Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 16 Poaching Gates' Corner

Like its competitor Berkeley, Stanford University is also a top university in the San Francisco area. The world-famous Silicon Valley is developed on its site, and the two universities are not far away.

Different from the free and open atmosphere on the campus of Berkeley, the campus of Stanford University is relatively strict and conservative. This can be seen from the formal dress of the audience. Perhaps it is because one is a public university and the other is a private university. , Tang Huan was not sure why.

Due to the commercial atmosphere brought by Silicon Valley, the teachers and students of Stanford University seemed to be very busy. After the event, they all left the scene in a hurry.

Tang Huan rubbed the center of his brows and let out a long breath. He felt that it is reasonable for the American president to earn money through speeches after leaving office. Haven't gotten used to Lao Mei's way of putting on a show yet.

Turning his gaze, Tang Huan saw a young man who was not a few years older than himself sitting in a daze, so he asked, "Why are you still here? Is there any problem?"

The young man smiled, pointing to the Apple computer used for demonstration and said with a smile: "Seeing how excellent the spreadsheet calculation software CGrid is, I suddenly feel a little emotional."

Tang Huan let out an oh, and said in his heart that I just lamented that the speech was not easy, and you lamented that my software is good, and you have a good understanding.

After subconsciously looking at the young man carefully, Tang Huan's heart was shocked, as if he had discovered another major archaeological achievement.

"My name is Charles Simeone." Seeing Tang Huan staring at him, he introduced himself.

"Your accent sounds like you are from Europe." Tang Huan nodded and asked seemingly casually.

"I am a Hungarian. After receiving a degree in engineering applied mathematics and mathematical statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, I entered Stanford University and obtained a master's and doctoral degree in computer science. I currently work at Xerox PARC not far from here."

Listening to the other party's eloquence, Tang Huan confirmed that the Charles Simeone in front of him was Gates' right-hand man in his previous life. He once spent 2500 million US dollars to become the No.5 senior software engineer for space tourists in history. The way outstanding people entered Microsoft in 1981 turned out to be self-recommendation.

It turned out that after Simeone decided to leave PARC, his colleague, the inventor of Ethernet, the founder and chairman of 3Com Robert Metcalfe, made a list of suggestions for him to apply for a job, among which Microsoft was ranked first As a result, Gates recruited a general so easily.

After entering Microsoft, Simone began to be responsible for the spreadsheet software Multiplan project. This product was a highly dangerous competitor that Tang Huan had always kept in mind.

It was a godsend opportunity. I never thought that I would meet such a heavyweight technical expert. Tang Huan's eyes were shining brightly, and he began to think about how to dig Gates' corner in advance and recruit this person.As for whether Microsoft's development will suffer setbacks because of this cut-off, it's not within his consideration. Anyway, he doesn't have any shares in Microsoft. Maybe in the future, when Microsoft can't support IBM, he can take advantage of the fire and steal from Gates. get more benefits.

"I've heard about you. There's an amazing project in PARC called the Alto PC. You wrote the text editor Bravo for the Alto computer."

Tang Huan praised the other party with a smile on his face. He is more or less a man of the hour now. As soon as this remark came out, Simeone immediately lifted his spirits.

"By the way, has the Alto personal computer entered the commercialization stage now?" Tang Huanming asked knowingly.

Simeone shook his head with a look of disappointment on his face, "No."

"That's a pity, no matter how great an invention is, it's useless if it can't serve to change the world." Tang Huan sighed sympathetically, "I heard that many people in PARC jumped out to start companies, have you come out to work?" Thoughts, Zerone welcomes outstanding talents like you very much, as long as you join in, you can get shares in the company and let everyone develop together.”

Simone's face flashed red with excitement, but there was still some hesitation, "Thank you very much for the invitation, can you let me think about it?"

"Of course." Tang Huan smiled heartily, "In this way, you and I will go to Zerone to see it on the ground. I can guarantee that the company can provide you with greater room for improvement than PARC."

Poaching talents requires quickness and slowness. Tang Huan enthusiastically invited Simeone into his car.

in history.Throughout the 80s after joining Microsoft, Simeone’s experience was somewhat similar to some tragic characters in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.Under his auspices, Multiplan was successfully launched in 1982, but it was defeated by Lotus1-2-3. In 1985, Word was successfully launched, but it was finally beaten to the ground by WordPerfect.

Gates looks gentle and polite on the surface, but he has the title of iron-blooded and ruthless tyrant inside the company. He wants to roar loudly when his products fail in the market. For more than 20 years, it can be said that he is a good cow who has worked hard without complaint. How can Tang Huan not be moved by these advantages.

