Bill's gate put on his battle robe again, transferred several of his fierce generals Hawkins and others, and opened a decompilation team to specialize in Godson.

It's just that this is also a temporary move, because Microsoft's previous market concept has never had an operating system, so the technology is still in the workshop type, and the progress is not very smooth.

Ballmer turned a few corners, and finally found out about Dr. Yu's viewsoft company, and after making an appointment, Starry Night went to visit.

Dr. Yu is not outside, to be honest, his peers are enemies, but he has to bow first and then soldier.

Ballmer said a lot of admiring words when he entered the door, and Dr. Yu accompanied him to laugh, and after a boring conversation, Ballmer finally touched the subject.

"Mr. Yu, we are very optimistic about your company's technology, the godson system is a great product, we Microsoft would like to develop software on it, I don't know if your company can open up the system code, so that we can optimize the system well. "Ballmer organized the words, and after all, he said that I was going to buy you.

Dr. Yu smiled: "Welcome to develop software on the godson platform, godson is a mature product, it seems that it can be developed without open source code." Besides, it's a trade secret, and there's nothing I can do about it. ”

Ballmer smiled awkwardly: "Of course, of course, I don't think about it." ”

The topic changed and said: "Actually, I came this time to seek cooperation, I don't know if Mr. Yu is interesting." ”

Dr. Yu: "Tell me, no one wants more than one enemy. ”

Ballmer: "That's right, the godson system is now the best seller on the PC platform, but your company is really wrong, in order to seize the market, you actually give away the godson system for nothing, is this a promising business principle?"

Dr. Yu waved his hand and said: "It's different, our system is to sell out the license to IBM at one time, as for IBM is free, I don't know, and the pricing of the products we sell ourselves is not low." As for Microsoft, don't you do the same?"

Ballmer: "Well, I took a look at Viewsoft's products, and it seems that there is only one C compiler other than a Godson system, and the product line is too short. I don't know if it's because viewsoft is short of funds, if there is a need for this, Microsoft can do its best to help, and there is no problem with investment. ”

Dr. Yu laughed: "I don't dare to say that there are many funds or something, there are still tens of millions, it is Mr. Laubier who is concerned, as for things like investment, I have to be the major shareholder on my head." ”

Ballmer didn't give up and continued: "Maybe your company's funds are fine, but what about the technology? Just look at Viewsoft's products, there are only two, it's really pitiful. We at Microsoft have more than a dozen products, all of which are popular, and we can port them to Godon if Viewsoft wants to. ”

Dr. Yu was surprised: "Do we have to pay for the software to be ported to the godson system?"

Ballmer: "This is not free, and with our software on the godson system, it can greatly increase the popularity and sales of godson, so naturally you have to pay for it." ”

Dr. Yu couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't expect the world to have such a shameless statement, so he had to dismiss Microsoft's kindness: "You'd better talk to IBM about this, we're just a software company, godson is not worthy of Microsoft's favor, it may cause unnecessary instability to your company's program, I suggest that your program still runs under DOS." ”

How could Ballmer not understand the meaning of Dr. Yu's words, but the situation was stronger than people, and Microsoft didn't have any chips to play with others.

Whether it's money, technology, or market, Viewsoft has an absolute advantage, and Viewsoft has good reason to ignore Microsoft.

Ballmer couldn't, so he got up and took his leave, thinking about how to give Bill a plausible report.

Since IBM's PCs were equipped with the godson system, sales have been rising, and the original assembly plant capacity will soon be unable to meet the needs of the market, and the production plan will be scheduled until the end of the year.

Opel smiled, Esrich was even more happy, and then opened a factory, a large number of spare parts were continuously transported to the workshop, and within two months, the output of PCs soared to 13,000 units per month.

IBM's strong attack soon attracted the attention of other companies in the United States, and almost everyone rushed to tell each other that the monster was coming.

