Chapter 207 Public Opinion Offensive "Resist the tyranny of large corporations, diversify the computer system!"

"We don't want computing power kidnapping, we don't pay for computing resources we don't need!"

"Disclose IBM's computer research program to ensure that consumers have the right to know!"

When Joey dragged back to IBM headquarters, he was surrounded by a group of people holding signs in protest.

Needless to say, these were all tricked by the Leonards.

As he drove by, he thought to himself.

But soon, you'll find out who this couple really is.

Joey's briefcase, in the passenger seat, laughed with satisfaction.

In the propaganda war, IBM will not lose to a grass-roots team like the Leonards.

Just because they wanted a peaceful solution doesn't mean IBM will be afraid of them.

"Parker!"

As soon as he returned to his office, Joey shouted loudly.

Parker, the assistant, pushed open the small door from the room next to his office and walked in, holding a paper clip in his hand.

"Sir, your requirements are all arranged. We have contacted the major TV networks and are ready for the next round of publicity groups. ”

"Very good, how about the Chinese?"

Joey asked as he sat down in his office chair with his eyes closed.

"The Chinese are a little confused about their position, and their asking price is so high that people suspect that they are crazy. ”

Parker shrugged helplessly: "The half of the shares in the hands of the Chinese actually shouted out the price of 100 million US dollars." ”

"Okay, then leave him alone. ”

Joey waved his hand without worry, and said with great ambition: "When they come to me!"

"Yes, when they come to me!"

Hu Wenhai chuckled, in Lu Xin, who couldn't turn the corner.

The little girl now has some understanding of the darkness of the mall, but she is still on the side of the Leonards.

Although it is impossible to run to report the news, the attitude towards Hu Wenhai is a little awkward.

To put it simply, it's probably a girl's tsundere.

"Well, your asking price is $100 million. Do you know how much that's going on? Do you know how the bad guys die in feature films?"

"How dead are the words?"

"Greedy to death!"

Lu Xin snorted indignantly and turned his head.

I still have a good impression of Hu Wenhai, why didn't I find him so "bad" in the past

This.

Although I "think" so much in my heart

, having said that, Lu Xin probably inherited Lu Yinglong's character of talking and counting, and he didn't stop at work.

No matter what opinions you have about Hu Wenhai, since you have agreed to be his assistant, you will continue to do it.

"Alright. You go ahead and call Kyle Kevin Advertising for the next plan. ”

Hu Wenhai touched his nose.

Said with a smile and a smile.

...... Just as Americans have a tradition of distrusting their governments, attacks on large corporations are just as much part of traditional American culture.

The greed, insidiousness, and inaction of large corporations seem to have become a fact that Americans do not talk about on the surface, but they are clear in their hearts.

It is precisely because of this that when someone stands up against a large company, people will subconsciously sympathize with the weaker party.

Sympathy for the weak seems to be a human social instinct in the first place.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm in the School of Engineering at Stanford University in California. Mr. Lauren, Dean of the School of Engineering, is being interviewed by us. ”

"Dean Lauren, some recent arguments about Professor Leonard and his wife. What do you have?"

The reporter almost shoved the microphone into his mouth, and Lauren subconsciously ducked back for a moment, and then said: "There is one thing I must correct, the Leonards may soon no longer be professors at Stanford University." In view of some of the irresponsible statements they have disseminated, the Stanford School of Engineering does not consider it appropriate for them to continue teaching at the university under these circumstances. ”

Anxious and obviously surprised, he withdrew the microphone and asked, "So, Mr. Lauren, you don't agree with their statement?"

"It's not my personal opinion. ”

Lauren added, "The Leonards' appointment and removal process is being reviewed by the School Board. Once pass guò. At least in the Stanford School of Engineering, this is a relatively comprehensive consensus. ”

"Can you tell me why such drastic measures were taken against the Leonards, and did they politicize academic issues?"

