When Ruder Finn was busy pulling braids on B.A.D.D.D's pigtails, Zhang Lexing received another invitation, but this time it was no longer a buffet party, but an invitation from Compaq.

Founded in February 1982 by Texas Instruments' Three Musketeers Rod Callien, Jem Harris and Bill Murto, Compaq's most notable move was the introduction of Compaq portable PCs that are 100% compatible with IBM-PCs. Since Compaq's portable computer was launched, more than 100,000 units have been sold, and the revenue is expected to reach $120 million in '84, which is a very good result for a small company that has only been established for more than two years, but this kind of performance is only a small part for IBM. It's a pity that such a small company just dug into the corner of IBM, so that IBM suffered a big loss, and the success of Compaq made it a thorn in the side of IBM.

Receiving the invitation letter from Compaq, Zhang Lexing was not surprised. Although Compaq has successfully set off a tide of compatible machine development, IBM's own strength is still very strong. After grabbing the throne of the PC market last year with PC/XT, IBM has made persistent efforts and launched a PC/AT based on Intel 286 processors this year. PC/AT was unfavorable, and there were failures such as machine instability and data loss, but after replacing the hard disk, PC/AT finally showed the wind of the king and once again seized a large number of market shares. As IBM's number one thorn in the side, Compaq is not having a good time now.

The venue of Compaq's meeting was in the Hilton Hotel in Houston, and Zhang Lexing decided to go with Dr. Yu, after all, Dr. Yu has a wider network of contacts, and it is more convenient to say hello.

A few days later, the small meeting room on the twelfth floor of the Hilton Hotel ......

After Zhang Lexing and Dr. Yu arrived in Houston, they quickly came to the small conference room of the Hilton Hotel under the arrangement of the reception staff of Compaq. Perhaps Compaq wanted to keep a low profile, and apart from a few of Compaq's hostesses, there were only Glover and his assistants from Intel in the room.

"Hello, Mr. Grove!" Zhang Lexing greeted warmly.

"Mr. Zhang, Yu, hello. Grove smiled and nodded.

Dr. Yu and Grove are old friends, and although they haven't gone back since leaving Intel, the two have kept in touch often, but they don't have many opportunities to see each other. For a rare occasion, Dr. Yu and Grove shook hands, and then hugged warmly. At this moment, Zhang Lexing found an empty seat and sat down, and then left a place for Dr. Yu next to him. When everyone was seated, Compaq's hostess immediately came over and asked softly, "Sir, do you want coffee or tea?"

"Coffee. Zhang Lexing chose the same casually.

Soon a cup of hot coffee was delivered to Zhang Lexing, who picked up the cup and took a sip, it tasted good.

"Congratulations, Mr. Grove, I heard that you have a new product to launch. Zhang Lexing arched his hand towards Grove.

"Yes, there is, but the manpower is a little too much, and it's still very early before the official launch. Grove shook his head and made a helpless gesture, "Otherwise, you can ask Yu to come back and help me, so maybe it will be faster!"

"You're too direct, you're going to poach my partner in front of me. Zhang Lexing deliberately made an angry expression, and Dr. Yu sat next to him and let out a good-natured laugh.

"I'm joking, don't mind. Grove said with a smile.

……

Zhang Lexing and the others continued to pull around, and at this time, Harris, who initiated the invitation, finally came to the conference room, and apologized as soon as he entered the door.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there's something delayed. Harris said apologetically.

"Harris, what the hell did you bring us in?" Grove asked first.

Harris didn't answer directly, but talked about some non-nutritious conversations such as "today's weather, haha", Zhang Lexing and Grove also pretended not to know, and accompanied him to continue the topic of non-nutrition, and in the end, Zhang Lexing, the hairy boy, couldn't help it first.

"If it's all right, let's go first. Zhang Lexing got up and pretended to leave, "I'm hundreds of thousands a second, and I've wasted millions of dollars to accompany you." ”

Harris's face changed, and he finally began to get to the point, "I heard that IBM plans to research a new generation of operating systems on its own, I wonder if Mr. Zhang has any ideas?"

"Yes? I haven't heard of anything like this. However, IBM's new PC/AT seems to be doing quite well in the market, and with the previous generation of PC/XT, IBM's market share seems to have expanded quite a bit, which is not good news for you, Mr. Harris. Zhang Lexing would not be stupid enough to be this up-and-coming bird, and the topic naturally turned to Compaq again.

