Because of the success of Garrett 2000's thinkcenter, IBM is looking forward to the IBM 5150's market performance.

Why is this happening?

Quite simply, it's because of IBM's knowledge of thinkcenter.

After the thinkcenter went public, IBM purchased a batch at the first time to analyze the competitor's products and product strength, and after the analysis, they found that the Garrett 2000's thinkcenter took the same "highly compatible" path as its own 5150......

That's reassuring!

Originally, IBM was worried about whether there would be any exclusive secrets for thinkcenter, but ...... Is it highly compatible?hahaha...... Since thinkcenter, which has taken the path of high compatibility, has achieved such great success, what reason is there that the IBM 5150, which also takes the path of high compatibility, should not be successful?

Therefore, although the release time of IBM 5150 was delayed by half a month compared with history, IBM is full of confidence in 5150, believing that with IBM's reputation and the market's trust in IBM, there is no reason why 5150 will not explode, and then ...... IBM was stunned to find that on the day the 5150 went on the market, less than 5,000 units were sold.

What's the situation?

Faced with this result, IBM was stunned, and CEO Aix was also confused.

It's like two people going out fishing together, they are all the same fishing rods, the same bait, and even two people are next to each other, watching A catch a 300-pound bluefin tuna, and B is full of confidence that he can also catch a similar fish, but it turns out to catch a 10-pound mackerel - although mackerel is also a good fish, in terms of value, it is naturally not comparable to a 300-pound bluefin tuna.

What else could it be, the consumer demand accumulated in the market was almost consumed by thinkcenter, and the 730,000 thinkcenters were directly lost to the Pacific Ocean in the past month?

IBM, the oldest computer giant in the United States, was quick to realize this, and they quickly adjusted their propaganda strategy.

And Chen Geng, looking at the IBM 5150 in front of him, couldn't help but sigh: "IBM really didn't take us seriously...... Gary, is the MS-DOS system mounted on IBM a plagiarized copy of our CP/M?"

Gary Kiridale's eyes were red: "Boss, I assure you, this is my CP/M, but what I want to say is that this set of CP/M modified by IBM is so clumsy that it's just a piece of shit, and I promise, my son does it all better than this MS-DOS." ”

Chen Geng waved his hand, he was gearing up, excited: "Cheng, you are sure that their DOS system is plagiarized from our CP/M system, Gary, you cooperate with our technical department to sort out the evidence, and then the legal department will prepare the lawyer's letter...... This time IBM is dead, and I want them to lose their pants!"

Dog X's IBM, Lao Tzu warned you before, don't you take Lao Tzu's warning as a thing, and dare to continue to pirate Lao Tzu's CP/M system?

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"Sir, we seem to be in trouble. Legal Director Prince Jackson said to Ex with a solemn face.

"Oh?" Ex raised his eyebrows, but his expression didn't change much: "What's the trouble?"

"Garrett 2000 sent us a lawyer's letter claiming that the MS-DOS operating system on our Model 5150 personal computer was copied from their CP/M operating system, that our practice was a serious infringement of patents and interests, and that we immediately cease this infringement and compensate Garrett 2000 for all 5150 personal computers equipped with the MS-DOS operating system that had been sold before, otherwise they would immediately take legal action. ”

Ex paused for a moment, and suddenly felt an urge to slap the table, but he was not a fool after all, knowing that if the other party did not have full evidence, it would be impossible to send such a lawyer's letter - if there was no such thing, just with this lawyer's letter, IBM would be able to sue Garrett 2000 for framing - his heart suddenly became even more annoyed: Bill, Bill, I trust you so much, I gave you the project of developing an operating system for 5150, and that's how you repay me?

But right now, it doesn't seem to be the time to slap the table, but his brows are furrowed deeper: "Prince, do they have proof?"

"Yes," Prince Jackson nodded, and at the same time took out a thick document from his bag: "This is the evidence they sent with the lawyer's letter, I asked the software development department to verify it, if the evidence is not fake, it is true." ”

"Well......" Exx groaned slightly, and asked Prince Jackson, "and how much compensation are they demanding?"

Prince-Jackson gave Ex a surprised look before he said, "For every personal computer with the MS-DOS operating system sold, pay them $1,000." ”

"How much?!"

