The month of January was not a good time for IBM's then-CEO, Akol. www.biquge.info Even when he deliberately vacationed at his Sunshine Apartment in Miami to avoid the snowy days in New York State, his mood didn't improve at all.

The glory of the past is gone, and Akol is clearly aware that since the departure of Watson Jr., the son of the company's founder, IBM has begun to adapt to the development of modern society. And this discomfort definitely first appeared when Microsoft was just emerging, but unfortunately colleagues at that time may not have been able to recognize it so clearly.

Look, just a Harvard dropout can create a company with an annual turnover of more than 100 million yuan in just ten years, and it is said that it will go public in March this year. There is no doubt that Bill Gates will become a billionaire by going public, and he is only 30 years old now.

Such a rapid, start-up pace of development was unimaginable at the beginning of this century when IBM was founded. But if it is just a general competitor, IBM, as a blue giant with a glorious history of 60 years, will certainly not be afraid of anything, but the problem is that Microsoft's business field is the software industry.

This is the heel of the blue giant's Agthius.

When it comes to the ability to build computers, especially business computers and supercomputers, not to mention Microsoft, even Apple, which is now making news, cannot threaten IBM. But the software field is different, although the company has invented UNIX, and many products such as business analysis software, enterprise content management software, information management software, and ICS collaboration, but the former operating system can never be compared.

Although it's just a low-end version, a 1.0, anyone can see that it's a completely different system from Unix, and it's a system that is extremely suitable for personal computer users and is very popular. As the creator of the precedent of the PC, IBM can certainly see this.

Because of this, after many discussions with the board members, Akol decided to jointly develop a family of Internet operating systems with Microsoft. Stealing teachers in the process of working with people is quite a good deal, after all, Microsoft's current total number of employees is not even a hundred, even if the cleaners are included, its research team is afraid that it can only barely compete with IBM, right?

In the face of "outnumbered" cooperation, isn't it a matter of time before Microsoft pinched out all the little things it had in Windows?

However, the ideals are plump and the reality is skinny, and when the project officially began at the end of last year, Arcol immediately realized that he had made a mistake.

The Microsoft research team, which is only one-fifth of its own number, has burst out with research capabilities comparable to 100 engineers!

After all, it is two companies, so this time the cooperative research and development, of course, is not to guard a product, but to develop their own products under the premise of technical data exchange. According to Akol's idea, and it is also a matter of course, once the cooperation begins, Microsoft will definitely be limited by IBM in every way.

Of course, if you feel that you will be restricted, you will not cooperate, of course, you can cooperate. But don't send the pie to your door, and when IBM takes its self-developed products out of the market, you Microsoft don't cry too beautifully.

But now everything is reversed.

Microsoft can keep up with IBM's progress all the time, not to mention, due to the relationship between data exchange, the other party's team of only twenty or thirty people still has the energy to notice the detours taken by IBM, and in turn make suggestions and guidance to Almin's technical department!

How the hell did they do it!?

After two or three months of initial surprise, Akol finally began to recall.

When the IBM delegation was at Microsoft's headquarters to discuss cooperation with the other party, Ms. Wang, Microsoft's second shareholder, talked to Benjamin and others over the phone.

Speaking of which, when did Microsoft's second shareholder change, isn't it Paul Allen?

Of course, there is no need for non-listed companies to make statements about the management reshuffle, but this matter is doubtful after all, in fact, when the delegation first returned, Akol was a little skeptical, but he didn't think about it at the time, and he was happy just for the sake of cooperation.

You know, this is a very important collaborative meeting for Microsoft, since as the so-called second largest shareholder, how can it be that the plane delay is used as an excuse to talk to the participants on the phone?

Speaking of which, the surname is Wang......

Arkor's heart pounded.

In fact, the reason why we want to cooperate with Microsoft to develop that Internet operating system...... That's right, of course, because management noticed Cisco Systems.

A few days ago, the business invitation letter sent by the other party was directly sent back to the company.

According to information obtained by IBM from general sources, the company is registered by three, Leonardo and Sandy Posac, and then ......

It's because that person is so non-existent, otherwise Akol shouldn't have ignored that Alice Wang's.

After all, Cisco has been running almost exclusively with the Posacks, and for a company that has been around for less than two full years, this presence is already resounding.

That Alice Wang, could it be this Ms. Wang?

Speaking of which, it seems that there was a popular movie director last year, and it seems that this name is also called......

A lot of things that he didn't usually have the energy to think about came to his mind at once, and Acollton had a headache.

God, Alice, King, no matter how bad these two words are, there is no need to repeat the name to such an extent, right?

Or are they all the same person?

That's a big international joke.

And, Cisco......

Standing in his high-rise vacation apartment on the edge of Miami's sunny sands, stepping onto a balcony with a parasol, Akol looks around. At this time, the sun is fine, seagulls and ****** fly together in the sky, hot air balloons and white clouds are colored, middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old can be seen walking leisurely on the beach, and there are also many young men and women with tanned skin jogging or cycling.

What a beautiful view, not to mention that there are many amazingly large super vacation homes in the distance, and the reputation of Miami's affluent area is world-famous.

It was the apartment building that had bought the penthouse by itself, and its property company was using Cisco routers and, of course, IBM computers.

Of course, Akol didn't have the energy to go door-to-door, but he had heard that Cisco Systems had made California its home base, and that its products were used by many businesses, universities, and research institutes. Moreover, in December last year, Cisco announced that it had begun to work on a new product called "switch".

"That's fast, is this how fast IT companies were in the '80s? It's even more amazing than Microsoft and Apple. ”

This is exactly what Akol is most worried about now, the blue giant's foundation is extremely powerful. With its ability to mobilize 100 employees to form a special research team at any time, it is not afraid to launch an impact on new fields. The question is, even if you have the ability to develop new areas, what about the speed of development, especially in terms of seizing the market?

At the very least, Akol already knows that IBM has basically lost the market in the operating system segment. Although UNIX also has many users, in the future when PCs are about to become popular, this system developed for professional research will definitely become the end product.

And the Internet hardware market ......

In just one year, Cisco has occupied a large part of the territory of California and the West Coast, and is approaching the East Coast, and Lucent Technologies, a communications company, launched a router late last year in an attempt to break into the central region market and carve up the eastern region with Cisco. In such a situation, IBM will not be able to reap any benefits even if it immediately catches up.

That's why we have to work with Microsoft......

But now, even if you cooperate with Microsoft, you are afraid that you will not be able to take advantage of it!

"Is the hundred-legged insect going to die?"

Looking at the charming Miami beach, looking at this place for the rich to retire and retire, Akol suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

No, there should be a key figure in this.

After a short period of cranky thinking, Akol has a new idea.

Alice Wang, the third founder of Cisco Systems, may be the Ms. Wang who suddenly appeared at Microsoft!

It's all in the IT industry, and they can do it to that extent, and they are all women with the surname Wang, how many can there be!?

"But why is it the second largest shareholder? Can she squeeze Paul Allen, one of the founders, out of her value?"

Standing on the balcony, Akol took a deep breath.

He knew that he needed to hurry back to the company, and asked Benjamin, the head of the marketing department, a good question.

Were there any noteworthy details at the conference at that time?

Arcol didn't remember what happened to Benjamin when he returned, but he had a vague memory, and Benjamin clearly looked preoccupied. At the time, Akol just took it for granted that this was Benjamin's brains for follow-up, but now that he looks outside, this may not be the case.

"Lenny, yes, return to Armonke tonight and fill up my plane. Also, inform Benjamin to wait for me in the office when he arrives, ......"

As a result, a phone call was immediately dialed. (To be continued.) )