Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Compared with the investor and media thank-you party in New York, the reason why Tang Huan described the celebration banquet in San Francisco as a family banquet, because this is his home base. Super fast and stable update of novels, this article is from 　. .　First release (The best experience of reading novels is all in [])

The Shennong Foundation, which is spreading money everywhere, like the Virgin, is headquartered in San Francisco.

Pacific Telecom, the pearl of the US communications industry, which was purchased from AT&T with huge sums of money, is also headquartered in San Francisco.

Yanle Entertainment Group, which controls ea, Hasbro, United States, MGM, Orion, ktvu, Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, and Golden State Warriors, is also headquartered in San Francisco.

As for the distance between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, it's not an exaggeration to say that it is close at hand.

It is precisely because of such a strong influence that the celebration banquet held at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel has gathered almost all celebrities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and there are not a few guests from Los Angeles and other places.

To Tang Huan's surprise, the biggest rival in the personal computer market, Don Estelitch, who is in charge of ib-p, also rushed over.

You know, Tang Huan sent invitations to many colleagues, including competitors, and did not expect them to respond positively one by one. His main purpose is nothing more than to make a condescending leadership posture.

But the result was that the invitees were all present regardless of enemy or ours. This can only be explained by his strong position in the industry.

Don Estelitch was depressed with a reason. He originally planned to hold an ib-p platform industry conference at the beginning of the year, but everyone went to San Francisco to support Tang Huan, which made Don Estelitch. I was very uneasy and had to come and see the situation quickly.

After the greeting. Tang Huan smiled playfully, "The management of ib is good-spirited, so you just let Compaq Computer go. Presumably you chose to disclose the ib-p specifications at the beginning, and your intention was not to make wedding dresses for others in vain. This example opens. , An ib-p compatible machine without any constraints. It is undoubtedly a ferocious white-eyed wolf, who can explode ib-p only by cost performance. They may help the ib-p platform expand its market share, but it has a dollar relationship with you Huh?"

Hearing Tang Huan's divorced ib-p and compatible machine relationship, Don Estelic's face became ugly.

The decision to spare Compaq Computer was made by the headquarters based on the overall interests of ib. Not from his original intention. The purpose of the ib-p platform industry conference that is going to be held is to strengthen their leadership over ib-p to make up for the previous ill-conceived.

Covering up in front of Tang Huan, a discerning person, would only weaken his momentum. So Don Estelitch said directly: "The decision of the headquarters is justified. I believe that the product line covers supercomputers, servers, and personal computers. Fangyuan Computer Co., Ltd. will also be planning the development of the personal computer business. At that time, it was constrained by the factor of overall interests."

"Your vision is very accurate." Tang Huan laughed loudly, with a look of appreciation. "Perhaps there is the situation you mentioned, but Fangyuan Computer Company does not have the historical burden of ib."

I have to say that Don Estelic saw the key point.

In the original time and space, the reason why Big Blue made all kinds of stupid decisions that outsiders looked like in the personal computer industry was that the management of ib considered the problem from the perspective of the overall interests of the company. They were always worried about the thriving individual. computer. Will impact the traditional mainframe computer business, which is the main source of profit.

Fangyuan Computer Company, whose business scope is no longer limited to personal computers, will inevitably encounter such troubles.

But unlike ib, which has a large number of mainframe users, it needs constant maintenance. Fangyuan Computer’s high-end products such as servers and workstations are in an active expansion stage. Tang Huan will not deliberately set the upper limit of machine performance for these products and personal computers to avoid competing market shares.

This era is the era when you catch up with me, whether inside or outside the company.

Naturally, Tang Huan could not explain these plans to Don Esteli. He finally just patted the other person on the shoulder. Said "Anyway, thank you for coming. Please enjoy this banquet", and then turned to entertain the others.

...

When I met the Microsoft trio of Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Steve Ballmer. Tang Huan smiled and said, "You are all here. It's really rare. Take a moment to sit down and play bridge together."

With his gaze taken back from the direction of Lotus Mitchel Kapoor, Gates nodded with a strong smile, "Of course it's fine."

The reason why Gates can't lift his spirits is mainly because Microsoft has recently encountered a thorny trouble-the electronic spreadsheet software with high hopes has no resistance to the new emerging similar product ltu1-2-3, and it quickly loses. Coming.

It can be said that Gates is absolutely veteran in the field of personal computers. As early as the first batch of personal computers such as Altair appeared in the mid-1970s, he began to mix in this circle.

However, because of this, Gates was restrained by the initial success. Although he recognized the importance of software for personal computers early on, he firmly believed that the programming language that every computer needs was simply It's everything, and thus missed a lot of opportunities.

Microsoft's launch of electronic spreadsheet software is a testament to Gates' awakening and remedy.

It's a pity that I was born at a time when I just tasted a bit of sweetness in the market, and ltu1-2-3 was born.

This software written in assembly language has almost no bugs. It is the same as the original version of the spreadsheet software launched by Tang Huan. Once it appeared on the ib-p platform, it was a big success. In more than two months, there was nothing. I stepped on these seniors without mercy.

You know, at this stage, Microsoft's profitability is mainly dependent.

The $1 million transaction between Gates and ib. Among them, 400,000 US dollars is the assembler cost of paal, bl, rtran, four programming languages, the other 400,000 US dollars is the prepayment of the operating system license fee of 1 US dollars for each ib-p using -d, and the remaining 200,000 US dollars It is the one-year labor fee required to adapt -d to run correctly on ib-p.

Among them is an important agreement. As long as ib pre-installs Microsoft's in the basic structure of the machine, he can use -d limitedly, without having to pay license fees.

