Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 315 The Unconcerned Microsoft

Tang Huan reached out and grabbed Gates, "Bill, why did you leave in such a panic?"

"There's no panic, I've always walked like this." Gates laughed dryly, trying to break free, and continued to slip away.

But Tang Huan, who is full of evil tastes, how could he let Gates get what he wanted, not to mention he still has kung fu in his hands.

Simeone immediately slapped the horse and kicked Gates viciously, "You thief."

"Charles, you misunderstood me." Gates shrugged very calmly,
"Don't quibble, Multiplan's bugs are all the same." Simeone looked contemptuous, "Your programmers are so lazy, they didn't even want to check it, so they copied it as it is."

"That's just a coincidence. Your conclusion is too arbitrary." Gates blushed and defended, then looked at Tang Huan holding his hand and said: "Tang, I'm still waiting for you at the Microsoft booth. , let’s sit down and talk again when we have time.”

From these few words, Tang Huan could guess what Gates, who was the best at stealing lessons, did to make Simeone furious.

Looking at the scene in front of him where Gates backed away and Simeone was so imposing, he almost burst out laughing.

You know, in the original time and space, Gates and Simone had a relationship between monarch and minister, and Gates was a well-known tyrant within Microsoft.

Because in the 1980s, apart from MS-DOS, there was no software that ended up being chopped off by opponents. Many veteran figures, including Ballmer and Simeone, were trained as Grandchildren are common.

Unexpectedly, it's turned upside down now, and it's really joyful to see Gates begging for compromise and swallowing his anger.

"Okay, then I won't delay you." Tang Huan patted Gates on the shoulder.

Gates, like amnesty, hurried away and went straight to Microsoft's booth.

When he arrived at his home site, Gates immediately became faceless. After working on the computer for a while, he picked up the public phone behind the booth and yelled into the microphone.

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Today's Microsoft, even if it embraces the thigh of the blue giant, but IBM-PC is still far from the degree of dominance, and the market position of the main product BASIC is not as good as before, so Gates still has to work hard. , in front of Tang Huan, Jobs, and Don Estridge, honestly playing the role of the younger brother.

Seeing that other companies are making a lot of money in the field of office software, Gates, who has always believed that BASIC is the lifeblood of personal computers, is impossible not to be annoyed at his stubbornness and slowness. However, the spreadsheet software Multiplan developed by Microsoft, It is a breakthrough to deal with this passive situation.

But IBM doesn't like Gates' ambition. Your MS-DOS still has so many problems that need to be solved urgently. How can you be distracted to engage in other products.

What's more, Don Estridge has already laid out spreadsheet software, word processing software, and databases. Microsoft has come up with a Multiplan.

What makes Big Blue even more intolerable is that the Multiplan developed by Microsoft first supports CP/M instead of its own MS-DOS.

This is too ironic. It is clear that the whole world is clamoring and has no confidence in its own operating system. IBM-PC can't enjoy the benefits of it exclusively.

As a result, Microsoft not only could not get nanny support from Big Blue like MS-DOS, but also suffered from the opponent's suppression, lest Multiplan affect VisiCalc, one of the selected troikas.

Although he understands the twists and turns, Gates has nothing to do. Who let Microsoft hold IBM's thigh? Big Blue naturally teaches the child he thinks is disobedient.

This is the law that the strong are respected in the market place. Putting oppression on the bright side is euphemistically called a conspiracy. If the weak want to survive, they can only bow their heads and submit.

But the education Gates received since he was a child is competition, and so is his family atmosphere. The more IBM suppressed him, the more his fighting spirit rebounded.

Unlike the young Jobs who put most of his emotions on the surface, Gates has always been well versed in forbearance.

On the one hand, he promised that IBM would temporarily shelve Multiplan and invest more resources in the MS-DOS project team, while continuing to secretly promote Multiplan.

But for the current spreadsheet software market, there is CGrid in the front, followed by VisiCalc, SuperCalc and other followers. higher.

Gates and Tang Huan were close friends. He witnessed with his own eyes that the other surpassed him, surpassed Jobs, and finally stepped on all the personal computer colleagues.

At first, the arrogant Gates was naturally unconvinced. In terms of intelligence alone, no one is worse than the other. It is nothing more than your luck is overwhelming, you can catch up with opportunities and meet noble people.

But since he was drilled by IBM in software engineering, Gates, who was tortured to lose a layer of skin, obviously felt that Microsoft had made a reborn improvement, and he suddenly realized that the gap between Microsoft and Philosophy is huge. how big.The chaotic Apple company didn't collapse, but went public, that's called good luck.

After understanding this point, Gates' attention to philosophy and Confucianism has become more comprehensive and in-depth. In other words, in addition to stealing technology, he also has to steal management.

Although Gates did not sort out Tang Huan's personal computer "entrance" theory, he was sure that Zheru developed software for IBM-PC just to compete for users.

This little income on the IBM-PC platform is not in Zheru's eyes, and Zheru can't sincerely develop the most powerful software for IBM-PC. After all, Fangyuan Computer and Apple Computer are Other people's children.

Similar to the IBM-PC platform, Zheru also has the same strategy of retaining strength on the CP/M platform.

It is with this inference that Gates is full of confidence in the launch of Multiplan. The real competitors he has to face are only ordinary products such as VisiCalc and SuperCalc.

But high spirit does not mean great ability, especially in the current situation of the entire personal computer industry, it can only be described as time is money, fast hands, slow hands, no, the project progress is the key, and VisiCalc and SuperCalc have been in the market for more than a year Now, Multiplan wants to ride on their necks with a blockbuster. Microsoft can't help but have enough energy to fight alone.

