challenge of personal computers to its original high-end products, and this is very dangerous for Microsoft, which only relies on the personal computer market to make a living.

In this way, Gates' expansion of Microsoft's product line has not stopped, but has grown bigger and bigger. No matter how difficult Charles Simeone is, he is always pointing at thousands of husbands with his eyebrows coldly, bowing his head and willing to be a bully.

Gates is ambitious. And half-heartedness towards ibm is exactly what Tang Huan hopes to see, the more uncertain factors there are on the ibm-platform. The more he likes to hear and see.

Don’t you want to steal the teacher, but what you can learn in this way is limited after all, and ibm- is squeezed by Fangyuan Computer to expand the market slowly. The more Microsoft toss according to its own interest standards, the more it can prevent the forces of this platform from becoming one. group.

Compared to this "differentiation" benefit, Charles Simeone's concerns. Naturally, you can give in later.

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When Gates came back from wandering around, Tang Huan smiled and said, "Bill. Apple asked me to take a look at the R&D process. You can also check it out. By the way, the support issue is resolved."

When there is such a good thing to come to the door, Gates of course happily agreed, and happily accompanied Tang Huan to Apple's department. Woz and-Bill Mensch were already waiting there.

Now Apple is divided into three power divisions according to the product division, Lisa, and Jobs personally control. As for the loss of money in this market failure, it has long been tragically ignored and has no sense of existence.

Now it’s the department that provides financial support for Apple, but because Woz is not good at corporate politics, the result is generally regarded as outdated products, but the status is inferior, and even Lisa Gao, which is about to come out, is inferior.

How about this stage of Apple is a weird work, in addition to Steve Jobs second, this kind of white-eyed wolf eating meat and cursing mother, unexpectedly existed in grandeur.

People in the department are naturally dissatisfied. It is clear that we have brought absolute profits to the company and supported a large number of people. Why are we discriminated against?

But Woz is too soft and the department lacks strong leaders, so he can only endure aggrievedly.

Tang Huan didn’t want Apple’s pressure-sharing partner to fall, so he kept pointing to the department. As for Lisa He, because of the strange thing about the graphical user interface, he had a high degree of security, and he didn’t bother to mess with it. , Anyway, these two projects are not as friendly to Zheru Software.

In fact, support is also a major result of Tang Huan’s division of power within Apple. This makes him a nominal member of Apple’s board of directors, but he still has great influence.

The second generation of Apple machine series products from the original. It has evolved, and even now, has updated three generations in six years.

Apple executives, including Woz, basically reached a consensus. By buying out the expansion card technology upgrade from Tang Huan, the 8-bit version basically reached the peak, and there is no need to continue the comprehensive technology upgrade.

In other words, as far as 8-bit personal computers are concerned, it is over.

However, there is still room for improvement in the 8-bit era, and that is the increasingly popular portable personal computer.

Seeing that Fangyuan Computer first launched the Fangyuan portable personal computer, it was very successful, and Apple was also excited, so it was ready to launch its own portable personal computer on the basis of it.

The degree of technological innovation in this project is very limited, and naturally it cannot arouse the interest of technical experts like Tang Huan and Woz.

In view of the fact that the second-generation Fangyuan computer and ibm-in terms of graphics and sound have successfully attracted consumers, the direct successor that Apple hopes can also have such advantages.

Therefore, Apple ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, which focuses on graphics and sound, named this new product.

Since Tang Huan supports this project, its compatibility with Zheru software will naturally reach a perfect level.

In order to achieve this goal, the project team led by Woz, according to Tang Huan's suggestion, chose Bill Mensch's microprocessor.

Tang Huan started by digging for the first pot of gold for the development of spreadsheet software, and launched many heavyweight software products on this cpu platform.

You must know that every line of code is wealth. If you have to abandon these old products because this microprocessor is increasingly outdated in the field of personal computers, or you must spend great efforts to maintain the code to ensure that the software continues to run That would be a shame.

Therefore, Tang Huan has been actively looking for a 16-bit CPU successor to protect the value of the old version of the software like Intel's intel8086 is compatible with intel8080.

In the end, the r-Western Design Center founded by Bill Mensch fell into Tang Huan's eyes. (To be continued) If you think Rebirth Technology Madman is very beautiful! Then please put the website of this site! Recommend to your friends to watch together!