(Modified in the previous chapter)

When Gary Kildare got home, he sat on the couch and meditated. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mrs. Kildare walked over and asked softly, "Honey, Apple rejected your CP/M operating system?"

Gary Kildale shook his head, then nodded.

Mrs. Kildare wondered, "Uh, what do you mean by both shaking your head and nodding your head?"

Gary Kildare said: "Apple has made a bid to AT&T Company T purchased a Unix operating system license, so Apple-ll was ready to use the Unix operating system. However, Apple's founder, Chronos Li, said that with the combination of CP/M and Microsoft's BASIC, he could consider using the CP/M operating system. However, if I join Microsoft and sell CP/M to Microsoft, he will give me $100,000 and 1% of the shares!"

"$100,000?!ah, dear, it's thank God that CP/M can make us $20,000, it's $100,000!"

Gary Kildare reminded: "There is still 1% of Microsoft! This may be more than $100,000!! I have seen the Excel spreadsheet office software developed by Microsoft, this will definitely be a killer software that shocks the industry, but any company or individual who has office needs must want to buy Excel." Microsoft's market value will certainly rise sharply as a result, and it will become a software giant !!"

Mrs. Kildare was stunned, "My dear, why didn't you agree to such a good condition?"

"I'm thinking about it......" replied Gary Kildare.

"Don't think about it, just say yes!"

"Well, I think I should join Microsoft, too!" Gary Kildare nodded.

Gary Kildare is a software genius and a business idiot, and of course, his wife is no better. Otherwise, in the previous life, it would not have been Microsoft's turn to monopolize the operating system market!

That evening, Gary Kildare made a phone call to Li Zetian and offered to sell CP/M and join Microsoft at the same time.

Li Zetian told him to go to Microsoft the next morning.

So, early the next morning, the Kildare couple arrived at Microsoft together.

Li Zetian chatted with the two of them for a while, then signed an agreement, and then introduced Bill Gates and Paul Allen to Gary Kildare.

Since then, the three musketeers of Microsoft, who have become famous all over the world, have been formed!!

The members are: Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Gary Kildare!

One of the most skilled is Gary Kildare!!

Li Zetian's skills are also very good, but he likes to hide behind the scenes, so he didn't line it up.

Li Zetian looked at the three of them, and the outside world may not be able to imagine what kind of huge software empire these three people will create together!!

Now, with the addition of Gary Kildare to Microsoft, Li seems to be vaguely aware that the throne of the operating system is beckoning to him......

"Bill, get the top management of Microsoft together and have a meeting!"

"Good!"

Ten minutes later, the Microsoft corporate conference room was packed.

Li Zetian said: "First of all, please welcome Dr. Gary Kildare to join!"

After speaking, he was the first to applaud, and the others followed suit.

Gary Kildare smiled and nodded, "Thank you, I'm honored to join Microsoft and work with all of you!"

Li Zetian continued at this time: "Dr. Gary Kildare joined Microsoft, and also brought his CP/M operating system! I think that whoever can master the operating system can grasp the initiative of software development, and Microsoft's next main task is to further develop and improve the CP/M operating system! The essence of CP/M belongs to the disk operating system, and DOS belongs to the abbreviation of the disk operating system, so I decided to change the name of CP/M to Microsoft-DOS operating system!" The purpose of this is to unify the brand and promote Microsoft.

In addition, in order to capture the market as soon as possible, the Microsoft-DOS operating system should be licensed to any personal computer at a low price. Once we can form a monopoly, the pricing power is what we say, and we used to sell for $100, but now we can sell for $200, or even $300!!"

When everyone heard this, they nodded frequently.

"From now on, Microsoft will set up a new division, the Operating Systems Division, with Gary Kildare as the general manager of the division, responsible for the development of operating systems!"

Li Zetian thought for a while, basically said what he was going to say, and then looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have anything else to add?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Li Zetian said: "Then dismiss the meeting!"

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Microsoft is also a well-known company in the industry, and after the launch of the Microsoft-DOS operating system, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Because Microsoft-DOS has a good architecture, adaptability, portability and easy to learn and use, it is easy to be recognized by the market, coupled with the promotion of Microsoft, more than a month later, hundreds of computer companies around the world have purchased the license to use the Microsoft-DOS operating system from Microsoft, and many software companies have developed software on Microsoft-DOS.

Subsequently, Apple announced that Apple-ll personal computers will adopt the Microsoft-DOS operating system!

As soon as this news came out, the industry was shocked!

Microsoft-DOS immediately crushed other operating systems and became the most famous personal computer operating system of the moment!!

You know, Apple is a pioneer in the personal computer industry, it uses the Microsoft-DOS operating system, and other computer companies must not follow suit?

So by mid-May, Microsoft-DOS had occupied more than 60% of the market share of personal computer operating systems, and the rise was as fast as a myth!

In fact, personal computers are just emerging, and there are only a handful of companies specializing in the development of personal computer operating systems, I am afraid that they can be counted on one hand, and the operating system they develop is simply too far from the Microsoft-DOS operating system!

Li Zetian saw that the Microsoft-DOS operating system gradually unified the 8-bit personal computer market, and couldn't help but be secretly happy, IBM wants to enter the personal computer market, I'm afraid it has to come to Microsoft, hehe......

Li Zetian glanced at the calendar, it was already May 16th, and it was originally planned to hold an Apple-ll product launch conference on May 1st, but due to the lack of Apple-ll reserves, and the decoration of Apple's flagship store in Los Angeles has not yet been completed. After all considerations, Li Zetian decided to postpone the product launch conference to May 30.

The time for the product launch conference is getting closer and closer, and Apple is getting busier and busier!

Many Apple employees are privately discussing, once Apple-ll is released, what will be the sales volume?

Tian Shuai also discussed this issue with Li Zetian when he was having lunch in the cafeteria.

"Apple-ll is about to be released, and everyone is excited and nervous, talking about Apple-ll sales. Mr. li, what do you think Apple-ll will sell?"

"Don't worry, let's set a small goal first......" Li Zetian smiled faintly.

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