So Gates naturally increased his efforts to steal from Zheru, and even tentatively asked Tang Huan if he could go to Microsoft for a technical exchange. Everyone still misses your demeanor.

How could Tang Huan have the time to accompany him, but he wanted Microsoft to disrupt the IBM-PC troika built by Don Estridge, so he asked Simone to take time to go to Microsoft to be a technology idol, and specifically asked the other party, May wish to be generous, anyway, the technology on the IBM-PC platform is not the core secret of philosophy.

Knowing that Tang Huan's drunkard's intention was not to drink, Simeone was extra careful, and brought an immature version of CGrid to Microsoft, and taught him the development experience of spreadsheet software, almost answering every question.

Therefore, one can imagine Microsoft's reception specifications and hospitality for Simeone. As a result, Simeone was a little drunk, and even dropped his briefcase on the ground accidentally. After packing up the scattered things, he found that one was missing. floppy disk.

Gates patted his chest and promised, "Charles, you go to rest first, and I will help you find it."

After Simeone sobered up, Gates found the floppy disk and delivered it himself.But putting it in the computer's disk drive is no longer readable - obviously broke.

Simeone didn't think much about it either. After returning to the company and noting it in the memo, he put the matter behind him.

In addition, after so many days, he almost couldn't remember it.

When wandering around the COMDEX exhibition hall just now, Simeone found that Microsoft's Multiplan had officially debuted, and he was quite happy in his heart. Now the troika of IBM-PC is about to mess up.

Simeone stopped to observe it deliberately, and even stepped forward to operate it himself to experience it.

But the more he looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong. Some features of Multiplan were so familiar that they were copied from CGrid FOR IBM-PC.

After Simeone tested it on the Multiplan with a few typical bugs in his memory, he immediately became furious.

As far as this IQ is concerned, he doesn't even know how to learn from it, and even moves the flaws intact.

And the irony is that it was this group of mentally retarded guys who manipulated that floppy disk and deceived themselves with conspiracy and tricks.

Anxiously, Simeone found an opportunity to block Gates and questioned him sternly.

Of course Gates didn't know what to ask, and shook his head again and again to pretend to be confused.

Simeone sneered and spoke out those bugs as proof, but Gates continued to deny it, and found an excuse to slip away.

People like Simeone who immigrated from Hungary to the United States have been able to get to where they are today. The persistence in their character has played a role that cannot be ignored, and the same is true for Intel President Grove.

Seeing that Gates left without giving a clear statement, Simeone naturally lost his temper and chased after him.

After understanding what had happened, Tang Huan couldn't help but patted Simeone on the shoulder again, "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. Microsoft is in a hurry. After all, time waits for no one."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan winked, "Isn't this disruptor who is eager for success just what we want?"

"But they didn't learn from it, they copied it, and they copied the BUG." Simeone looked bitter and bitter, "I was fooled by these idiots and let them tamper with that floppy disk."
"You don't have to pay too much attention to it. You can only say that they are too insidious and you are too simple." Tang Huan comforted him, and finally let the depressed Simeone put aside the entanglement in front of him for the time being and continue to work.

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"Old Wang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, but I encountered a situation just now." Tang Huan walked back and said apologetically.

"It's okay." Wang An nodded with a smile.

Tang Huan was still as humble and courteous as he was when he was not prosperous the year before last, which basically made Wang An's grudge disappear.

My word processor is being chased and intercepted by Fangyuan Computer in the Asian market, and the situation is becoming increasingly difficult. No matter who I replace it with, I will feel unhappy.

But what he saw and heard at the COMDEX site this time made Wang An suddenly discover that the development of personal computers was like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloomed, and even his old rival IBM put down his body and went shirtless. Yes, maybe I rejected Tang Huan at the beginning.Really a missed opportunity.

Tang Huan followed Wang An to the back of Wang An Computer Company's booth, where he and the guests sat down and chatted.

"Word processors have a single function, and the gap between them and the rapidly developing personal computers is getting bigger and bigger. Therefore, everyone can eat according to their own skills, and the competition in the market is nothing." Wang An waved his hand openly, which was regarded as a gift to both parties. The company's relationship was defined, "Perhaps as you said at the beginning, the era of personal computers has come."

"So, Wang An Computer Company is interested in the field of personal computers?" Tang Huan was refreshed.

The current assets and scale of Wang An Computer Company are very considerable. What is more important is that this company has been fighting against traditional giants such as IBM. It has survived to this day, and its struggle experience is really valuable.

Wang An nodded, "This general trend is already very obvious, and Wang An Computer Company can only choose to go with the flow."

"Then we both have a basis for cooperation." Tang Huan looked at Wang An sincerely, "The second-generation Fangyuan Computer is preparing to authorize compatible computers. If Wang An Computer Company is interested, we can carry out in-depth cooperation."

Wang An smiled noncommittally, "Wang An Computer Company has been in business since the 1950s. The most successful products are the calculators in the 1960s and the word processors in the 1970s. It seems reasonable to now enter the personal computer in the 1980s. , after all, every product has its own life cycle.”

"The historical background of Wang An Computer Company is really admirable." Tang Huan praised enviously.

"After so many years of ups and downs in the business world, I firmly believe in one truth." Wang An looked into the distance, as if recalling something, and then continued slowly: "That is, the technology of the product must be in your own hands .”

Hearing what Wang An said so firmly, Tang Huan couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. What the other party meant was that even if he entered the personal computer market, he would rely on his own strength and had no interest in cooperation.

(End of this chapter)