While several members of Microsoft are working hard to find a solution, Apple can't sit still.

Apple was developed in 78 years with the second generation of Apple, and after the company went public, it took a rocket, almost dominating half of the US microcomputer market.

After entering the 16-bit era, Apple has made several stupid moves one after another, and the new products it has developed are all rubbish, and almost no one buys them except for die-hards. Therefore, Apple is actually still making money with the second generation of Apple released five years ago.

Apple's second-generation hot sales are due to the combination of computers and offices for the first time, and the unified operating system and videoform have contributed to it.

However, Apple's second generation uses an 8-bit CPU after all, and the performance is insufficient, but it is just eating the old book with the market and software accumulated in the early days, so IBM does not feel any threat when it uses DOS.

Now IBM actually uses the godson of the same origin as Tianxing, and it has the software market that Apple has worked hard to develop in the past five years, and accepts this big cake without much effort, and President Jobs is naturally very nervous.

Jobs didn't care about IBM's entry because he still had some new generation products in his hands, so he later advertised in newspapers to raise a profile.

The machines developed by Apple are a closed system, and almost everything is developed by themselves, so Jobs has plenty of profits, but he is also full of arrogance.

The videoform pandemic didn't bring Apple any benefits, it was just an increase in the number of machine sales, so Apple was reeling.

Eyeing the profits of spreadsheet programs, Apple's top management repositioned, and collectively decided to develop professional business machines Apple III, write their own operating systems, and clamp down on those third-party software vendors.

The new machine came out soon, and the operating system was also written by Apple's technicians, and it was terrible that it was not compatible with the Tianxing on Apple II.

What's even worse is Apple's wishful thinking, it actually collects royalties from those software companies, which is an ancient anecdote. For example, Walker's videoform spreadsheet software must pay Apple $10 per set to be pre-installed on the machine, so no manufacturer wants to write a program for it, and even Walker has rejected Apple's unreasonable demand.

The newly developed Apple III is like garbage, with huge development costs and advertising and marketing expenses lost, and the company's profits are entirely provided by the old Apple II generation.

The hot sales of IBM-PC further squeezed Apple's living space, and Jobs panicked, he understood that only software is the soul of the machine, but godson is so immortal that he can run the programs on Apple's machine, which is the most deadly.

Forced by the situation, Jobs had to pay a personal visit to the viewsoft company, which turned the situation almost instantaneously.

Dr. Yu was very emotional when he received the appointment, and he and Steve Jobs also had a relationship.

When Dr. Yu resigned from Intel and started a business in the sea to start a business, he had met Jobs, but Jobs probably didn't remember him, and that was in 1978.

At that time, Steve Jobs and Dr. Yu had just entered the microcomputer market, but their ideas were different, one insisted on programmers as the main body, and the other mainly promoted home computers, but the result was a difference - Apple became the largest microcomputer manufacturer in the United States, while Dr. Yu almost went bankrupt.

It's only been a short period of four or five years, but the situation is so different, it is the creation of people.

"Hello, I'm Steve Jobs at Apple, it's a pleasure to meet you. The young man shook hands with Dr. Yu and introduced himself, not in the slightest surprise that Dr. Yu was an Oriental.

The young man in front of him was polite, not as raunchy as the legend, but his long hair was still very eye-catching.

The impression of a few years ago was already a little vague, and Dr. Yu couldn't remember it no matter how hard he tried.

After sitting down, Dr. Yu said, "Hello, Mr. Jobs, we are still old acquaintances. ”

Jobs was stunned, when had he met him?

Dr. Yu laughed, "Is McKinner okay? I used to do it at Intel." ”

McKinner was a well-known marketing consultant in Silicon Valley at the time, and he had worked with Dr. Yu at Intel, and the two knew each other well. Dr. Yu also asked him for help when he started his business, and coincidentally, Steve Jobs also heard that McKinner was a master at that time, and hired him as a consultant for Apple, and McKinner served both companies at the same time.