In fact, the spreadsheet software and word processing software that Simeone was in charge of were both excellent. The reason why the market performance was not satisfactory was mainly because the market competition was too fierce and complicated at that time, and there was also IBM's finger pointing.

Taking Multiplan as an example, IBM required the design target to be a computer with 64K memory out of weird market considerations. As a result, the performance will inevitably be limited, and Lotus1-2-3 is designed for 256K memory, and Simone is the first When I saw this competitor's product for the first time, I immediately realized that it was bad.

It can also be seen from this that Big Blue has been making desperate moves on its own in the personal computer market. Only then did it make a wedding dress for Microsoft step by step, and was robbed of customers by other compatible computers, resulting in serious losses in the early 90s. , almost on the verge of a business spin-off.

Simeone's defeat record in the 80s can only be said to be a non-war fault, and this person is not only very good at programming skills, but also very talented in software management.

If you think about the tens of millions of lines of code in Windows and Office in the previous life, you can know how many programmers are working together, and this successful management system mainly comes from Simeone's design.

Now that there are more and more technicians in Zerone, they are also beginning to face the problem of how to divide and collaborate with the highest efficiency. If Simeone is brought into the team, Tang Huanke will be much more relaxed.

Compared with when it was first established, Zerone's office area has expanded several times, and with energetic employees, it looks like it is actively expanding. .

After entering the company, every time Tang Huan walked through an office area, he would first solemnly introduce, "This is Charles Simeone." Then he would explain the projects in charge of this area.

Having received such a degree of respect, Simeone couldn't hide his emotion.

Taking advantage of the information asymmetry of the reborn, when Tang Huan wins over historical celebrities who have undergone archaeological demonstrations, he can always find the weak point in the other party's heart.

Coming to the United States from Hungary, which has a completely different ideology, Simeone didn't know what kind of difficult process he went through, and his father was also affected by it.And the United States is not a paradise for casual charity. Simeone also encountered many problems encountered by immigrant students at Berkeley. As a foreign student, he could not get a scholarship, and it was not easy to get a job if he had proof of computer programming ability. It's so sad that I can't say enough, no wonder I was moved by Tang Huan's heart-attacking technique.

Simeone followed Tang Huan to visit the three major project teams, CGrid, WordEasy and MA, and was immediately impressed by Zerone's technical strength.

"This is a secret project that the company is developing, a relational database that can run on a microcomputer. I have initially completed an execution engine that can execute some S?L statements. Come and see the results."

Seeing the results demonstrated by Tang Huan in person, Simeone was completely stunned. The relational model and the database designed according to this theory are still an extremely advanced field, and only IT giants like IBM are capable of research. Think of seeing the actual development results here.

When following Tang Huan through a large office isolated from the previous area, Simeone saw that Tang Huan hesitated for a moment, but finally opened the door and walked in, "The project here is the company's top secret, I plan to In the field of game consoles or cheap microcomputers, launch a practical product, this is the project leader, Dr. Jian Mingren."

Dazed, Simeone shook hands with the Chinese engineer in front of him. After walking out of the office, he finally made a decision, let go of his reserve, and said, "Mr. Tang, I am convinced by your ambition and the company's prospects. Would love to join your team."

Hearing this, Tang Huan laughed heartily, patted Simeone on the shoulder and said, "Then you should come to the company to report as soon as possible. You are in charge of the two major project teams of CGrid and WordEasy. This is your old profession."

Simeone didn't understand where the meaning of "old business" came from, but seeing that the boss was so happy after getting his affirmative answer, he didn't have the nerve to ask the bottom line.

Although the development of personal computers is still in the dawn stage, the entire computer industry has produced a large number of outstanding people after decades of upgrading, but Tang Huan is not qualified to win over these old guys who have achieved fame, so like A potential stock like Simeone is a rare treasure, not to mention that this person has worked at Microsoft for 20 years in his previous life, so his loyalty is even more commendable.

"Go, go to my office and have a good chat."

Tang Huan led Simeone to his office, delivered coffee with his own hands, and then began to instill his own technical concepts and brainwash him.

While talking happily, Wang Xuehong came in to report, "Bill Gates from Microsoft called and wanted to make an appointment to visit you."

"What?" Tang Huan's face changed upon hearing the news.

Just as he dug Gates' corner in advance, he came to kill him?

But Tang Huan came to his senses immediately. Gates didn't know Simeone at this time, so he was too worried.

"Then arrange it until tomorrow. By the way, tell the engineers to keep it secret. Gates is very insidious. The purpose of coming to us is to steal technology, and he must not be taken advantage of."

(End of this chapter)