Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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After Tang Huan got into the car, he was not in a hurry to leave, but stayed for a while to observe. ?.?`

When he saw various computer manufacturers and even some semiconductor manufacturers filing out, he said sarcastically: These guys who don't want to make progress are really unpopular.

John Chambers nodded, That's true, it's just that there is no opportunity to explode.

It seems that I have become a villain in my early years. Tang Huan shook his head with a smile.

In essence, this is exactly the style of a leader. John Chambers analyzed seriously, After you wake up these semiconductor manufacturers with a slap, I can handle the next trivial things much easier.

Actually, I didn't express some opinions at the meeting just now. I don't need to guide these ignorant guys, and they won't appreciate it. Tang Huan snorted coldly.

Due to the increasing emphasis on high-tech industries in emerging economies, it is the general trend to spread the production capacity of semiconductor memory to the world. If we are obsessed with trade protection to save the market, we will only fall further and further behind.

In addition, the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley is undergoing a quiet division of labor, integrating design and manufacturing into one operating model, and it is beginning to favor the directors of each exhibition - fabless design companies can concentrate on creativity, while wafer foundries Then you can focus on improving the process and making full use of production capacity.”

This is an era in which industrial development may undergo earth-shaking changes at any time. If the concept cannot adapt to the new rhythm, it is better to find a way to stop losses as soon as possible.

IBM is a bit behind the times. Looking at the Compaq representative walking past, John Chambers sighed: Ibm-compatible machine manufacturers like Compaq are really doing good business. It is conservatively estimated that they have at least seized the IBM-compatible machine. 1/3 of the market capacity, and under our suppression, ibm-'s share in the personal computer market has not shown signs of improvement. It can be seen how much business ibm has been robbed by emerging companies such as Compaq, but it looks There's nothing I can do about it.

People who do bad things may not always be punished. Tang Huan waved his hand. He motioned to the driver to drive, Ibm can't learn how to fight price wars on low-priced products, which is determined by its conservative tradition rooted in its bones. Of course, this is as immovable as a mountain. Many times it can survive the industry crisis .”

Since the company launched a fully ibm-compatible machine, ,, and other companies have also entered this field, which has further reduced the technical difficulty of manufacturing an ibm-compatible machine. John Chambers reminded without worry: If this trend continues, these ibm-compatible machine manufacturers will not only poach ibm's corner, but will also pose a substantial threat to our Fangyuan personal computers.

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There is no way. Whoever made Pandora's box has been opened. Tang Huan replied ponderously, At present, the most effective way to deal with it is to use advanced technology while this camp is still a mess. Get away from them.

Speaking of this, Tang Huan laughed playfully, Of course, IBM should be the one who should have a headache first, and they are probably thinking about how to close IBM-this undefended gate, and shut out disorderly compatible machine manufacturers.

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The two exchanged ideas along the way. Arrived in Cupertino. John Chambers transferred to a helicopter and flew to Mountain View, the headquarters of Fangyuan Computer Company.

At present, EA and Fangyuan Computer Company have moved to Redwood City and Mountain View City respectively, and only the software industry group and the first-level research center headed by Philosophy remain here in Cupertino.

Previously, tens of thousands of employees gathered in the small Cupertino, which brought various glory and halos, but also brought various problems to the local area.

For example, during the peak hours of commuting and commuting, there will be complaining traffic jams and continuous traffic flow. Even occupying public roads.

Such troubles are too numerous to mention.

The administrative feature of the United States is regional autonomy. As long as you disturb the people, the public will not care about your strong company. Still protesting, the local administrative department also used it as a bargaining weight in various ways.

Tang Huan is not too superficial to take it for granted that if he builds a lot of such-and-such centers in a majestic manner and gathers all his subordinates together like bees, he can enjoy the supreme pleasure of centralization.

From the bottom of his heart, Tang Huan is very happy to drive out companies with his own brand of thought to flourish. Start a family and start a business like a child, so that you can develop and grow.