Jobs laughed: "It turns out that you know Mr. McKinner, what a coincidence, this is because he is now a certain high-level person." ”

Dr. Yu sighed: "Old friend, I don't know how it is now. Mr. Jobs, is there anything you have to do this time?"

"Yes, I wonder if Viewsoft is interested in providing software systems for Apple's next-generation computers. Jobs made a long story short, without turning around at all, "I know, the Tianxing system on Apple II is also your product, I can see at a glance that Walker guy doesn't have the strength to develop such a perfect product." ”

"Mr. Jobs is an expert, yes, yes, and we'd love to work with a company like Apple. But I don't know what Apple is asking for, I'm going to see if there are any people in the short term, because we still have a big customer IBM to do. "Dr. Yu deliberately lifted out IBM, and he can always add some chips.

"IBM is not a microcomputer manufacturer, they are completely uncreative, and even the products are iron. Speaking of IBM, Jobs was a little angry, completely lacking the bearing of advertising to welcome IBM, "Their DOS system is rubbish, no aesthetic at all, to be honest, if it weren't for you installing godson, Apple II could beat them." ”

Dr. Yu smiled and didn't speak.

Jobs: "Although we are old acquaintances, we only meet late, if Viewsoft can contact us earlier, maybe we can get more benefits, right?"

Dr. Yu smiled: "Let the past pass, and wise people will look ahead." Tell us about your plans, maybe we can work together now. After that, he walked to the cabinet, "Coffee?"

Jobs: "Brandy, thank you." ”

Dr. Yu poured two glasses of brandy and handed one to Jobs.

Jobs took a dip, relaxed his spirit, and suddenly sighed: "I failed!"

"The Apple 3rd generation is a failed machine, and I admit that it was a problem with its design, and it was my perfectionism that ruined it, resulting in the failure of the Apple 3"

Dr. Yu held his glass and listened quietly.

"But I definitely don't admit that perfectionism is a mistake. Jobs became excited, "My dream is to make a unique machine that can be easily operated by all ordinary people." ”

Dr. Yu raised his glass in salute: "Your ideal is indeed great, but it is very difficult to operate, and I can't think of any machine that can do it." ”

Jobs said: "Yes, you don't know how shocked I am, and people who haven't seen it with their own eyes won't believe it." ”

Mr. Jobs spoke like a whisper about his experience.

It was a day at the end of '79, when Apple was not yet on the market, but it had already revealed its kingship. Everyone is hungry for this rising star and wants to venture into it, including Xerox.

Xerox is a long-established supplier of office supplies, best known for its photocopiers. Xerox has a research institute called PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), which is well-known in Silicon Valley.

Located in a compound not far from Stanford University, PARC's main mission is to develop technological devices that will only be used in the future.

It's a bit strange that the top management is a bit strange, offering plenty of money, hiring a whole bunch of talented scholars, and letting them do what they want, without any interference, but never releasing the earth-shattering inventions of these scholars as commodities.

As for what earth-shattering things have been invented by these scholars who can't tell whether they are madmen or professors, just talk about it: such as a menu that can be dropped down with a single click, such as an icon that can run a program with a single click, such as a laser printer, such as Ethernet, and so on.

Pretty much everything we use on our computers today comes from there, so it's no exaggeration to say that PARC is a nest of gods. If Xerox had been able to commercialize these research results at that time, other manufacturers would not dare to say that Microsoft would definitely not exist.

Therefore, in the eyes of technicians, PARC is a fantastic existence, but Xerox covers it tightly and does not leak a single thing.

Jobs was very curious, and then Xerox invested in the opportunity to blackmail, wanted to visit PARC, and claimed that the gentleman was frank and the villain hid the chicken.

Xerox couldn't, so he had to promise that the gangs could go to the PARC to "take a look", because the experts at PARC believed that these guys must be hackers who couldn't understand computer science at all.