"I must state that this is not an academic issue. ”

Lauren looked stern and said, "This involves the Cisco company founded by the Leonards. They use guò to spread irresponsible speech in society for financial gain. Cisco's total profit in the past six months has not even been less than $100,000, which is telling. The fact is that the market has moved away from the outdated server-to-client architecture, which was the era of mainframe megamachines. The Leonards, for their own benefit, spread rumors to prevent social progress, a method of shameless greed and blackmail, which is unacceptable to Stanford University. ”

"But in doing so, wouldn't Stanford be suspected of interfering with free speech?"

"No, no. This is precisely the embodiment of freedom of speech. They have the freedom to speak irresponsibly. Stanford University is a private university, and naturally it also has the power to make its own choices. ”

"So, the Leonards are actually people who are jealous of big companies because of their own inability?"

"Suffice it to say, they don't actually have a very good reputation at school. Basically, people who know them say that this is a 'like-minded' couple. They are greedy, insidious, and full of lies. In school, there are no students who would even like them......"

"Sinister, despicable, shameless! This is pure rumor!"

Leonard, who had put on his makeup, stood in front of the TV, looking at Lauren's eloquent talk with anger on his face.

In his narrative, the Leonards became outright villains, and because their business was unsuccessful, they simply became insidious liars who spread rumors and anti-society and used outdated technology to swindle.

However, it has to be said that Lauren's remarks hit Leonard and his wife hard.

The title of professor at Stanford University is not just a job, but a social recognition of them.

The identity of professors is a natural protective color, so that their words can be easily believed, so that most ordinary people in society have a good impression of professors.

Become a "Professor" in the U.S.

It wasn't an easy task, and the Leonards lost more than just a teaching job.

And the most unbearable thing for the Leonards is Lauren's accusations of their character on TV.

The crew of Kyle Kevin's advertising agency looked at the enraged Leonard.

At the critical moment, Hu Wenhai stood up.

"Professor Leonard, I don't think any school can deprive a person of being called a 'Professor'. There is a saying in China that says that the eyes of the masses of the people are clear! Ordinary people have their own standards in their hearts. But if you're in a bad mood today, should I put it off?"

"No!"

Leonard sat down again.

There was a calm suppressed anger in his tone: "The video continues, I want IBM and Lauren to know." I can't be beaten by this difficulty!"

"Don't force it. ”

Hu Wenhai patted him on the shoulder: "Cisco's future road is all on Professor Leonard's shoulders." ”

"Don't worry, Hu, I know what to do. ”

Leonard's gaze was steadfast.

"OK, Cisco Advertising Series 2, 321, action!"

Americans have been happy lately, first with a unique "Chinese Day" documentary, when many Americans re-acquainted themselves with the mysterious country in the East.

It turns out that there are so many delicacies in Chinese food, and it turns out that the life of Chinese is like this.

It turns out that the products produced by Chinese state-owned enterprises are really cheap and affordable!

Chinese products, it seems, are not as unreliable as they think.

However, the documentary "A Day in the Life of the Chinese" has limited influence after all, and the topic of China may be able to arouse people's curiosity, but it is difficult to become the mainstream of American public opinion.

Soon another focus of public opinion was born, a small company called Cisco, which went so far as to place an advertisement on television, openly accusing the big companies in the computer industry of having business conspiracy!

This time.

It can be regarded as poking at the G-spot of the Americans.

Americans, regardless of whether they know about the computer industry or not, suddenly became incarnate.

Throughout the ages, from ancient to modern, Chinese and foreign, from ancient times to the present, they have always been not afraid of big things.

The only thing that the onlookers are worried about is that the tearing is not exciting enough.

In particular, this kind of drama of small companies standing up against large companies is simply a hundred Americans.

The quixotic individual hero is overthrowing the hegemony of capital in the fight against large corporations.

Or is it to verify once again the greed and shamelessness of capital?

This reality drama is simply better than all American dramas.

It's just that no one has noticed that this "American company" on the cusp

Cisco, the real control is actually in the hands of a Chinese.

"Let's drive, we have limited time. ”

Hu Wenhai was in the back seat, and Lu Xin was still arrogant next to him.

Although she was not convinced by him, the little girl still insisted on completing her assistant duties in the end.

The car drove smoothly on the road.

Fortunately, the sound insulation of this car is very good, and the sound of the engine is almost not heard in the car.

Not long after, Hu Wenhai's regular breathing sound came from the back seat.

