Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Everything is fine. Woz sighed softly after answering with a smile, It's just that Steve makes people uncomfortable.

It turned out that this unhappiness was actually related to Jobs' new relationship, which really made people dumbfounded.

When dealing with Regis McKenna earlier, Jobs met Barbara Jasinski, an employee of McKenna's public relations firm, a beautiful woman of Polynesian and Polish descent.

The two of them went to concerts together, vacationed in Hawaii, and lived together in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But Jobs eventually got tired of playing, so he just changed his girlfriend in the music industry, and his name was Joan Baez.

Compared with Barbara Yasinski, Joan Baez is a powerful figure. She is a very famous folk singer in the United States. In particular, Joan Baez is also an active social activist. pioneer.

But there is one thing, Joan Baez was born in 1941 and is now 41 years old, while Jobs, who was born in 1955, is only 27 years old this year.

In addition, Joan Baez has a son born to her ex-husband, anti-war activist David Harris, both in their teens.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, no matter how beautiful and humorous Joan Baez is, it would be a bit incongruous for billionaire Jobs to ask her to talk about friends.

In the eyes of friends who are familiar with Jobs, the reason why Jobs fell in love with Joan Baez is that Joan Baez was once the lover of Bob Dylan, a famous rock and folk singer he admired. Jobs liked this kind of relationship with Bob Dylan. Dylan's Association.

This is so intriguing. Hearing this, Tang Huan frowned.

In order to show off in front of his new girlfriend, Steve ran to the office of the music festival organizing committee to give instructions. Fortunately, the assistants you arranged were experienced and able to proceed according to the original plan. Woz said happily .

Since Steve likes this music festival so much, then he should invest in the funds. Otherwise, he is not qualified to babble. Tang Huan shook his head disapprovingly.

Woz waved his hand quickly, Don, don't let Steve get involved, or it will be messed up. If the music festival has less funds, I am willing to continue to fund it.

It scares you, I just said that casually. Looking at Woz's frightened look. Tang Huan couldn't help smiling.

By the way, the reason why I was in such a hurry to find you was that I was entrusted by Mike to inquire about your attitude. After chatting for a while, Woz remembered the business of this trip.

The research and development of the Lisa computer has been completed. But there is a clear gap between the existing applications and the current market demand. In terms of commercial software, there is still a lack of an appealing king program. Mike means, can Zheru use the set developed for Software, including spreadsheets, ported to the Lisa platform.

This question... Tang Huan pondered for a long time, but did not give an answer immediately.

Friendship is friendship, but among Apple's products, Tang Huanneng is the only one who likes it, because although this thing is not the most advanced. But the advantage is that it is durable, and the target market is complementary to the second-generation Fangyuan computer, which is worth attracting.

In contrast, the Lisa computer project began in 1978. It was developed by a group of professional engineers led by John Couch from Hewlett-Packard. The goal is the same as that of the enterprise market, which is the main site of Fangyuan Computer.

In addition, after Jobs stole his teacher at the beginning. He brought the graphical user interface he saw into the Lisa project team abruptly. And began to tyrannize the Cypriots to seize power.

Markkula and Scott, who hadn't resigned at the time, were scared because of the market failure. Worried that Jobs would bring the Lisa project team into the ditch again, at the request of John Couch, they jointly expelled Jobs from the Lisa project team.

Although Jobs was driven away, the influence he left behind was not so easy to eliminate. The entire Lisa project was equivalent to overthrowing and starting over, and the previous efforts were wasted.

For these reasons, the Lisa project team was very defensive and xenophobic from top to bottom, wishing that all user needs could be fulfilled in their own hands, and partners like Tang Huan had no chance of getting involved.

The cooperation with Zheru is very close. Even those who failed, Zheru also participated in the software development on their platform early, but Lisa and He completely excluded Zheru.

Of course, Apple can imagine that Zheru will be alienated from himself.

Now, the Lisa computer is ripe, and Apple suddenly finds that its development strength in commercial software is not enough to cover everything, so it thinks of cramming.

You think of a philosopher as a rag, use it when you want to use it, and throw it away when you want to throw it away?

You know, now that Tang Huan is full-fledged, there is no need to wrong himself and accommodate others.