"$1,000 per machine," Prince Jackson understood why Ex was looking at him with such surprise, and he nodded affirmatively, "We have sold more than 35,000 5150 PCs, and we have to pay them at least $35 million according to Garrett 2000's claim." ”

Ex's face turned red, and he said angrily, "This is a robbery!"

"That's right, they're robbing," Prince Jackson nodded affirmatively, but as the group's legal director, he also had to remind Ex: "But if our MS-DOS really illegally copied their CP/M, with the evidence they have at hand, the court will definitely support Garrett 2000's request, and maybe we will have to pay more." ”

"We can have a long and protracted lawsuit with them......"

"You're right, we can do this," Prince Jackson was not surprised at what Ex thought, is it a big company, a big group, which is not like this? Even if I blatantly infringe on your rights, I can drag you to death by fighting a long lawsuit with you, but as the legal director of the group, he is also obliged to remind Ackes: "But sir, I need to remind you that Garrett 2000 is not a small company. Mr. Chan is a billionaire worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and with all the evidence in his possession, are you really sure you intend to do that?

In addition, I need to remind you that Mr. Fernández Chan has two newspapers in his hands, and if he takes this opportunity to mobilize public opinion......"

Before Prince Jackson could finish speaking, Ex shuddered and hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt Prince Jackson: "Forget it. ”

Although tens of millions of dollars in compensation is enough to make IBM feel extremely painful, but compared to IBM's reputation, this amount of money is nothing - don't look at these big companies doing male thieves and prostitutes behind their backs, but they still care about their reputation on the surface, and they must maintain their corporate image, and further, if they dare to let IBM's reputation be affected, the board of directors will definitely not hesitate to kick themselves away.

"Perhaps...... I can talk to Fernandez," After a pause, Ex nodded again: "Yes, we should talk." ”

For IBM executives, using the rights given by the company to their own private interests is actually not a great thing, everyone does this, but the premise is not to bring significant losses to the company, Ex uses his position as the CEO of IBM to sell a good one to Mary Gates, this is no problem, but the premise is that the interests of IBM cannot be harmed, let alone tens of millions of dollars in losses, in this case, he must go and talk to Chen Geng.

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Ex wants to talk to himself, of course Chen Geng will not refuse, even if he has guessed what Exx wants to talk to him, but IBM's face is still worth a few dollars.

What Ex wanted to talk to him about was indeed not unexpected by Chen Geng, and after a few simple pleasantries, he asked impatiently: "Mr. Fernandez, how can you give up?"

"Give up?" Chen Geng looked at Ex like a fool: "Mr. Ex, are you sure you're not joking with me? This is a business worth tens of millions of dollars! Tens of millions of dollars! You let me give up?"

Ex has no opinion on Chen Geng's description of this lawsuit as a business, if he can make tens of millions of dollars in a lawsuit, he will not hesitate if he changes it. He shrugged: "Okay, so I'll put it another way: what is IBM going to do before you give up?"

"Clever!"

Chen Geng snapped his fingers, this is what smart people do: "It's very simple, as long as IBM gives up cooperation with Mr. Gates, forms a strategic partnership with Garrett 2000, and designates the CP/M operating system as the only designated operating system in IBM's personal computer category, Garrett 2000 will give up pursuing IBM's legal responsibility." ”

Hey?

Seem...... Isn't it non-negotiable, Ex made two clicks in his eyes: "Designate CP/M as the only operating system in IBM's personal computer category?, Mr. Fernandez, this is impossible, for security reasons, the board of directors cannot agree to such terms of cooperation, but your Garrett 2000 can become IBM's operating system supplier together with Mr. Bill's Microsoft Corporation......"

It's a pity that Ex miscalculated!

After Ex said this, Chen Geng already knew what Ex was doing: "Then you plan to greatly increase the price of the IBM 5150 personal computer equipped with our CP/M operating system, and maintain the original price of the 5150 personal computer equipped with the MS-DOS operating system, and then tell me that the CP/M operating system will not sell?"

“......”

Ex really thought so, and just before Chen Geng said it, he was quite complacent about his thoughts: The personal computers equipped with your CP/M operating system are not selling well, and you can't blame us at that time, right?

But hearing Chen Geng say his thoughts so lightly, Ex was dumbfounded: This bastard, how did he know my thoughts?

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PS: Sorry brothers, I'm late, and I ask you to forgive me.

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