Rebirth of the Tech Madman

When will your plan-2-3 be completed? Benjamin Rosen stopped the high-spirited Mitchell Kapoor from talking, and asked while pointing at the screen of the monitor.

It has to be said that in view of Mitchell Kapoor's inconspicuous past experience, Benjamin Rosen is not as easy to gain trust as Compaq's Rod Kenyon.

Therefore, when it comes to product progress, Lotus Software gave Benjamin Rosen a less reliable impression than Compaq Computer.

-2-3's functions in electronic trial calculation have been basically completed, and the functions of drawing and database are still a bit worse. Therefore, it is true that I say that -2-3 is more powerful than other spreadsheet software on the ibm- platform Based on.

Mitchell Kapoor's psychology major is not for nothing, he has already noticed the suspicion that Benjamin Rosen inadvertently revealed.

In the next period of time, we will complete the functions that have not been completed, and carefully eliminate bugs, and strive to achieve a higher maturity of -2-3 than Zheru software.

Mitchell Kapoor showed Benjamin Rosen a scrawled software development record book, According to the current progress, -2-3 can catch up with Las Vegas at the end of November. By then, I will To become famous.

Seeing that Mitchell Kapol, who had been playing tricks all the time, finally took out the written 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 thinking of Compaq Computer with the same schedule.

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

The more he thought about it, the more his heart throbbed. Benjamin Rosen tried his best to gather his mind, stretched his body and leaned against the back of the chair. Crossing Erlang's legs, he asked leisurely, Is Mitchell still in contact with RP Company? How is the interest dispute between them and SA Company resolved?

Dan Bricklin's electronic spreadsheet software was completed by the division of labor and cooperation between the two companies in terms of technology research and development and market operation. The sales revenue is distributed according to the previously agreed ratio.

As the sales revenue has entered the range of tens of millions of dollars, the originally inconspicuous microcomputer software has become a hen that lays golden eggs. A few tenths of a percent of the figure means gains or losses of tens of thousands of dollars.

that's it,

Holding ibm's thigh, rp company, which is on the rise, has a conflict with its original partner sa company.

For this situation. Benjamin Rosen was very speechless. Fortunately, he didn't invest much resources in rp, so he could get out of the matter at any time.

I'm too lazy to care about them. Mitchell Kapoor 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 Kapoor's words, Benjamin Rosen couldn't help laughing.

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Tang Huan shook his head and laughed when he saw the IT industry information briefings collected and sorted out by his subordinates. Brothers still have to settle accounts clearly. Aren't rp and sa companies looking for trouble for nothing.

years ago. Everyone is still focusing on computer hardware, but with Gary Kildall's operating system cp/m, Tang Huan's spreadsheet and other trump card software. It quickly became popular and became a sharp weapon for attracting money. There are naturally more and more people who specialize in the software business.

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

Tang Huan can also find other information, such as Microsoft, under the painstaking management of Gates, has finally entered the ranks of companies with sales revenue of tens of millions of dollars.

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

However, lagging behind also has its advantages, such as not having to care about face so much, and doing things that know your shame and be brave.

For this reason, Charles Simeone, the vice president in charge of software R\u0026D, specifically reminded his engineers—fire, theft, and Gates, because the other party has been tirelessly stealing lessons, and now he is wandering around Zheru. .

Regarding this situation, Charles Simeone complained a lot in front of Tang Huan, and bluntly suggested that he should stop giving Gates, a guy who doesn't know how to restrain himself, any more face, and should give him a good beating.

But Tang Huan just replied jokingly, We've known each other for such a long time, so I'm ashamed not to show affection. If he wants to steal from his teacher, you should just keep it secret.

Tang Huan's vague attitude made Charles Simeone very depressed, so 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 estridge chose dan bricklin's as the signature spreadsheet software on the ibm-platform.

According to the thinking of Big Blue, the big brother, the little brothers like Microsoft who follow his ass to make a living should eat within the scope he has set, regardless of the chaos.

But Gates, who has always been ambitious, was not dazzled by the surprise of hugging IBM's thigh. He understood the strength of Big Blue. The main reason why the other party chose to complete the operating system by himself was that The launch of ibm- needs to be rushed.