In addition, Zheru, Fangyuan, ea and other overlords in this field gather together, and it is easy to give people room for imagination. After all, in the United States where the media is highly developed, no one is a fool. The reason why Apple's 1984 advertisement is so successful is essentially because of its deep-rooted Western thinking genes.

Therefore, Tang Huan actively promoted the relocation of EA and Fangyuan Computer Company. From a long-term perspective, the land price in Silicon Valley is quite attractive, so the two companies have encircled a large territory. ea company has built a video game industry base with itself as the center, attracting a large number of tourists to visit every day.

Looking down from the office on the fifth floor, Chinese-style gardens, European-style buildings, lawns, courts, squares, parks...are arranged in a well-arranged order. Without the hustle and bustle of the previous crowds, the comfortable tranquility naturally makes people feel cheerful.

This is the perfect combination of technology and art! Tang Huan smiled slightly, took a sip of tea comfortably, turned back to his seat, and picked up a document.

In the spring dex held at the end of June this year, Tang Huan didn't spare time to participate.

With the prosperity of the IT industry driven by personal computers, Sheldon Adelson desperately squeezed the value of the popular dex, which can be seen from the frequency of its holding.

For the first two years, dex was held only once in Las Vegas in the fall. Seeing the surge in the number of visitors, Sheldon Adelson switched to spring and autumn, and now has an additional stop in Europe.

The attention that the exhibition economy card can bring is very popular everywhere. Except for the autumn exhibition of dex, which is fixed in Las Vegas, the exhibitions of other stations are touring in New York, Atlanta, Atlantic City, and even as far away as the Netherlands in Europe. amsterdam.

As long as the product release rhythm can basically correspond to the dex in spring and autumn of the year, so that competitors are exhausted and hard to follow, Tang Huan is too lazy to go to dex every time to cheer. It only needs to make an appearance at the autumn dex and give a speech on the industry outlook, which is enough to play the role of a leader.

Recently, there are not many completely new products emerging on dex this time, let’s take Zheru as an example. The so-called new products launched are mainly new versions with more functions, which also makes the small system software of virtual floppy disk particularly eye-catching.

ibm-has an obvious restriction on the use of memory, that is, it cannot directly use memory above 1mb, although this is related to the real mode of the cpu. But it is also due to the design of ibm. And this is only a limitation on the system, as far as the user is concerned, the memory that can be used directly is like this.

With the use of large memory, ibm- must solve the problem in two steps, the first is the utilization of the 384kb memory occupied by the driver between the two, and the second is the utilization of the above memory.

At present, ms- has not provided a direct and effective solution at the operating system level, but some hardware manufacturers have designed a type of expansion board to provide a solution.

The Fangyuan PC platform does not have this trouble of being tied up, and the support for large memory is perfect. In turn, more functions than the ibm-platform can be tapped.

The virtual floppy disk can make full use of mainstream hardware resources above 512kb of memory and hard disk, and simulate non-copyright-protected floppy disks into the hard disk or even memory, reducing calls to slow floppy disks, which not only prolongs the service life, but also saves time. In addition, the benefits can be called endless.

The greater significance of this software is to let more people understand that it is not a waste for a personal computer to have more memory. It's just that the programmer's imagination needs to be further improved.

Zheru's series of software has a very obvious pulling effect on the consumption power of hardware, and it has formed a tacit agreement in the IT industry to make users pay more money, which can only be understood but not explained in words. It also strengthens Zheru's position as an industry leader.

Of course, there is never a shortage of lion cubs challenging the lion king's throne.

After Lotus Software wiped out all competitors of spreadsheet software-2-3 on the ibm-platform, it began to extend its territory to other application software fields, especially office collaboration.

Regardless of the form of the token ring network or the form of Ethernet, the development of the local area network is very fast. Software application solutions based on this architecture have given many small companies the opportunity to settle down and even succeed.

