Dr. Yu and Opel both walked into the inner room for a secret conversation, while Esrich returned home with a godson floppy disk and conducted a detailed test on the home PC.

Esrich found that this system is almost the same as the Skywalk system on the Mac, almost everywhere the same, and even some of the C source code he wrote on the Mac can be used when compiled on Godson, which is extremely compatible, only some special machine instruction programs need to be modified.

Esrich was extremely excited, this godson finally gave birth to his PC dream, he can imagine that overnight there will be a variety of programs on the market that could only run on the Mac, as long as you can use the Mac, you can use the PC, and the door to the market seems to open in front of him all at once.

This means that the PC can inherit the software market created by the Mac without any legal risks, because the software of the software company only corresponds to the operating system platform.

Leaving aside Ethridge's PC at home, Opel and Dr. Yu haggle in the back room.

After some agreement, the two finally agreed on the price, IBM has the right to include a godson system floppy disk on each PC at no cost, and the c compiler included in the system is paid for $199 per set, and users can choose to install it or not.

As long as the machine contains a C compiler, IBM does not need to pay Dr. Yu another fee, otherwise it will have to pay another license fee, which is about $20.

In exchange, Dr. Yu received IBM's supply promise that the random amount of software should not be less than half of Microsoft's, that is, IBM would have to come with at least half of Godon if it pre-installed the DOS system on all machines.

IBM seems to have taken a big advantage, everything seems to be under control, but Dr. Yu is also snickering, this is the plan he has set for a long time, even if it is given away for nothing, it must be popularized by the godson system and firmly grasp the platform.

The contract was signed, the two raised their glasses in celebration, and IBM and Viewsoft had effectively become allies.

Two days later, Esrich handed over a sealed report to Oppel, detailing the performance of the Godson system and the benefits of using it, allowing it to enter the mainstream market as quickly as possible.

Opel was overjoyed, repeatedly praised Ethrich's incredible efficiency, and authorized him to take charge of this "heaven-changing" project.

When the PC was just launched on the market, IBM did a lot of advertising to open up the situation, and swept the microcomputer market with the image of a tramp who resembled Chaplin, vigorously eliminating the mystery of the computer, but the effect was not too good. Apple, the computer boss at the time, didn't even pay attention to IBM at all, and even published a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with the headline: Welcome to IBM.

This time, Esrich made full preparations, completely changed the advertising plan for the PC at the end of the year, all the focus was on what the PC can do, with the support of the Godson operating system, the PC users are mainly for the new generation of business people rather than engineers and hackers, and the advertising budget alone reached 600,000 US dollars.

All of a sudden, newspapers and magazines on the streets and alleys, almost everywhere people's eyes can reach, there are eye-catching advertisements for PCs: Business people must have a new PC!

IBM's name makes it all seem real, as the reputation of this established company is a guarantee of computer reliability and after-sales service.

"What can this thing do?" is usually the case with customers.

"It can do anything, with a PC, everything in your office can be thrown away, it can do anything. In fact, as long as a computer enthusiast tries a new system for a PC, he will buy one, because the new machine comes with the same OS as the Mac system, which can run almost all the software on the Skywalk system, but it is several times faster than the Mac.

"You don't have to worry that you don't know how to use this machine, as long as you know how to use Apple, you can use this thing that is several times faster than Apple. Haven't used an apple, here's a detailed instruction manual that will get you into high society in an hour. ”

IBM is very shameless, godson's instruction manual is a complete copy of Apple's Tianxing system, almost not a word has to be changed, just changed the name of IBM.

Sales momentum slowly improved, and by the end of '81, IBM's financial statements showed that PC sales had just passed 13,000 units, which seemed pitiful. But after entering January, PC orders from all over the country flew like snowflakes, and soon a backlog of them piled up.

Oppel was overjoyed, which bodes well, as the feedback from the marketer shows that customers are satisfied with the operating system of the new machine, far outpacing the support for DOS.

And 80% of those customers are business customers, and they buy machines with Godon pre-installed, because the system runs commercial software very quickly.

The most important thing is that this system is free and does not require a penny. After all, foreigners are also people, and no one wants to take advantage. At the same time, the free choice is only DOS, and almost no one is optimistic about it, because almost half a year has passed, and the DOS version is still 1.0, which does not support directories, does not support file systems, and there are many bugs.

As for the other operating systems on the market, it goes without saying, there is a PC version of CP/m, which is darker this time, priced at $279, and there is also a P-dos, which was developed by a powerful person at the University of California, Santigo, based on the scientific language pascal, and costs 299 US dollars.

With such a high price and such a strong contrast, no one wants to use a paid and difficult system, so these operating systems, which were still dominant in previous years, gradually declined, and disappeared after five years.

Dr. Yu's current revenue from Viewsoft is basically rising, and in addition to the $2 million revenue brought by a one-time license of the operating system, its input is mainly the cost of the compiler.

The company's net income is basically more than one million US dollars per month, and it is rising, but the scale of the company is only three people, Dr. Yu himself, and his wife has a long time.

Sometimes at night, Dr. Yu is a little tempted to check the accounts, and feels that he should not use long-term funds as the registered capital of the company, because the huge benefits are really tempting.

However, Dr. Yu thought about it, after all, this is a long-term product, no matter how you say it, he is at most an agent.

The dollar that almost fell from the sky made Dr. Yu a little confused, and he was still a little proud when he first jumped out of Intel. It's just that the business failed, so I had to become an agent to go to the mainland.