It can be said that if IBM wants to change its mind on a whim one day, it can kick Microsoft out without any scruples. Build an operating system yourself.

Therefore, Gates, who is prepared for danger in times of peace, is doing his best to please IBM on ms-, while actively expanding his software product line, such as spreadsheets and word processing, which are currently popular programs. Microsoft is getting involved.

Of course, ibm is not satisfied with Gates' restlessness, ms-you haven't developed it for me yet, so you are thinking about changing it?

As a result, Big Blue increased the pressure on Gates in the research and development of ms-, and at the same time let Microsoft's newly launched spreadsheet software closely match the hardware specifications of its own products. Look at how the software behaves on ibm- with up to 256kb of memory.

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

At present, Microsoft does not have enough capital to fight, so it can only bow its head and listen to the mercy of its big brother ibm.

But this also made Gates understand more clearly 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 only not stopped, but has become bigger and bigger. No matter how difficult Charles Simeone is, he will always be cold-hearted to Zheru, bowing his head and willingly treating him like a ox.

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

Don't you want to steal a teacher, but the learning in this way is limited after all, and ibm- is squeezed by Fangyuan Computer, and the market scale expands slowly. The more Microsoft tosses according to its own interests, the more it can prevent the forces of this platform from forming a unity group.

Compared with the benefits of this differentiation, those concerns of Charles Simeone. Naturally, you can give way back.

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When Gates wandered back, Tang Huan said with a smile: Bill, Apple invited me to watch the R\u0026D process, you should go and have a look. By the way, the support problem has been solved.

When such a good thing came to his door, Gates of course happily agreed, and happily accompanied Tang Huan to the Apple department, where Woz and — Bill Mensch were already waiting.

Now Apple is divided into three parts in terms of power according to the division of products, Apple, Lisa, and Jobs personally control it. As for the money-losing products that failed in the market, they have long been tragically ignored on purpose and have no sense of existence.

Now it is the department that provides financial support for Apple, but because Woz is not good at the company's political struggles, the results are generally considered outdated products, but their status is not as good as that of the upcoming Lisa Gao.

How else can we say that Apple at this stage is a strange thing? In addition to Jobs in the second grade, this kind of white-eyed wolf phenomenon who eats meat and scolds his mother also exists openly.

The people in the department are naturally dissatisfied. We have brought absolute profits to the company and supported a large number of people. Why should we be discriminated against?

But Woz is too soft, and the department lacks a strong leader, so he can only suffer aggrievedly.

Tang Huan didn't want Apple's little partner who shared the pressure to fall, so he kept pointing out the department. As for Lisa and He, because of the strange thing of the graphical user interface, the secrecy was extremely high, 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 achievement of Tang Huan's division of power within Apple, which makes him a nominal member of Apple's board of directors, but still has great influence.

The second generation of Macintosh products from the original. Evolved to, and even now, three generations have been updated in six years.

Apple executives, including Woz, basically reached a consensus that the technology upgrade by buying out the expansion card from Tang Huan basically made the 8-bit technology reach its peak, and there is no need to continue to upgrade the technology comprehensively.

In other words, as far as 8-bit PCs are concerned, the curtain is down.

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 was the first to launch the Fangyuan portable personal computer, which was very successful, Apple was also moved, so it planned to launch its own portable personal computer on the basis of .

The degree of technological innovation in this project is very limited, so naturally it cannot arouse the interest of technical experts such as Tang Huan and Woz. Their focus is on 16-bit.

Given how successful the second-generation Fangyuan computers and IBM's graphics and sound capabilities were in attracting consumers, Apple hopes that its direct successor will have the same advantage.

Therefore, Apple, 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, based on Tang Huan's suggestion, chose Bill Mensch's microprocessor.

Tang Huan started from digging the first bucket of gold for the development of spreadsheet software, and launched many heavyweight software products on this CPU platform.

You know, every line of code in it is an asset, if you have to abandon these old products because this microprocessor is becoming obsolete in the field of personal computers, or if you have to spend a lot of effort to maintain the code to keep the software running, That would be too bad.

Therefore, Tang Huan has been actively looking for a 16-bit cpu successor, in order 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 Reborn Tech Maniac is very good-looking! Then please put the URL of this site! Recommend it to your friends and watch it together!