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The matter of forming your own secret army can only be put aside. There are still important things to do, and Alex wants to solve the offensive of IBM and General Electric first. Even if it can't be solved, at least the damage should be minimized.

"For the competition of electrical products such as radios, we have to take appropriate price reduction measures to try to ensure that we do not lose too much market share. At least stick to it until the new product is launched, even if you can't make money, you must keep the market first. Alex took a defensive approach to dealing with outside attacks, adding: "The premise is that you don't lose money!" ”

"Okay! I will let people further refine this plan and then implement it! ”

After listening to this, Old Joe also knew that there was no other way for them to do it. Unless we can immediately come up with the most advanced electronic products and suppress the other party's new products, we can only rely on price reductions and original sales channels to ensure that we do not lose too much market share.

"And what about our class computers?" Seymour? Clay pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then said: "IBM has not only launched better computers, but also robbed us of many orders, I think the only way to speed up computer research is to speed up computer research!" Alex, why don't you come and work with me! ”

Alex shook his head and refused, "If it was in normal times, maybe I would still have some free time, but in this situation, I can't go headlong into the research room!" ”

"So what you mean is that we're going to give up the market for dropped computers first. Watching IBM grab our orders? ”

"That's all there is to it! After all, they have invested 5o billion US dollars, and it took 4 years to research! ”

Seymour? Clay hesitated, but finally asked, "How did I hear that you formed the ARK (Ark) for what purpose?" Now whether they can come up with a product, at least they have to resist IBM's offensive! ”

Alex thought about it, but decided to tell the truth: "When I heard that IBM invested in the research and development of the Dragon Slayer series of computers, I knew that there would be a situation on this day. ”

"So you went to Noyce and they formed the ARK company? In other words, are you prepared? ”

Seymour's words made Old Joe, who was not interested in high-tech, concentrate, and they stared at Alex, wanting to hear how the other party had achieved for several years.

Alex nodded. He replied, "Yes." Originally, I wanted to press it again, after all, it was still a little early to take out the PC and PC, and it was not at the level I wanted. ”

"Pcs? pnetbsp; Seymour immediately remembered what Alex had told him about once. Alex asks him if he wants to work on a personal computer. As a result, Seymour refused. Because his dream was to develop the most advanced and fastest class computer in the world.

"Can a PC computer compete with IBM's Dragon Slayer series of computers? I'm a little skeptical about this! ”

Seymour, of course, was not convinced. He believes that in terms of the kind of personal computer described by Alex, this kind of computer is small in size, and the functions such as CPU, memory, and motherboard are naturally not as powerful as those of a first-class computer.

Alex smiled. He knew that many people would be so skeptical, after all, in this era, computers are still a high-tech product that can only be used for scientific research, military and other purposes. It has not yet been able to become an electronic device for small units such as individuals and families, and no one has thought about how big a market it will form once the PC is developed, as well as a number of related peripheral industrial chains.

Originally, Alex planned to wait for all the products to be researched and matured after the accessories were mature, and he would not launch it in one fell swoop, so that other companies would not have time to react and let him dominate the market.

It is estimated that by that time, Ark will be able to build a personal computer with performance close to that of the early 8o's, and it will also be able to make a simple local area network.

Now that the situation is urgent, we can only throw ARK's products out first to block this attack. As for Seymour's worries, Alex had already thought about it, he wanted to attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and how IBM won, he would fight it.

"How do you think IBM won users this time?" Alex asked.

Seymour replied without thinking, "Compatibility!" It was because IBM was compatible with their previous computers that they were able to win over the original users! ”

Yes, it is this compatibility that pulls away all the users of the "Cray I" computers, after all, these users have bought IBM computers and still have one or two IBM computers in their hands to a greater or lesser extent.

"Compatibility" is a great conceptual change, and the technological advancement it brought to Computex was still playing a huge role until Alex was reborn.

For such a strong advantage, Alex is not unaware of it, and CPT's new models are also compatible, but because their company is not as deep as IBM's heritage, it has not been able to have a great impact.

