Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Tang Huan realized that he seemed to be suffering from some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The specific manifestation was that in each position of his team, he always wanted to arrange a prominent figure.

But, so far, little progress has been made, and the only general under the account is Simeone.

As for Wang Xuehong, Wang Xueling, and Jian Mingren, they are destined to start their own businesses with the backing of Nuoda's family. What Tang Huan is looking for is mainly that layer of connections, and now that the three of them have revealed their identities, that's even more important. I'm so embarrassed to use it indiscriminately.

Fortunately, through a headhunting company, Tang Huan finally discovered a company operation wizard who was definitely a potential stock.

The man's name was John Chambers, born in Charleston, West Virginia, and currently working in IBM's marketing department. Because he didn't adapt to IBM's rigid work style, he was actively interviewing everywhere, looking for new positions.

After Tang Huan met Chambers with anticipation and confirmed his resume, he finally confirmed that this was the president and CEO of Cisco Systems in the original time and space.

According to the development of the historical track, Chambers has worked for three famous companies.

In 1976, Chambers came to California with three diplomas: Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Laws, MBA in Finance and Management, and worked for IBM for 7 years.

In 1983, Chambers entered Wang An Computer Company as the marketing director, and later became the senior vice president of the Americas and Asia-Pacific region, where he worked for 8 years.

In 1991, Chambers was invited to join Cisco and began to create a legend.

In 2000, Cisco's market value was second only to General Electric and Intel, and it also surpassed Microsoft for the first time to become the most valuable company in the world. It took Microsoft nearly 25 years to climb to this position, and Cisco only 16 years.

In fact, Tang Huan knew a lot about the little demon born in the 1950s and the general in the 1940s, but he didn't just wave his hand and recruit his subordinates casually.

For example, the later chairman and CEO of General Electric, Jeff Immelt, who was born in 1956, served as the chairman of a famous fraternity during college, and is currently supposed to be studying for an MBA at Harvard Business School. He's doing so well, it's impossible for him to come to a small company like Zerone.

Another example is the future CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, who was born in 1956. He met Bill Gates when he was a sophomore at Harvard and became a buddy. There is also little hope.

Therefore, Tang Huan attaches great importance to Chambers, and after some communication, he found that this person is really talented in sales and customer service. Together with Simeone, who is engaged in technology, he can share a lot of things for himself.

Chambers was very interested in the energetic Zerone, and had a good conversation with Tang Huan. Since both parties were sincere and cooperative, they hit it off immediately. Chambers officially joined Zerone, and Tang Huan acted decisively. Immediately announced that Chambers as vice president in charge of operations, and before that, Simeone has served as vice president in charge of technology.

Tang Huan was very satisfied with the headhunting company's recommendation this time, and rewarded the other party with an extra sum of money. At the same time, he asked them to pay attention to American Express to confirm whether there was a person named Louis Gerstner. Undoubtedly, this is Tang Huan. Huan is optimistic about the next target.

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West Coast of the United States, Monterey County, California, Pacific Grove,

A small Victorian building overlooking the waves of Monterey Bay is the headquarters of the digital research company that sells the operating system CP?M.

Due to various reasons, the schedule was changed again and again, and now Tang Huan finally carried out the plan and visited here in person.

Standing downstairs, Tang Huan looked around. It was a beautiful environment. Compared with Longguo, which is also known as a vast land and rich in resources, but has many deserts and plateaus in the west, there are more places in the United States suitable for human habitation.

Most of the people who come in and out here are very casually dressed, barefoot, wearing shorts, hippie dress, whatever, and even a few children ran past, this office atmosphere feels a bit funny.

At this time, there was a cry of a baby in the building. Tang Huan, who was about to take a step, couldn't help but see a black line on his forehead. It really made people wonder if this Nima is the location of a high-tech company.

Fortunately, Tang Huan quickly found the target person of this trip, the true pioneer of personal computer software development, Gary Kildare with a big beard.

Kildall was born in Seattle in the northwest of the United States, and Gates is from the same hometown. The two had a good relationship for a time, and they once drove a sports car together at high speed on the highway.

After the start of the Vietnam War, Kildall enlisted in the Army and taught computer science at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey until his service in the Navy ended in 1972. During this period, Kildare mastered a lot of computer technology.

It was also in this year that Kildall came into contact with Intel's microprocessor 4004 and conducted in-depth research. Intel was also impressed by Kildall's emerging ideas, and then hired him as a part-time Consultant.

In 1973, Intel's 8008 microprocessor was successfully developed, and Kildall developed an assembler called PL/M for it.

After that, Kildall replaced the paper tape with a disk and successfully developed the disk operating system CP/M, and business gradually followed.

