One hundred and eighty-nine

"Don't just talk about not practicing!" Zhang Yi became angry when he saw Chang Jiu's expression that seemed to be in his 'chest', "Everyone has killed the 'door', we have to think about it!"

Now that Microsoft has started the internal testing of the window system, it is time for our graphical interface system to be exposed a little bit. He nodded for a long time, and turned to Xu Zhixing: "Can you get Microsoft's internal beta version, knowing yourself and knowing that the other side can be invincible." ”

"I've asked people in many ways, but I don't know if I can succeed, so let's do my best. Xu Zhixing said that he understood, "Then will our system be released immediately?"

"Don't rush, try to be perfect, I don't move if the enemy doesn't move, sometimes the first one is not the best. "I'm sure Microsoft's window system is not very good, after all, their hardware platform is limited, and even if the program is well written, it is impossible to break through the defects of 286." With Bill's 'sexuality', it will definitely cost a lot of money to promote the sale at the window, so we will take their free shuttle. ”

"Can this be done?" Xu Zhixing couldn't help but wonder, "The graphics version of Godson is not on the PC platform, we have different positions, how can we be 'confused' with Microsoft's window system? ”

"I've always believed that the 286 platform is not a good fit for a graphical 'operation' system. "Maybe you think that letting Microsoft release the graphics system first will lose our head, but instead of letting 286 limit our hands, it is better to let go and fight for a high-end platform, maybe Microsoft's window system will temporarily attract people's attention, but in the long run, it is still beneficial to us." ”

In this way, Xu Zhixing and Zhang Yi are a little puzzled, this is incomprehensible in terms of the business knowledge they accept, the software market is usually released earlier, the more users there are, like a snowball, not to mention not competing on the same platform.

Long and patient for them to solve the 'puzzle': "In fact, if it weren't for Microsoft's shameless preemption of standards, I don't want to release the graphics system so quickly, I definitely don't plan to get involved in the graphical interface system of the 286 platform, everything should start from the workstation, and then it can be extended to the PC platform, at least 386 can drag our graphics system." When there is no standard, we have to create a standard and make the market accept it, if there is already a standard in the market, then we must use our standard to influence it, this is the king. ”

"Although I agree with you, I still don't understand, will the new system be issued at the bottom?" asked Xu Zhixing.

"Of course, it will be released, and it will be released with the alpha workstation a month later, which can be regarded as incidental, and the price can be set a little lower, so that customers can not feel distressed when they buy it, and they can't put it down. The key is to get our GUI patents in our hands, not for anything else, but not to be blackmailed by Bill, a scoundrel. ”

"Then it's as you wish!" Xu Zhixing nodded and stood up, "If there is nothing else, I have to leave first, and besides, this invitation is for you." ”

"What invitation?" "I don't seem to have any friends in the United States for a long time.

"A drinking party, held by the upper echelons of Stanford, Cao Dong, you are also fortunate to be invited. Xu Zhixing didn't say much and left in a hurry.

I opened the invitation for a long time and took a look, and I didn't know the name on it, but I knew that this paper was not ordinary.

"It doesn't make sense, is this brainless and brainless one delivered by mistake?" The second monk for a long time couldn't touch his head, and tried to recall if there were any upper-class people he had just met.

"Don't bother with it. Zhang Yi couldn't help but say when he saw that he had been thinking about it for a long time, "It's a 'private' club run by a venture capitalist, it's not always available, and not everyone can be invited, so you kid can go happily." ”

"What do venture capitalists ask me to do, and I am not short of money. I couldn't cry and laugh for a long time, "Which 'messy' party invitation that doesn't have long eyes, don't go!"

"Whatever you want!" Zhang Yi didn't care about the long-term performance at all, but said, "Anyway, people are Stanford's leading figures, and the people who participated in the reception were all leaders and experts in the technical world, and I wouldn't be interested in them if I wanted to come to your level!"

"Oh!" said a little bit of "spirit" for a long time, "who are they?" ”

"I don't know, it seems to be some celebrities and people about chip technology. Zhang Yi glanced at him for a long time, "Aren't you not going?

"Well, I haven't seen a high-class drinking party yet, so it's okay to go and see it, maybe you can even meet an eye-catching beautiful 'girl'. He pretended to be contemplative for a long time, completely ignoring Zhang Yi's cynicism.

At the same time, there were also some senior R&D personnel at Intel Corporation, including Grove.

Originally, as Grove's respect, he had never read this kind of invitation, but this time he had to think about it carefully because of the initiator.

To be honest, this cocktail party is not worthy of its name.,It's a bit appropriate to say that it's a forum.,There's nothing noteworthy about the people who pay for the land.,It's just a rich lord.,The key is that the guy who is in the limelight now.,Almost all of Intel's 386 shine is covered.。

Grove is depressed about 386 things that are not accepted by IBM, where is there any heart to engage in these ways. After a lot of exploration, including some light and dark methods, Grove finally got a general idea of IBM's idea - to develop IBM's own processor and 'operation' system, and no longer open architecture.