Seeing Tang Huan's lack of enthusiasm, Woz waved his hand indifferently, You decide slowly, anyway, Mike told me about this on the phone, he and his wife are on vacation in the Caribbean.

Then it depends on the situation. Tang Huan muttered in his heart, This guy Markkula doesn't care about himself, and he still expects others to lend a hand, and he vaguely declined.

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Unexpectedly, the next day, Jobs brought the person in charge of the Lisa project, John Couch, to find it in person.

Tang Huan glanced at them in surprise, thinking that these two people fought to the death in the Lisa project team, why are they now together.

Mike is not here, so I have to worry about the affairs of other departments of Apple. Seeing that Tang Huan did not hide his doubts, Jobs explained patiently.

Apple really needs a full-time CEO. Tang Huan smiled slightly, How did you find the candidate, or I'll give in for a while?

Apple can't afford you. I've already found almost all people. Jobs turned dark. Hastily waved his hand and quickly changed the subject, Lisa Computer has completed the research and development, and is currently looking for cooperation with third-party software developers to enrich platform applications. Zheru has been with Apple for so long. It should be the first time to get this Chance.

Tang Huan let out an oh, and slowly took a sip of water from his cup, and then there was no more to say.

What do you mean, tell me quickly. Jobs urged impatiently.

I don't mean anything, so what can I mean? Tang Huan spread his hands indifferently.

I see, you're not interested. Right? Jobs snorted resentfully. Aside from Zheru, we have other options, such as Microsoft.

Is it interesting for you to threaten me with this kind of thing? Tang Huan glanced at Jobs with a half-smile.

Unflinching Jobs. Just as he was about to retort, he suddenly remembered that Microsoft had been secretly pulled over by him to develop commercial office software, so how could he have the resources to be busy for Lisa.

You see, Don doesn't think Lisa's business is worth doing. If that's the case, there's nothing I can do about it. After Jobs dropped this sentence to John Couch, he got up and walked away.

Tang Huan laughed disapprovingly, thinking that Jobs was too careless when he was lobbying. It seems that the Lisa project is about to become a stepmother's child again compared to the projects belonging to the direct line.

Jobs left, but John Couch didn't. He sighed bitterly, I can see that Jobs didn't come to talk about things sincerely at all. The Lisa computer has always been a thorn in his heart.

Thinking so much is just asking for trouble. Now that the Lisa computer has been born, there is no point in bringing up the old grievances. Tang Huan comforted him casually.

He remembered that in the original time and space, although John Couch left Apple in the 1980s. But a few years after Jobs returned to Apple, the old man also returned to work for Apple. As a vice president, it can be seen that he finally succumbed to Jobs. In contrast, the knot in front of me is a bit ridiculous.

The Lisa computer came out ahead of time. For this reason, Jobs, who lost the bet, put $5,000 on my desk as promised, but this does not mean that Jobs will let the Lisa computer go.

John Couch looked worried and hurried, Do you know what Jobs did to the Lisa project? In addition to bringing some engineers from the Lisa project team to the project team, he also specially targeted the Lisa computer for the development of the computer. The corresponding optimization was consciously carried out, obviously to surpass the Lisa computer.

Speaking of this, John Couch looked at Tang Huan sincerely, Tang, the Lisa computer is really good enough to be worthy of Zheru, the most powerful software developer, to develop commercial office software for it.

The reason why John Couch was in such a hurry was because he panicked and realized that his Lisa project team was a little behind closed doors and fell behind.

Due to the influence of Tang Huan, users now pay more and more attention to the functions and functions of the software. It is not possible to fool around with just a piece of hardware that can only count on typing.

The Lisa project team is on high alert in order to avoid the loss of power. To some extent, because of this information blockage, they have not kept up with the rapidly changing situation.

Especially after the Lisa computer was developed, John Couch always felt that Jobs looked at him intriguingly, which made him feel heavy.

The failure of the company was too painful. John Couch doesn’t want his Lisa computer, which has devoted so much effort, to become a laughing stock in the industry.

Therefore, John Couch really wanted to get the support of commercial software from Tang Huan.

Why, aren't you afraid that Lisa Computer will encounter people with bad intentions now? Tang Huan joked.