However, there are pros and cons to this, because CPT has produced very few models, so in terms of compatibility, they do a better job than IBM. Seymour? The computer that Cray is working on is also backward compatible, but unfortunately it was not able to be launched immediately, otherwise he would not be afraid of IBM's dragon-slaying series computers.

"But even if our computers can have better compatibility, there is no way to compare with IBM users, their computers have been sold for so many years, users are all over the world, and there are a lot of them!" Seymour still doesn't quite understand it, and thinks Alex's method is a bit unreliable!

"We will have more users than they do, trust me! As long as our PC computers are compatible with the computers sold, and can be connected to each other to exchange information, you will be able to see its power at that time! “

After Alex finished speaking, he saw that Seymour still looked a little incredulous, and felt that it was necessary to take him to Silicon Valley to see the work results of eight young heroes such as Noyce and Moore, so that Seymour could accept this new perspective and see the future of computers from a new perspective.

"Are you going to Silicon Valley with you? Old Joe! ”

Alex turned his gaze to Old Joe, who had been silent, only to see that the other party immediately waved his hand and said, "No, I have to go back and arrange work with the people below!" Go ahead, I'm a big headache with computers and this kind of high-tech! ”

Seymour shrugged his shoulders and didn't take Old Joe with him, he and Alex were on a private jet and soon arrived in Silicon Valley. The plane is also owned by the Carpenter family-owned Trans World Airlines, and the plane is comfortably furnished and served by a dedicated flight attendant.

Seymour? Clay seems to have flown on a private jet for the first time, he used to fly with other people, and he was very interested in this kind of private jet, looking around and finding some wine and snacks to eat.

"Well, you can go buy one too!"

Alex told him that buying a private jet wasn't too expensive for Seymour to have. After all, he has worked for CPT for so many years and brought so much profit, and in Alex's character, he is not hesitant to share success with his subordinates.

Over the years, Seymour has also gained great prestige from the "Clay I" computer, as well as generous rewards and option shares.

Seymour shook his head and sighed, "It's useless for me to buy it, my job is to stay in the institute twenty-four hours a day, even if there is a plane, I don't have time to enjoy it." ”

"That's right!" Alex nodded, agreeing with his idea.

"But," Seymour said suddenly, "if I were to retire, I would have to buy one, and then I would be flying all over the world and traveling everywhere!" ”

"Nice plan, I really envy you!" Alex sighed.

Hearing this, Seymour felt strange, and he felt that Alex's sigh was very unreasonable: "You can do the same!" If you get tired, go on a trip! ”

Alex could only smile, nodded, and said nothing. He was a little envious of Seymour's life, although Seymour did not have as much money as him, and his power, prestige, and popularity were not as good as him, but his life was sufficient and pleasant.

As the saying goes, the more you gain, the more you lose.

If you want to become a master, you have to endure hardships, and after figuring this out, Alex is a little more balanced in his heart. If he wants to have more influence on this world, he has to grit his teeth and persevere, and he can't let those people succeed in threatening him and the Carpenter family.

Once the plane arrived at its destination, Alex and the others drove straight to Ark's headquarters in Silicon Valley, where they had been working for several years.

They expressed surprise at Alex's arrival.

But soon some of them guessed that Alex's visit was related to IBM's big move, and maybe they were about to be pushed to the front desk.

The ARK company was not affected in this turmoil, and when Alex recruited these eight young people to establish the ARK company, it did not attract other attention. After all, these few people are all researchers who have just worked with Shockley for a few years, and they are not well-known and successful people.

In the original history, one of the reasons why the "Eight Rebels" became famous was that they quickly succeeded after betraying Shockley. and Shockley's deep disgust at the departure of these eight young men, which was publicized everywhere, so that it later became a famous historical event in the history of computers.

Now it's different, Alex first used various means to level Shockley, and then pulled eight young people together to form the Ark company, and hid them for almost four years. (To be continued!)