Lovo's mind is not poisonous, IBM has now mastered most of the market resources of the PC, which can be regarded as a success, and the only flaw in the pearl can only be regarded as the existence of compatible machines.

Anyway, under the guidance of intentional or unintentional, IBM has a very strong hatred for compatible machines, which also makes Lowo's independent plan supported by most people, and everyone believes that as long as IBM launches its own processors and systems, those thieves will naturally starve to death.

This news is not shocking, there are similar rumors in the industry, but Grove still has illusions, and now IBM's rejection of 386 confirms this empty 'hole' and seriously hits Uncle Andy's positive 'sex'.

Grove is not easy to deal with, on the surface is silent, but in his heart he has already greeted the eight generations of Lovo's ancestors.

Of course, now Intel still holds 20% of the stock in IBM's hands, and it is also the largest customer of 286, even if IBM points at Grove's nose and says that 386 is rubbish and I won't buy it, Grove can't lose his temper, and has to be kind to send out the 'door'.

It's just,Resentment is in the sky!Where there is ***, there is resistance,Grove immediately formed a plan in his mind,Since the owner doesn't want to do it,Then we can only indulge,Don't you see those compatible machine manufacturers break their heads with Intel?

There are not many manufacturers that have the strength to develop and promote, and the most convenient is Compaq, the old boy Kalion calls at least three times a day to greet Grove, and it is not a day or two to covet 386.

Maybe VS company is also interested in this, Grove was very impressed by the three alliances for a long time, this young man's understanding of hardware is not something that ordinary people can achieve, at least the idea of chipset integration is very advanced, and similar products on the American market only appeared after half a year.

There is no difficulty in finding allies, and the key is to consider how to maximize Intel's benefits without threatening itself, and how to choose has become an art.

Cooperate with the Japanese, the idea popped into Grove's mind, but he quickly put the dangerous idea aside. The Japanese are notoriously difficult, Intel has a deep understanding of it, and there is a deep hatred, and recently Japanese businessmen have formed a deep bond with chip manufacturers throughout the United States.

Everything is caused by high-profit memory, and the Japanese technology has spread very quickly, sniffing the dollar and drilling in, almost monopolizing the world's memory market, and fighting a price war.

Originally, memory was a lucrative product, and Intel used to rely on it to support its family. It's just that now the Japanese are 'muddy' the water, and the situation is completely reversed, Intel is now 70% of the money invested in memory research and development, and the processor has become a tool to support the family due to the hot PC market.

The fierce competition has made a number of companies specializing in memory live like a year, on the verge of bankruptcy, Intel is not exempt, Grove was awarded the position of CEO of Intel this year, the first thing is to throw out the burden of the memory department' door.

Grove's original intention was to sell the memory manufacturing plant, but no one in the industry was optimistic about this, so naturally no one took over, and Grove was unwilling, so he had to drag it down.

Seeing that the memory was becoming less and less valuable, almost to the point of losing production, Grove had to plan layoffs and hold meetings to discuss the closure of the chip factories in San Peclodes and San Peccora.

After all, this is the first time in ten years that Intel has taken the initiative to lay off employees, and Grove has to change to a priest, and has done a lot of ideological work to appease the suspicious managers, which is an unusual headache.

Fortunately, a businessman from Texas who seemed to be a nouveau riche told Grove that he wanted to take over Intel's entire memory R&D department and manufacturing plant.

Intel's managers were overjoyed, and naturally they wanted to let these assets play a little bit of residual heat, although they couldn't figure out what this compatible machine manufacturer named Dell was buying this for, but it couldn't manage so much.

The negotiations were very difficult, and although Dale was young, he brought a group of lawyers to deal with Intel, and recognized the sluggish memory market and delayed the time without giving a penny, which was quite a headache for Grove.

"Those damn bastards!" Grove exhaled in hatred, shaking his head in an attempt to get the unpleasantness out of his mind.

"Boss, the Taiwanese are here again, and they have handed over another application for a cooperation plan, do you want to take a look?"

"Plan to stay, and the people will be gone, so you can receive them. Grove frowned, a little tired, but he had a decision in his heart.

It seems that the Chinese are very interested in 386, in addition to Compaq, the most positive about 386 is ALR and Taiwan's Hongji (that variant does not want to play, make do with it), the founder of ALR is also a Chinese, and Shi Zhenrong is even more eager to 'desire' to try, as early as 84 Grove contacted, is an ambitious guy.

Thinking of this, Grove couldn't help but think of Cao Changjiu again, and always felt that this guy was more dangerous than the Japanese.

"Since it is not advisable to cooperate with anyone, let it be open. Grove thought, this is the only way, not to let one dominate, only to let these compatible machine manufacturers compete with each other to ensure that no one can shake Intel's position, and it is also good for the expansion of the market.