Hu Wenhai, whose brows were furrowed into a Sichuan character, couldn't help but sigh, and helped his crooked head to his lap.

Chapter 208 Anti-IBM Alliance Leader "The server-to-client model has long been abandoned, and the current era belongs to the PC!"

"Yes, the Leonards are completely whimsical. Mainframes and servers are not only not cheaper than PCs, but more expensive. The advantages of flexible deployment of PCs are incomparable to those of servers in any case. ”

"In fact, it's the other way around, it's cheaper to use a PC. If the performance of the PC is outdated, we can replace it with a new device without any care. But if you deploy a mainframe, it might cost millions of dollars, maybe in four or five years, the performance of an average PC can catch up with this mainframe, and then you want to throw this mainframe away?"

This argument by the Leonards is clearly motivated by ulterior motives, and it is likely that the hype is to promote their router equipment. To be honest, I feel a bit wasteful to even refute this argument of this couple. The market will make the right choice, in fact, the market will abandon the mainframe in favor of the PC. ”

"The complexity of the mainframe technology is expensive to maintain and the damage resistance is terrible. Mainframes are also not adaptable, and it is difficult to cope with the functional requirements of a commercial market with diverse requirements. ”

...... Seattle's iconic Space Needle slowly followed Leonard's gaze outside the car window, as if he would never be able to escape from the tower's shadow.

Leonard turned off the radio in his car with a somewhat pale face.

Swallowing his saliva, he seemed to become less confident.

"Maybe we're really wrong, the server-to-client model isn't really the right fit for the market......"

"Mr. Leonard, I think you're jumping to conclusion. ”

Hu Wenhai sat in the back seat, looking as if nothing had happened, but he was also secretly frightened by IBM's mobilization ability.

In the propaganda war, only with the support of Kyle Kevin advertising agency.

Obviously, it can't compete with IBM in any way.

Perhaps Kyle Kevin has a lot of media resources, but it has very few resources in the computer industry.

Cisco is the only one that can speak.

That is, the two Leonards.

In this case, there are constantly people at the level of industry seniors, well-known scholars, and chief engineers of large companies who stand up and refute the server-to-client model.

Americans are not stupid, on the contrary, in the computer industry, Americans are the leaders of the whole world, and of course there are many geniuses and talents doing all kinds of work.

The proposal of the client-to-server system may have caught IBM by surprise at first.

But soon, in the analysis of these industry elites, almost as many holes were found as many as fishnet pockets.

Through GuòIBM's strong public relations capabilities, the overwhelming wave of criticism completely drowned out the voices of the Leonards.

Cisco's server-to-client stack.

It seems that there is really something that can't be sustained.

After all, the Leonards were just two professors and lecturers at Stanford University before, and they had enough say for ordinary people.

But in the face of the doubts of the entire industry, their influence was not enough, and the car stopped in front of a nondescript office building.

The company sign on the top of the building has the letters Cray written on it, and the parking lot in front of the building is sparsely populated with cars, not a busy company.

"This is it, let's go. ”

Hu Wenhai tidied up his outfit.

He nodded to Leonard.

It's really not a "business" that's too good

After entering the office building, there was not even a reception desk, only a security guard with a baton pinned to his waist dangling in the empty hall.

"Let's go to Mr. Simon Clay, where is he?"

Hu Wenhai stopped the security guard and asked politely.

"Mr. Simon, he's in the real room on the second floor, just go up the stairs from here. ”

The security guard looked Hu Wenhai up and down.

It was Leonard behind him who happily pointed the way.

Hu Wenhai and Leonard went upstairs, and it didn't take much effort to find the real yàn room—in fact, it was easy to find, because the entire second floor was a real yàn room.

An entire floor was opened, with only pillars towering over it, and from one end of the floor there was almost no obstruction.

Oh, and you can't say that.

Because although there are no walls, in this floor.

There are a lot of things that are heavier than the walls.

The dense webs of cables, the iron cabinets that stand like forests, the occasional real people coming and going, and the hum of the air that seems to be everywhere.

It's the sound of the air conditioner constantly blowing cold air in and then carrying away the air heated by the chip.

"Hey, who are you looking for?"

