The small town of Cupertino, California, USA. Because, Apple and ORD live next to each other and cooperate tacitly, and the good deeds praise the two companies as "Cupertino double stars"!

In the eyes of many, the relationship between the two companies is nothing short of close allies. However, in the . The PC computer developed the QDOS operation system software, and the minds of Apple employees began to have subtle changes.

"Ungrateful"

"The conscience was eaten by dogs"

"ORD company, this damn traitor, if I were management, I would definitely end the relationship with them immediately!"

"It's unforgivable to eat inside and out, eat the interests of Apple, but cooperate with Apple's competitors!"

Apple employees, in private, voices of indignation are everywhere.

When the employees at the bottom of the entire Apple company expressed their dissatisfaction with ORD, Jobs was indifferent.

After Huang Tingjun returned to California in August, Jobs's friendship with him seemed to have taken it to a deeper level, visiting Huang Tingjun twice in three days to talk to him about topics such as Zen in life.

In fact, Steve Jobs was always interested in the mystical Chinese culture, and he was even a believer in Zen Buddhism.

Huang Tingjun actually didn't know much about the Buddhist philosophy of Zen Buddhism. However, Huang Tingjun communicated with Jobs through calligraphy, Go, and Chinese chess, which aroused Jobs' great interest.

in the office.

Two pots of tea, a game of Go.

Jobs holds the black son, and Huang Tingjun holds the white son.

I have to say that Huang Tingjun's own Go skills are very good, and after teaching Jobs to play Go, less than 2 months later, Huang Tingjun is no longer Jobs' opponent

The sunspots are dense and occupy many corners.

Bai Zi was forced to struggle in the Central Plains.

The Go proverb "golden horn and silver edge grass belly", in the four corners, only a small number of pieces and layouts are needed, and it can occupy more territory.

The second is on the edge of the board, far from the center, which is also the key to victory.

As for the central hinterland, it is often the land of four wars. If you are forced to defend the hinterland, it is often a thankless task and you end up losing the game.

Huang Tingjun looked at the endgame and said with a wry smile: "Don't go down, the sunspot won"

"Really?" Jobs said, "Either I'll change to white, you can change to black, and continue this endgame." ”

"Kuroko has won!" Huang Tingjun emphasized.

Jobs shook his head and denied: "At this time, the chess game has only started a small half, although the white character is inferior, but if the black man makes a mistake." There is still a chance to turn the tables"

Black and white chess pieces, interlaced with canine teeth. The battle was fierce, and Heizi originally won a lot, but Huang Tingjun's chess skills were inferior and he made mistakes in a row

Jobs held the white son and smiled: "You see, everything can't encounter setbacks, just give up lightly." As long as a game is not completely decided, anything is possible."

This is the case in the microcomputer industry!

Apple, Tangdy, Texas Instruments, IBM, and even NEC are all vying for the right to speak as an industry standard for fourth-generation computers.

In 1981, the market share of microcomputers in Apple and Tangdi was in the first army.

But Texas Instruments, IBM, and NEC are all great giants, and even Steve Jobs did not dare to say that Apple could achieve the ultimate victory.

Besides, Apple is preparing to develop its own operation system, and the QDOS operation system cannot find a place in Apple's camp at all. Therefore, the QDOS operation system of ORD Technology Company, and the cooperation with PC has become inevitable

Friends to friends, business to business.

Jobs and Huang Tingjun saw this very clearly

—————————— with the advent of IBMPC, QDOS became the default operating system for PCs. However, this does not mean that IBM will let it go. The contract with Microsoft, Digital Research and other companies is still valid, and after the production of the production system of Microsoft and Digital Research Company is completed, IBM intends to support other production systems in the same way, ending the monopoly of QDOS.

Bill. After Gates failed in the QdoS acquisition war, he quickly sent people to a digital research company to poach two system developers, and then the entire Microsoft company, the personnel who developed the Basic programming language, were mobilized to the MS-DOS development team.