Maybe it's wise to meet with Compaq and VS again, Grove thought to himself, after all, IBM is still the leader in the industry, the leader of market standards, and its every move has become a weather vane, and extraordinary leadership makes it natural for IBM to adopt a certain specification to form a market standard, and if they refuse to adopt a certain technology, it is not impossible to establish a market standard, but it must be quite difficult.

"Leave it to fate, God will bless me. Grove could only pray silently.

Compared with Intel's depression, Microsoft is immersed in a sea of joy, and the release of the Windows processing system finally relieved everyone, after all, it is not a pleasant thing to be pointed at the backbone and scolded by the king of bounced tickets.

At the press conference, Ballmer even made a joke about Bill, saying: "Bill wants us to get out, there is no 'door', we did it on schedule, haha." ”

Bill's big 'door', who usually has to be revenged, surprisingly did not sneer at each other's 'lips', but smiled and let them splash dirty water. However, Ballmer has also paid some price over the years, and his work day and night has made this handsome guy's hair fall wildly, and it has become a trend for local support for the central government.

To the surprise of many people, someone from IBM actually appeared at the press conference, and Lovo personally led the team to congratulate Bill's bubble on its success.

The compatible machine manufacturers present were naturally uncomfortable, and at the same time, Lovo's actions also made people think about it, combined with IBM's recent moves, it can't help but remind people of some things.

There is no wind and no 'waves', and things that catch the wind and shadows often have a realistic basis, seeing Bill and Lovo eyebrows, Xu Zhixing had to pretend not to see it and be a low-key person.

Bill was both happy and worried, and Lovo offered a good price to develop an 'operational' system based on IBM's new machines, which was good news.

However, Lovo didn't have any good intentions, and after looking at the windows in the test, he was dismissive, and still insisted that Microsoft develop that unusually difficult unified interface.

Bill is bitter in his heart and can't say, Lovo's request is simply an impossible task, he doesn't use ready-made indos, he has to develop what SAA, is the interface of the mainframe so easy to unify?

However, Bill still agreed to it, after all, such an unparalleled opportunity cannot be missed, and Lovo found Microsoft first without looking for anyone, although there are strategic reasons, but human favors cannot be ignored.

But what kind of good bird is Bill, Lovo is not good, how can he be fooled, so in the contract Bill repeatedly asked for the ownership of Indos, which can be issued directly, thinking that one day he can replace it.

The only unpleasant thing is that this indos is just an empty shell at present, without any software that supports it, not even an empty shell, very unstable, Bill can't help but hate the incompetence of his subordinates, and set a more demanding goal in addition to rewarding, so that Microsoft slaves continue to step up development.

There is no shortage of talent, and the most important thing is actually money, and Bill knows this truth very clearly in his heart. All commercial and industrial activities have always revolved around money, and with capital, even a piece of garbage can be hyped into real money, such as brain XX.

So Bill has already started planning to take Microsoft public, after all, he promises to make these programmers millionaires overnight.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August, Stanford.

drove his red and 'colored' Ferrari that symbolized 'sex' for a long time, and drove Zhang Yi into a mansion to go to a banquet.

It's just that this mansion is big enough, and it's almost the same as calling it a manor, and it has opened more than ten kilometers from the big 'gate', and the trees are lush and green along the way, and the scenery is pleasant.

"I thought I was already very extravagant, but I didn't expect the real capitalists to live so depraved, this is simply a landlord!" Holding the steering wheel for a long time, he was indignant, "When I have money, I have to buy an island to be the owner of the island to play, and then I will take a ticket to wear only a bikini of the youth 'spring'***, and play volleyball on the beach all day long." ”

Zhang Yi smiled: "You are not rich enough, wait a little longer." ”

While speaking, the two came to a main building, and the people who parked their own families took care of it, and Zhang Yi entered the house under the leadership of the housekeeper.

Facing a big fat man who was dressed quite well, he walked over, and the big bird hugged Zhang Yi with his arms wide open.

"Welcome to Mrs. Zhang, it's not an honor to come to the Humble House. ”

Although the fat man is not good-looking, he is quite orderly in his actions and has no kitsch, and he does not seem to be a nouveau riche.

"Let me introduce, this is Mr. Martin, a highly respected gentleman at Stamford!" Zhang Yi stretched out his hand and said to the fat Martin, "This is Chairman Cao Changjiu, whom you invited by name." ”

Fat Martin laughed: "Young and promising, God is really eccentric, actually let Mr. Cao be blessed, hehe, I have no other hobbies, when I am young, I only like to engage in some technology, and now that I am old, I will still only deal with technical personnel, and it is my greatest happiness to help them realize their dreams." ”

I'm afraid it's to make myself have more money, I thought to myself for a long time, but of course I have to be polite.

As soon as the guests came in, the fat man was humble, and let them take care of themselves for a long time and go to receive others by themselves.