Finally, when Hu Wenhai and Leonard entered the real room, someone took the initiative to come up.

"I went to Mr. Simon Clay and I had made an appointment with him before. ”

Hu Wenhai had to repeat it again.

After another look, the real yàn member who came out seemed to be for Leonard's sake, and said, "You can't enter the real yàn room, wait a minute, I'll call you Mr. Simon." ”

"Well, I'll wait here. ”

Hu Wenhai was helpless, looked at Leonard, and waited with peace of mind.

After about half an hour, a sturdy old white man walked over.

His face was full of red light, and he was in good spirits, and he strode over with a kind smile on his face.

"It's Mr. Hu, right? I'm sorry, I'm delayed at work. Oh, this should be Professor Leonard. Hello. ”

"Hello, Mr. Clay. ”

Hu Wenhai and Leonard shook hands with Simon Clay respectively, and the old man Leonard smiled with satisfaction: "Professor Leonard, the router you invented is a very meaningful device, and I think it has the potential to change the entire computer system." ”

This is the first time in this time that Leonard has heard praise from others, especially from Simon Clay.

"Your recognition is important to me. ”

His voice was almost choked.

Simon Clay.

This is a person who is not very famous in society.

Speaking of mainframes, it seems that people are familiar with IBM's System360 series.

However, in the past, IBM before System360 faced a fatal crisis.

This crisis comes from the person in front of Hu Wenhai - Simon Clay.

This is a legendary figure, who was nicknamed "The Hermit of the Jungle"

。

In the 60s, in order to thwart IBM's 360 program, he led 34 people into a real room built deep in a dense forest in Wisconsin.

For four years, he cut off all social contact with the outside world, and almost completed an epoch-making masterpiece by himself, from parts to drawings: CDC6600.

The development cost of the CDC6600 was only 7 million, but the computing speed was as high as 3 million times per second.

Simon Clay is like a swordsman in a Gurung novel.

Practicing swords in the deep forest, four years out.

Try the sword in the world, IBM will give the head.

At that time, IBM's Huadan Stretch computer was priced at 8 million per unit, but the calculation speed was only 1 million times per second.

The impact of CDC6600 on Stretch sales alone almost immediately resulted in a deficit of more than $20 million for IBM.

This was 20 million dollars in the 60s, and it is conceivable that IBM discovered the CDC6600 that was inexplicably drilled out of nowhere.

I felt the same mood as the poi in my heart that day.

When this machine appeared on the market, Watson Jr., the head of IBM at the time, wrote excitedly in a memo: "We are a large enterprise with very strong financial personnel, and I really can't understand why IBM can't be one step ahead of CDC? You know, CDC's R&D team has a total of only 34 people. One more is also included. ”

Such a ferocious blow almost brought a deep bone marrow damage to IBM at that time.

IBM, the blue giant, which has always boasted of its technical prowess, was driven out of the mainframe market by CDC6600 blow for nearly two years.

It wasn't until 1964 that IBM system360 came out, and with its strong compatibility, it reversed the situation that CDC almost dominated the market.

In terms of computer computing speed, IBM has simply given up on treatment.

Since then, in the field of fighting IBM.

Simon Clay is a well-deserved senior leader.

After CDC6600, Simon Clay's future at CDC Inc. didn't get any better.

On the contrary, the technical conflict with the company's top management gradually intensified, and by the seventies, Simon Clay finally took his own foot and founded Clay Research.

By 1975, the epoch-making Cray-1 supercomputer was developed, which was 40 times faster than the IBM 370, up to 250 million operations per second - and it was also from the Cray-1 that IBM simply did not admit that he and Simon Clay were a heavyweight rival.

Brought Cray-1 a supercomputer

called system360 mainframe, indicating that he would not play with him anymore.

As a result, Simon Clay has another crown on his head called "the father of supercomputers"

hats.

With such a glorious history of fighting against IBM, Simon Clay will of course look at Leonard, another fighter who stands up against IBM's hegemony, "You know, challenging IBM is such a thing-"

Simon Clay patted Leonard on the shoulder and laughed heartily: "When you come to me, you are looking for the right person!"

(To be continued.)

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