Grove is also an old fox, of course he will not rush forward, and when he heard that Zhang Lexing was targeting Harris, he immediately echoed.

"Your new Intel products don't seem to be taken very seriously by IBM. Harris turned the flames of war on Grove's side again.

……

For a while, no one spoke again, and the atmosphere in the conference room became a little awkward.

"Actually, IBM is everyone's opponent, there is no need to make trouble for this!" Dr. Yu saw that the situation was a little bad, and hurriedly came out to play a round.

In fact, everyone knows that IBM is the main threat, but they are not willing to take the lead for their own interests.

"IBM needs to be taken seriously by all of us. ”

"That's that, after all, IBM is huge. ”

"Why don't everyone organize and wrestle with IBM!"

"That's a good idea. ”

"That's very good. ”

The three core members of the Compatible Machine Alliance began to officially come together, but at this time, the alliance was more of a formality. Because IBM has not yet resorted to the trick of buying out Intel 286 chips, Compaq does not feel the danger of cutting the skin. Intel's idea of selling a new generation of 386 processors has just emerged, and it has not yet had time to eat a closed door on IBM, and it will not feel the existential crisis for the time being. Although the direct threat has not yet appeared, Zhang Lexing knows that IBM's market share in the personal computer market is the biggest threat, because IBM is a hard-and-soft enterprise, as long as you want to do very few things that IBM can't do.

"Since we want to have a separate relationship with IBM, why don't we find more allies?" Zhang Lexing felt that if there were only three, the strength was still too weak.

Grove agrees with this suggestion, but Harris's face is much worse, it is normal for the two to have completely different performances, for computer processor suppliers, of course, the more people who want to purchase their own products, the better, but for Compaq, which produces and sells computers, not only IBM is its opponent, but other compatible machine manufacturers are also potential opponents, and naturally does not want more people to share his benefits. In this case, Zhang Lexing's proposal could only be shelved, after all, everyone didn't want anything dirty to happen at the beginning of the alliance. The proposal was rejected, but Zhang Lexing didn't seem too frustrated, anyway, IBM will help really push everyone together in the future. Now that the purpose has been achieved, the sorority has come to an end, before leaving, Zhang Lexing also gave a name for the cooperation of the three companies - V.I.C Alliance, although it seems a little funny, but the name is the hope in everyone's hearts.

When Zhang and Dr. Yu returned to San Jose from Houston, there were only three days left before the Molitto manslaughter trial began, but Zhang Lexing no longer had his initial worries because lawyer Jamie Rhodes brought good news. As with Jamie's speculation, Molitor changed his confession at the instigation of B.A.D.D., and with this trump card in hand, the lawsuit is already in doubt.

Three days later, Molito's manslaughter trial began in California District Court. In order to feel his victory up close, Patricia appeared in the auditorium with a group of B.A.D.D. members, and even a celebratory banner was ready. Patricia believed that as soon as the verdict was announced, and then he and his men pulled up the banner again, the cover of tomorrow's newspaper would surely be the news of B.A.D.D.D's victory. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel the whole U.S. of companies related to D&D games trembling under the iron hooves of B.A.D.D.

Unfortunately, when the trial actually began, the whole process did not go as Patricia had envisioned. Of course, at first, it was similar to Patricia's prediction, which was basically a D&D game denunciation, but when lawyer Jamie Rhodes presented the evidence that B.A.D.D had lured Molitor to lie, the atmosphere in the courtroom immediately changed, and the members of B.A.D.D. and their so-called experts, who had been excited just now, died down at once. And Molito, who has been accusing D&D games of harming him, has to tell the truth, and even admits that the previous article was written under pressure from B.A.D.D., and the arguments in the article are really overdone, in fact, D&D games do not have the magic to control people. Molito's confession led the jury to a verdict in favor of Blue Dragon Studios, and D&D Games was not scapegoated by some as a result.

The acquittal of D&D Games was a great relief to the members of Blue Dragon Studios, and at the same time the entire gaming community rejoiced, and the first round of battle between the game community and B.A.D.D. The temporary defeat did not deter the B.A.D.D. D. and her teammates, and Patricia and her members began to try other ways to fight, and pride and prejudice still existed in many places.

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