There's nothing to be afraid of. The Lisa computer has been completed and it's about to appear on Dex. John Couch smiled awkwardly.

If I remember correctly, the customer group that Lisa Computer is interested in is an enterprise. If it is really good, wouldn't it poach the corner of Fangyuan Computer? Tang Huan expressed his views on Lisa Computer bluntly.

John Couch seemed to have considered this question a long time ago, and quickly replied: The enterprise market is so big, I think, with Tang Pingli's mind, he wouldn't mind adding another partner to fight against these established competitors.

Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, What you said is too false.

I know. Zheru must also be developing an operating system with a graphical user interface. It's just that your plans are so big that you haven't published them all the time.

John Couch stared at Tang Huan, and said slowly: Don't you want to learn as much as possible about the pioneers in this field? To what extent have you achieved it? Is there any better way than developing large-scale software for Lisa computers? Effective? And with the strong position of philosophers, it is impossible for Apple to put forward any excessive restrictions.

What you said this time is quite interesting. Tang Huan nodded slightly, as if he was moved by the words.

John Couch was overjoyed when he heard the words, Then please invite Tang to visit the Lisa computer immediately, so that we can finalize the cooperation as soon as possible, and when the product is released, we can also cheer for the Lisa computer.

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Because the Lisa computer has the characteristics of a native graphical user interface, Tang Huan specially brought important technical backbones such as Charles Simeone, so that he could have a look at the latest achievements in this field in advance.

Under the leadership of John Couch, a mighty group just walked into Apple, and happened to meet Jobs head-on. Next to him was a graceful woman.

Have you talked in private? Jobs, who came to his senses, asked John Couch angrily.

Mike knows about it and agrees with it. John Couch replied lightly.

Just as Jobs was about to speak, Tang Huan said to his female companion, Ms. Joan Baez? I'm Tang Huan. It's an honor to meet you. I'm also a music fan and I like your songs very much.

Tang Huan's compliments came from the heart, not to mention Joan Baez's maverick avant-garde social movements, just talking about her achievements in music is worthy of all kinds of praise. Its singing is high-pitched and clear, quite contagious.

Don, nice to meet you. Joan Baez smiled sweetly. Hold together with Tang Huan's outstretched hand.

Now in the entire United States, even if they don't know what Tang Huan looks like, they have heard of his name. He is the number one in Forbes 400, the richest man in the United States.

Therefore, when Tang Huan reported his family name. You don't even need to hang a lot of titles such as the chairman of the board of directors, just the name alone can let others know who he is.

Joan. We have to visit the project team in a hurry. Jobs, who was full of vigilance, pulled Joan Baez away.

Ms. Bates, please let me know when you have a concert. If I have time, I will definitely go and enjoy it. Tang Huan said loudly narrowly.

Joan Baez readily agreed, and Jobs glared at Tang Huan angrily, not to mention being nervous about his idol.

Looking at the backs of Jobs and Joan Baez, Tang Huan couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

In the original time and space, Jobs and Joan Baez, a pair of men and women with a huge gap, of course they will not get together in the end, but they are still friends.

After Jobs traveled westward with a crane, Joan Baez and u2 sang for the departed Jobs together at the commemorative ceremony.

Perhaps, this is the so-called friendship, it is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

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Tang Huan quickly put away his thoughts, accompanied by John Couch, came to the Lisa project team, saw the Lisa, the world's first personal computer with a graphical user interface, and discovered the tragedy of it and the original time and space The fate is the same, the steps are too big, and the eggs are pulled.

The hardware configuration of the Lisa computer is: 5mhz Motorola mb capacity memory, up to 2mb memory, a 5mb capacity hard disk, two 525-inch floppy disk drives, basic standard input devices keyboard and mouse, etc.

Realistically speaking, the software system of the Lisa computer implements very advanced features, the operating system is based on the hard disk, supports memory protection, cooperative multitasking, built-in screen saver, advanced calculator program...

But there is one thing. In terms of user experience, Lisa computer has a very obvious defect. Its running speed is not ordinary slow, especially when scrolling and displaying files, it suddenly becomes a ugliness covering a hundred handsome. to be continued

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