I never thought that I would become a software supplier now, and the world is unpredictable. With his current income, he has far exceeded his dreams back then, but do he still have dreams?

Dr. Yu, who jumped from Intel, still has a dream in his heart, and several of his classmates are also going their separate ways to find their own value proposition.

Although they have different aspirations, they have almost the same starting point, and they all choose the fields of microcomputers and semiconductors. Although the aspirations were different, some went to Taiwan, others stayed in the United States.

Dr. Yu himself was one of the people who stayed in the United States, but he failed, and he was so miserable that he had to go to the mainland to cheat money. Other people are also developed, and Zhang Zhongmou is one of them.

After graduating from university, Dr. Yu went to the Stanford Research Institute to continue his studies, and happened to meet Zhang Zhongmou, who was already a senior manager at Texas Instruments at that time, and was not the same as Dr. Yu.

After graduating from the doctoral program, Zhang Zhongmou took over the semiconductor business of Texas Instruments, and he was in power for a while. Dr. Yu has long considered both Wang and Chang to be Chinese role models in the semiconductor industry, but this exemplar gave up great honors and positions to return to Taiwan to start his career from scratch.

Dr. Yu himself was one of the people he invited, but Dr. Yu did not go, he had no political concept at all, he simply wanted to make a world for himself and become a leader in the Chinese.

Since the opening of Taiwan's Hsinchu Industrial Park, Zhang Zhongmou has returned to Taiwan and become the godfather of Taiwan's semiconductor industry.

Later, he met Chang Chang in the mainland, and was moved by his ideals, not simply to dedicate his life to that group, but to let the whole nation take off, which really shocked Dr. Yu's heart and made him rekindle the flames of war.

It's also fun to lie back in a chair, pour a cup of coffee, and reminisce about the past. Put aside all worries for the time being, and sort out the gains and losses of success or failure.

Dr. Yu still vividly remembers the first time he met Bill's Gate, who was only twenty-three years old, but full of the shrewdness of a businessman, and he was still a junior brother in the market compared to him.

At that time, his home computer needed to add some instructions, and Bill Gate didn't say a word about labor fees, power fees, and basic patent rights, in short, he didn't give anything, as long as you paid for it.

Dr. Yu is funny when he thinks about it, this guy is a business genius. Since Bill Gate was the only basic provider in the neighborhood at that time, Dr. Yu had to take all the orders and pay obediently.

I can't imagine that such a shrewd character can only be suffocated in front of himself and long-term products, which is really feng shui in turn.

Taking a sip of coffee, Dr. Yu still has to think about himself and his long-term positioning, he can't always let this thing entangle him, it's time to make a break.

It's tempting to dominate the system by yourself, but Dr. Yu can't do such a bad thing, and the technicians are also self-respecting, and they are not JS.

Let's refer to Microsoft, Bill's kid is still very smart, Dr. Yu thought to himself.

Microsoft's shareholding structure is very simple, initially based on Bill and Paul's programming lines in the basic language, Bill wrote 60% of the program, and the shares accounted for 60%.

Later, when the company got bigger, Bill couldn't be separated no matter how strong he was, so he simply found a president to specialize in marketing and purchasing, while Bill himself focused on technical things.

Dr. Yu himself is not good at software, so he simply gave himself the position of president, and he will be happy to do so for a long time.

As for the director of the company, it is still a long time, whether it is the main product or the capital, he is the largest provider, but this has to be discussed with him.

It's a headache, Dr. Yu is also undecided, in the long run, viewsoft will definitely have an unlimited future, and being able to take a little more shares means money.

Dr. Yu was thinking about how to divide the money, but Microsoft was holding an emergency countermeasures meeting.

Although Bill Gate is young, he has a bad temper at all, and usually only treats things and not people, but today he rarely attacks indiscriminately.

All the important members of Microsoft were present, and everyone was sad, only listening to where Bill was yelling, but there was nothing they could do.

"Where did this viewsoft come from, why didn't you get any rumors? Mr. Xue Jin, how to be in charge of the market, this is a fatal negligence, I can't understand how you can make such a non-linear mistake at all. Bill angrily questioned the president.

Although the emergence of the godson system did not make Microsoft's revenue much worse, Bill was as shrewd as Bill was sensitively aware of the scourge coming.

When IBM came to buy the operating system, Bill was ecstatic, because he had a long-term vision and had long realized the benefits of the operating system, but this has always been controlled by CP/M and Tianxing, and there has been no opportunity to intervene.

IBM is going to develop a new machine, which is a great opportunity, although I don't know how much it can sell, but it is good to at least control a piece of the market.

That's why Bill didn't hesitate to let IBM install the system for free, and also sold its editors in various languages at a low price, in order to exclude the intervention of other software.

It's a pity that Microsoft's qualifications are still shallow, and the technology is obviously insufficient, and the only system is still a clone of the CP/M bought, which has a big problem with its own source.

It's just that the anxious Bill can't care about these anymore, so he hurriedly adapted it and ventured to go public.

Sure enough, Kiddell threatened to appeal, and the company trembled, but after waiting for a long time without any news, Microsoft gradually stopped taking it seriously.

Bill left two hands to go, using version 1.0 to seize the market first, while the company went all out to rewrite the code to try to avoid prosecution. It's just that in this way, there are so many bugs that you can't get rid of them.