Bill. Gates gritted his teeth and said, "In a few months, QDOS will be completely defeated!" ”

Another founder of Microsoft, Paul . Alan hesitated: "Why do you have to do a system?" Our basic is already very profitable"

"Shut up!" Bill. Gates was furious, "You idiot! Now it is the era of the operation system, and the computer without the operation system will not be accepted by ordinary users at all! And all applications can only be sold if they can be run on the system. If QDOS monopolizes the PC system, and our Basic is not compatible with QDOS, then it means that Basic will lose the qualification to sell on PC computers. If Microsoft doesn't want to lose the PC market, it has to do its own system"

I have to say, Bill. Gates has a very keen eye.

Although he didn't know that PC computers would dominate the world in the future, he would not have realized the explosive development of personal computers in the 80s and 90s.

But now Bill. Gates already knows sensitively that the PC produced by IBM has to wait!

Paul. Alan surnamed Ge is weak, and I heard that Bill. Gates was furious, couldn't help but bow his head, and said, "Okay, I won't interfere with the development of your system." However, I can't give up on my basic either"

"Give you two programmers, plus yourself, three programmers are enough to make the next version of basic very well, I believe in your ability!" Bill. Gates said impatiently.

Although, Basic is Microsoft's most profitable product at present, and hundreds of thousands of dollars can be made every year by licensing Apple, Tangdi and other companies to install Basic.

But, Bill. Gates knew that only beginner programmers, really senior programmers, and ordinary people who were not interested in programming would buy the software.

Therefore, basic in Bill. Gates is a chicken rib product in his eyes.

Microsoft itself is a small company with no more than 50 employees and no more than 30 technicians. Without the transfer of personnel from the Basic project, the MS-DOS project could not be completed in 3 months

An inch of time, an inch of gold!

Microsoft, which has missed the opportunity, does not want to completely lose the right to speak in the PC system.

———————————— in Guangzhou. Zhang Shaojie learned that after the QDOS system became the default system of the PC computer as he wished, he suppressed the ecstasy in his mind

After all, he also knows that history has changed. The QDOS operating system, which is copyrighted by ORD Technology, may not be able to monopolize the PC operating system smoothly.

Not to mention that competitors like Digital Research and Microsoft are eyeing each other.

Even, in a few years, even IBM organized its own team to develop the OS operation system because of the temptation of profits.

History has proved that the OS system is not very powerful, and the influence is not as good as Apple's macOS, let alone the later Indos?

The DOS system can only be majestic in the 80s at most. In the 90s, it was still the world of window systems!

In this regard, Zhang Shaojie is confident, and the next time he sees Huang Tingjun, he will have a good talk with him, and the concept of the window is systematic. With enough funds, programmers in this era can develop windows as systems.

Of course, on August 15, IBMPC went public shortly after it was launched.

The first console game of Xiaobawang Games, "Super Mario Bros.", has been developed, and Zhang Shaojie personally made this game and found that this game, although in details, is different from the historical Nintendo version in many ways. But the general level design idea is still pretty much the same.

Zhang Shaojie played the Little Overlord version of "Super Mario" for the first time, and he actually broke through the level at once, and when Mario rescued the princess from the fire dragon, the game level ended.

The whole game company, applause.

Zhang Shaojie said with a smile: "Call all the workers in the company." Anyone who can pick out bugs when playing Super Mario as a group, or give suggestions for improvement with a construction surname, is rewarded! HK$1,000 for finding a bug and HK$500 for a suggestion"

Under the cash reward system, the enthusiasm of the employees of the entire company is mobilized. What's more, playing the game is a pleasure in itself.

On August 15th ~ August 20th, for five consecutive days, more than 500 employees of the entire company used the Xiaobawang game console to try out "Super Mario Bros.".

In just a few days, 500 people picked out more than 40 bugs, and gave more than 100 suggestions for construction surnames. Zhang Shaojie adopted them one by one and ordered the technicians to revise them.

At this time, the release date of the Little Overlord game console and "Super Mario Bros." has also begun to become the focus of discussion. In the end, Zhang Shaojie chose to hold a press conference in Hong Kong on September 1.

Be the first to list in this small market in Hong Kong and test the reputation of the market.

When the reputation is good, the Xiaobawang game console can indeed open up sales. When the time comes, we will go all out to attack the European and American markets

(To be continued)