In other words, Gates is using the free-d use right to expand a new market for his own.

But after all, it belongs to an abstract programming language, and its application is not as wide as application software such as spreadsheets. So it has become a very important supplement to the Microsoft product line.

But now ltu1-2-3 has brought the abuse to life, which is tantamount to giving Microsoft a stick head-on. Gates's heart is dripping blood. It's strange to be happy.

"Tang, do you know. The rapid popularity of ltu1-2-3 has given a boost to the sales of ib-p." Steve Ballmer sighed with emotion.

"It doesn't matter whether I know it or not. It's not me who should be the most anxious." Tang Huan smiled slightly, "Why, after being hit by ltu1-2-3 for a sap, some of you can't find North."

Steve Ballmer looked embarrassed and coughed slightly, "Don't you be afraid of such a dark horse. Although ltu1-2-3 is not as powerful as it is, it can still stir the wind as long as it enters the square computer and platform. It's raining."

"Are you playing around with me?" Seeing Gates and Paul Allen looking over together. Tang Huan joked.

"Of course I asked." Steve Ballmer quickly complimented.

To be honest, there is no obvious conflict of interest between Microsoft and Tang Huan. Both sides tacitly respect each other's territory, just like Gates's and Gary Kildare's p/well water did not offend the river.

Especially Tang Huan, who is on the strong side, not only does not have a coveted market, but also generously introduces it into the Fangyuan computer platform and dbae database environment.

otherwise. The Microsoft trio would not be so convinced in front of Tang Huan, and even "ashamed to ask" without a word.

"I have never been afraid of confronting each other with gongs and drums. And this is also the most decent way to defeat an opponent, but with the appropriate skills. I won't give up needlessly." Tang Huan made a gesture, "The one who masters the platform and rules resources, I will most hopefully have the last laugh."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan left a sentence "I'll go to Compaq Computer first, don't forget that we will play cards together at night", and then got up and left.

"What do you mean by Don's words?" Paul Allen asked suspiciously.

The thoughtful Gates replied slowly: "He is reminding us that if we want to defeat the offense of ltu1-2-3, we need to work **** product development. At the same time, don’t forget that we have the operating system-d in our hands. The advantages."

"But current programmers can completely bypass our -d and directly call the ib-p function. We can't restrain it at all." Paul Allen scratched his head with regret.

"But these softwares still run in -d, don't they." Gates raised his cup and took a sip. "The point is that at present -d is still too simple. If it can be as powerful and complete as ree-d on Fangyuan computers, Programmers are unwilling to bypass the operating system and frequently call the obscure and incomprehensible low-level system functions."

"Ib is developing a new personal computer based on intel80286, and..." Steve Ballmer lowered his voice. "We are also developing an operating system with a graphical user interface. This is an opportunity to change the platform and rules. We can quietly make adjustments that are beneficial to ourselves while ensuring compatibility with forward software. However, in this way, we can no longer follow the ib language."

Paul Allen snorted, "ib forced us to limit the support of the maximum 256kb memory capacity, but we are embarrassed. Of course, we can't trust ib anymore."

"I think that's what Tang meant." Gates nodded in agreement, "but this is a long-term view. You must not give up the spreadsheet war in front of you, and continue to fight."

...

In fact, there is one point that Tang Huan has not had time to clarify, that is, with the emergence of ib-p compatible machines such as Compaq, -d will inevitably usher in a great opportunity like selling it to various manufacturers.

Seeing that Don Estelitch walked to the Lotus Company to chat and laugh with Mitchel Kapoor, Tang Huan took the opportunity, left the Microsoft trio, and walked quickly to the neighboring Compaq computer group.

The two companies, Lotus and Compaq, have the common venture capitalist Benjamin Rosen as a link, and they are invisibly close to each other.

While shaking hands with Rod Kennion, CEO of Compaq Computer, who stood up to greet him respectfully, Tang Huan laughed loudly: "I have seen Compaq's portable personal computers. They are very good products. No wonder they are popular in the market.

Rod Kenyon was blushing with praise, and he quickly invited Tang Huan to sit down and diligently discussed the prospects of the personal computer industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the eyes of many people, Tang Huan is now similar to Warren Buffett who had the opportunity to eat together in the original time and space. He has profound industry insights, and every sentence may herald a business opportunity.

"How about it, are you interested in making a compatible computer for Fangyuan? With your ability to develop an ib-p compatible computer, there shouldn't be any difficulty." Tang Huan found a gap and asked sincerely.

"Of course I can't ask for it. But at present, Compaq is still busy digesting the technical achievements of ib-p compatible machines~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is temporarily unable to take care of the compatible machines of Fangyuan computer." Rod Kennion laughed bitterly and replied regretfully.

Their talk quickly attracted the attention of Don Estelic not far away.

From the perspective of the development momentum of ltu1-2-3, it is only a matter of time before it replaces the market position, so Don Estelich had to change the object of support and was busy wooing Mitchel Kapol.

Unexpectedly, Tang Huan was also doing similar work. Seeing this scene, Don Estelic was so angry that he said you are a magnificent new billionaire. As for you, do you personally go to the battle to dig a wall? There is no lower limit, and I am not afraid of falling prices!

Don Estelitch walked over quickly and interjected faintly: "Compaq has obtained all the technical specifications and authorization of ib-p for 1 million US dollars. Can Fangyuan Computer achieve such preferential conditions?"

"It's up to people." Tang Huan shrugged, said "more contact" to Rod Kennion, and got up to say goodbye.

The seeds of suspicion have been sown, and he doesn't bother to continue performing. (To be continued)

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