The expansion method of Lotus Software is very old-fashioned. It directly uses the cash accumulated from the sales of spreadsheet software-2-3 to acquire several small companies that are doing well, and extends its tentacles into the application field of office collaboration.

I have to say that Lotus Software is really lucky to have found a good helper. Tang Huan looked at the name Jim Manzi specially marked on the file and muttered to himself.

The IT start-up companies that can succeed and go for a long time in this era often benefit from the perfect combination of marketing genius and technical genius, such as Apple's Jobs and Woz, Microsoft's Gates and Paul Allen, and Larry Allen. Leeson and Bob Miner et al.

At the beginning of its establishment, Lotus Software lacked this condition, and Mitchell Kapoor basically took it on his shoulders. However, Lotus Software did not flash in the pan like other successful small companies. Instead, it walked steadily and steadily.

The reason is that Benjamin Rosen, who invested in Compaq Computer and Lotus Software at the same time, helped Mitchell Kapoor find a good helper, Jim Manzi.

Like Louis Gerstner, Jim Manzi has the experience of working in the famous management consulting company McKinsey. He is very good at management and plays an active role in the position of manager.

At present, Lotus Software is honestly operating its own territory on the ibm-platform, conscientiously serving as the gold medalist of Big Blue, and it is really difficult to take action beyond the boundary.

Acquiring a company that only develops software for the ibm-platform is a complete waste of resources.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan couldn't help shaking his head regretfully.

At this time, the secretary reported on the phone: Boss, Mr. Bill Gates from Microsoft has arrived.

Ask him to the reception room. Tang Huan stood up, stretched himself, and went to see Gates.

Bill, I heard that Microsoft and IBM have a new cooperation project. They plan to develop a more powerful operating system? After greeting, Tang Huan asked casually.

Just like Tang Huan's research on 32-bit personal computers, although the actions in the IT circle can be kept commercially confidential, they cannot avoid the clues of turmoil.

Therefore, Gates did not hide anything, and answered clearly: It is an operating system tailored for IBM's third-generation personal computer.

Then what about ms- in the future? Tang Huan asked curiously.

You should know that although Zheru didn't develop many software on ms-, Tang Huan and Gates used the operation in the database ebase environment as a bargaining chip very early to reach a private transaction with the bottom layer of ms- open, which made him from another I have a deep understanding of ibm-pbsp from a perspective; As a weak function version, let's develop in parallel. However, ms- also gets more free space because of this. Gates smiled self-deprecatingly, and there was ambiguity in his speech. Means, obviously he doesn't want to mention the details of bargaining with ibm.

Tang Huan smiled slightly. He had already guessed that this new operating system jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft should correspond to something like os/2 in the original time and space.

The blue giant's reincarnation can only be blamed on the poor foundation of ms-, which is not up to date, especially compared with the one on the Fangyuan personal computer platform, it is even more unbearable.

And Microsoft sold ms- to the booming ibm-compatible machine manufacturer, thereby making a fortune, and Big Blue couldn't help it.

Tang Huan fully expected that the operating system to be built by ibm would not only want to further control the platform, but also solve the multitasking, large-capacity memory and hard disk support, graphics she11, etc. that ms- lacked and could not provide. The short board problem of other functions.

Ibm's new product research and development is also in full swing. Tang Huan joked: In your opinion, who is stronger and who is weaker in terms of performance between the third generation of IBM-compared with the fourth generation of Fangyuan personal computers?

Gates did not answer directly, but changed the subject and said: IBM is not optimistic about the 32-bit architecture of the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer. They think this technology span is too large, and it is very likely to fail.

Seeing Tang Huan's disapproving expression, Gates made a haha, But I think 32-bit architecture is the general trend. Actually, I'm here this time to promote a new operating system, and I hope to be able to get the 6 Fangyuan computer platform. permission.” (To be continued.)

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