Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 274 Possibility of Plagiarizing DRI Results

As soon as Sams said the words, several pairs of eyes in the arena looked at Bill Gates.

Even Carter didn't expect that the IBM people actually mistook cp/m for a Microsoft product.Could it be that in history, Microsoft successfully obtained orders from IBM because of this? !

The previous negotiations are progressing smoothly. In terms of software support, the basic language is available. The only thing missing is such a basic operating system. It can be said that IBM's personal computer Acron has the basic software needed for a computer.

This will successfully launch the market. As for the subsequent software development and basic platform, those are minor problems!
So, how will Gates choose?

"What? Is there a problem?"

Seeing the different expressions of the group of young people across from him, Sams was a little surprised, and even the people around him looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment.

"Oh, no, Mr. Sams."

After hastily responding to Sams' words, Paul looked at Bill Gates with a struggling expression on his face.hesitated a little.
"Mr. Sams, I'm sorry, we have some things to discuss, shall we adjourn temporarily?"

"Okay, twenty minutes, is that enough?"

After looking at Tang, another person in charge sitting next door, Sams nodded.

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"Bill, you want to admit that cp/m is not our product, right?"

A group of people walked out of the company and stood on the side of the street.After confirming that no one from IBM followed, Paul rushed to Gates and asked.

For many years, Paul guessed Gates' thoughts from the moment Gates didn't give Sams a positive answer at the first time.Therefore, without waiting for Gates to answer, Paul continued:

"Think about what Gary did behind our backs, why can't we reverse it?! IBM! IBM! The well-deserved leader in the computer field, as long as we can get this order, we can directly change venues, and we can compete with this small Say goodbye to the office, and say goodbye to cheap fast food!"

"What about the copyright? Even if we lie, the copyright of cp/m does not belong to us, and we don't even know the code!"

"Copyright is not important, Bill! Patents, patents have protection laws, but in our current laws, there are no software-related patents at all! Copyright is whatever he says, and the big deal will be a lawsuit later, as long as we reverse its code. "

"Paul, calm down."

Patting Paul on the back, Carter's expression was also a little dignified.

The sudden appearance of such a situation caught everyone by surprise.No one expected that IBM didn't figure out their relationship with cp/m.If it's a trivial matter, then it's fine, but now
As Paul said, for a small software company like Microsoft.Once you embrace the thigh of a giant like IBM, the order?Then don't worry about not having an order at all, but worry about whether the order can be completed!

In the face of huge vested interests, Carter understood Paul's gaffe.From the perspective of a bystander, I might be able to accuse Paul of being immoral and a villain, but if I were to face this scene myself.
Carter can't guarantee how much better he will be than Paul
"Listen to other people's opinions! Aurel, Ballmer, Newell and Nisi, what do you four think?"

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"The point is, we don't know IBM's specific attitude, and how persistent they are about the operating system? Or, which one is more important to them, the operating system or the compiled language?"

"Nissi, how is your operating system doing?"

"What else can I do? It took almost a week to recruit people, and then held a product meeting and made a plan. Now it's just getting started. Moreover, I heard from Mr. Sams that their new machine will choose Intel's 8086 chip, our solution is based on the 8080 chip.”

Kay Nissi is completely dumbfounded now.This foundation is wrong, what progress is there to talk about? !
The most important thing is that the chip foundation has changed, so they can't even show a little bit of the results now.If it is an 8080 chip, even if the finished system cannot be produced, at least there is a project plan, and then some progress in the early stage can be produced, so that Sams and the others can see the effect.

It's good now, I don't even have to fool you.
You can't use these ten minutes on the spot to improvise a plan full of mistakes and omissions, right? !It's better to simply confess that Microsoft itself has no experience in operating an operating system based on the 8086 chip.

"Then let's settle it first! Get the order first, and even if DRI wants to sue us later, if there is no patent protection, give me a little more legal budget. I am confident that this lawsuit will be delayed for at least three years! As long as you get IBM's order, three years"

Ballmer, who was in a hurry, gritted his teeth and said:

"Three years is enough for us to drag DRI to death! At that time, whether they can't bear it and give up voluntarily, or buy them directly"

"No! I've decided, frankly cp/m is the work of DRI!"

Just when everyone was about to acquiesce in stealing the results of DRI, Gates suddenly said firmly.There was no exclamation as expected. After hearing Gates' words, everyone fell silent.

"Guys, do we really need to do this? Think about it, the most difficult basic language, we have served more than [-] customers, and it has been well received. We obviously have the technical strength, why should we do it? Such a disgraceful thing?"

"Hundreds of thousands of customers have not really reversed our plight."

Paul retorted faintly, diluting the somewhat frozen atmosphere for a while.The inexplicable seriousness adds a sense of joy.

"Hey, I'm not kidding you! Paul, Bob, Steve, everyone, the past is the past, we always have to face the future, don't we?"

"Look at us now, step by step towards the bright future. We have Steve, a top student in the Department of Economics, joining us, and a new partner, Carter Kai. The funds that Carter provided you, are you well spent? Who do you want? , recruit anyone, and buy any equipment you want.”

Kai Nixi bowed his head silently when he heard the words, and had to admit in his heart: Spending investors' money is really not ordinary fun!
Think about his previous years at Microsoft, except when he was a little richer in Albuquerque, when did he fight so rich? !
"Our technical strength is not weak. We were constrained by the financial situation and had to cut off many siblings. Now, everyone is back, and our strength is recovering and even increasing! So, what are you afraid of? What? Brothers, wouldn't IBM choose us without an operating system?"

"Don't forget, the most popular system environment on the market now is the basic hosted by rom, and then to start cp/m, as long as they need basic, they can't avoid us! Even if we take a step back, even if the Missed the IBM order, our customers still have Apple, Commodore, and radio shack”

"What are we afraid of?! We did have bad days before. But our good days are already in sight, Apple ii, TRS-80 Model 1; model 2, and the upcoming model 3"

"The better they sell, the higher the sales volume, our orders and our customers will only increase! This market is rising, and our internal strength is also rising. In this environment, we need such Do it, to destroy your own goodwill? It’s too bad to give yourself a negative history! We are likely to miss more customers and more orders because of this record!”

(End of this chapter)