Because the hardware architecture of personal computers from different manufacturers is different, it is necessary to customize and modify CP/M for each customer. In order to reduce these boring tasks, Kildall invented the interface that separates the hardware layer from the software layer——BIOS .

In 1976, at the instigation of his wife, Dolucy, Kildall left the Naval Postgraduate School to formally start Digital Research. And run by Dolucy.

In 1977, Seymour Rubinstein of IMSAI directed a classic business negotiation to purchase a volume license of the CP/M operating system for $25,000.

With more and more personal computers using Intel CPUs, the sales of CP/M also increased, and the funds in the hands of the Kildares were naturally sufficient, so they began to recruit employees and moved the office to the current location.

It's just that the company's management really dare not be flattered, and you can't do it like this if you play with your personality. No wonder Gates tricked him later, and Tang Hu shook his head secretly.

Kildare was, indeed, as legend has it, remarkably amiable, more scholarly than calculating businessman in temperament.

After exchanging pleasantries, Kildare said with a smile, I heard Rubinstein mention you.

Tang Huan's heart sank when he heard this, Seymour Rubinstein from MicroPro?

Yes, that's him. He just came here two days ago. Kildare nodded, and said without any ambiguity: Rubenstein believes that your software has caused Apple computers to crowd out the CP/M computer market, damaging It is in everyone's interest, so he hopes to join hands with me to fight against the threat from you.

Paralyzed, this Rubinstein is indeed an old traitor, unable to support the competitiveness of his products, so he started to use vertical and horizontal business methods to deal with himself.

It seems that after being hindered by Rubinstein, this trip will be a waste of time, and it is even more impossible to reach a cooperation intention.

Although he was annoyed, Tang Huan still hoped to have an open and honest exchange with Kildare.

The precondition for Rubinstein's statement to be true is that the personal computer market has reached saturation. But obviously, this is a joke. The development of personal computers is in the ascendant. Even if hundreds of thousands of computers are invested, the market will not It can be easily digested. Therefore, those of us who make software have too much room for survival, and there is no conflict of interest in competing for market share. Instead, everyone should strengthen cooperation to promote the prosperity of this industry. Furthermore , CP/M is an important platform for CGrid and WordEasy. Everyone is a partner, how could it be an opponent. As for which kind of computer sells well, the key depends on the research and development capabilities of those computer manufacturers. Of course, it is undeniable that recently Rubin Stein's WordStar is indeed competing for WordEasy's orders through a low-price strategy.

Kildare nodded, What you said makes sense. In fact, I'm not interested in how you run the business. I only know that users will like it when the product is done well.

What a scholarly spirit. Although Tang Huan thought so in his heart, he agreed on the surface.

While talking, a young man with glasses walked in.

My student, Gordon Eubanks, this is Tang Huan who developed CGrid. Kildare introduced in the middle.

It turns out that this is the genius Eubanks who developed another BASIC. This person later achieved a lot. He is the co-founder of Symantec, a well-known security solution provider. Norton is the product of this company. .

You are the one that Rubinstein wants to target by setting up an anti-Tang alliance. Eubanks looked at Tang Huan curiously.

The Anti-Tang Alliance? What happened? Hearing such destructive words, Tang Huan couldn't help feeling a chill run down his spine.

We're going surfing, if you want to know, either wait for us to come back, or go with us. Kildare got up like a naughty child and walked out without hesitation.

Tang Huan couldn't help smiling wryly, Nima, he came here in formal attire, but he was really nervous about the so-called anti-Tang alliance. The name was too scary, so he could only bite the bullet and follow.

The feeling of surfing on the sea is indeed very wonderful. No wonder so many people, especially the rich, are obsessed with this sport. Tang Huan's previous worries about gains and losses disappeared unconsciously.

All kinds of conspiracies and schemes are the norm in the business world.

IBM staged a good show of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. One IBM responded to the attack of seven companies including GE, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, Bourrogh, CDC, and Univac. In the previous life, Microsoft also ridiculed the NOICE group formed by Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun Microsystems and other competitors.

What happened later, IBM and Microsoft are still living a very moist life.

Compared with these big scenes, Rubinstein's little tricks are not enough to look at.

Let's make the storm stronger. Facing the oncoming waves, Tang Huan roared frantically.

Seeing Tang Huan having such a good time, Kildare and Eubanks also yelled.

After returning to land, Kildare did not break his promise. As far as he knew, he talked about some of Rubinstein's recent movements, and it is said that he had already recruited a financial software company named Peachtree to deal with CGrid.

Looking at Kildare's attitude, Tang Huan felt that the most optimistic situation was to stand aside and watch the excitement with his shoulders hugged. He could no longer say the words of cooperation with each other, so he simply stopped wasting time and left.

However, at the same time, Tang Huan also guessed in his heart who the next target of the anti-Tang IT alliance Rubinstein tossed would be.