Rebirth of America, this is my time

In fact, before deciding to make a spreadsheet, Ethan Jones had already thought about whether to invite Bill Gates to be the developer of this project.

The reason for choosing Bill Gates is simple: he has a strong enough background and the technology to support the smooth development of the project;

The reason for not wanting to choose Bill Gates is simpler, because in Ethan Jones's previous life, Bill Gates was extremely arrogant when accepting federal antitrust investigations.

He knew that the Federation could not do anything to him.

So, people saw that one second, federal judge Thomas Jackson had just ruled that Microsoft was a monopoly, and the next second, he was forcibly fired for violating judicial procedures, and the female judge who took over the case was still Bill · Gates’ father’s old friend, with the help of the other party, the Department of Justice fell silent.

When the world's richest man did something even more exaggerated than the old Rockefeller when faced with the investigation of a violent agency, and after playing the trick of letting those who follow me prosper and those who go against me to perish, then bringing him into our own camp is tantamount to He buried a bomb under his pillow.

It could explode at any time.

It wasn't until Ethan considered that fighting with this kind of guy would be even more tiring that he reluctantly asked Steve Ballmer to summon him. He was fully prepared before the contact, and pulled Wen along. Locke co-invested in Microsoft, which was still in its infancy, and wanted to use this method to tie a rope to Bill Gates.

Before, Ethan felt that his methods were quite successful. Not only did he successfully obtain the equity of Microsoft, but he also asked Bill Gates to make the spreadsheet according to his orders.

Not only that, but the contact at the first national video game competition also made Bill Gates look like a harmless little sheep, who bleated at himself under the guidance of his father.

But I didn't expect it...

These are all illusions.

When things are calm, Bill Gates is extremely docile.

As soon as the opportunity presented itself, he immediately took action.

Although Ethan admitted that there is nothing wrong with what Bill Gates said. The idea of ​​​​closed source operation can never monopolize the market. If you want to kill all opponents, the easiest way is to make the company that wants to delve into it feel unprofitable. , but this does not become a reason for Bill Gates to come to negotiate!

In Ethan's view, everything Bill Gates said was just a cover-up. In fact, he only had one thought in his heart, and that was, 'The graphical user interface is awesome, so I want it.'

It's that simple.

And this idea——

"What the hell!"

"I didn't expect Intel to be a waste!"

Ethan, who was leaning on the boss's chair, looked helpless.

To be honest, before Bill Gates talked about the gap, Ethan, who did not understand technology, really thought that Intel was the leader in the chip industry. If Apple chose Intel, it would be a strong alliance.

But I didn't expect it...

Is Intel still a child these days?

If Motorola stomps its feet, Intel will stumble?

Damn it!

What nonsense!

"It seems that no matter how strong the butterfly wings are, they can't defeat the inevitable of history?"

Ethan thought for a while and felt that the breakthrough in the current incident lay with Steve Jobs.

As long as he nods, Apple can take advantage of Microsoft, board IBM's ship, and get cheap chips produced by AMD. But if Jobs refuses, then——

"Let's talk about it later."

"If it doesn't work, just push Bill Mensch and see if you can get a surprise?"

When things reach an unsolvable deadlock, kicking the ball is everyone's instinctive reaction.

And, to be honest, Ethan feels that openness is inevitable.

This is not only because the memory of his previous life told him that Bill Gates's choice was the right one, but also because the past reality has been telling him that all patents have a protection period.

Most of the patents related to graphical user interfaces were approved in 1968, and their protection period will be 20 years later. Once the time has passed, other companies can enter the market.

It's now eighty years old, only eight years until the patent expires, and Apple needs at least two more years to bring a product to market. With time so tight...

Ethan doesn’t believe Apple will be able to kill everything in six years.

Since the blockade will lead to the emergence of a hundred schools of thought, why not support an open brother in advance?

He felt that Bill Gates was quite suitable.

What is more appropriate is that this guy has ambition, background, and ability, and can solve the problem of chip shortage.

etc!

chip?

Intel?

Ethan felt something was wrong!

"How about... getting a part of Intel's equity through Bill Gates?"

"If Intel is unwilling, then let Intel directly license x86 to Western Design?"

"Hey! This plan seems feasible!"

"IBM asked Intel to disclose its patents, but it did not say that Intel must hand over the patents to AMD! In this case, wouldn't it be over if Western Design directly became Intel's patent receiving factory? You know, Western Design is currently the world's largest chip company!"

"Although it's a little wet..."

"But that's not important, right!"

“As long as the production capacity is enough!”

"I will directly replace AMD and develop x86 by myself. Wouldn't this solve all future chip problems from the source? After all, MOS 6502 cannot be continuously upgraded!"

Thinking of this, Ethan's eyes lit up!

He felt that his thoughts were out of control!

Because in his memory, the MOS 6502 architecture will officially withdraw from the chip industry in a few decades. Although he does not know the specific reasons, it certainly has nothing to do with the market.

When the sixteen-bit upgraded version of MOS 6502 can shine on the Super Nintendo machine, their application scenarios can be measured by the word "extensive".

But even so, they did not continue to upgrade and break through to 32-bit or even 64-bit. This can only mean one problem, there is a problem with the architecture of MOS 6502.

Since their future will eventually be bleak...

Getting x86 is the biggest complement to the chip company!

As for the method?

As awesome as Bill Gates is, he has already obtained IBM's core secrets through his mother. In this case, it's okay to help his investors get Intel's patent license, right?

Since Bill Gates wants a graphical user interface, he has to show sincerity no matter what, right?

And he, Ethan Jones, is not greedy either!

After obtaining authorization, all chips produced are for your own use!

As much as Intel reduces the supply ratio of IBM's second supplier, they will supply IBM with as much supply as possible! If you have one more, they won’t sell Western Design!

His main character, Ethan Jones, is a man who sacrifices the small self to achieve the greater self!

He would rather suffer his own losses, spend money to support the x86 team, copy Intel technology while doing some adaptive research, for example, develop chips suitable for home consoles, and avoid developing chips that may be applied in other fields. Intel is liquidated by antitrust!

And when Intel learned of his good intentions——

"They will definitely be moved to tears, right?"

"Oh my! I'm such a good person in Silicon Valley!"

The wonderful enjoyment made Ethan overjoyed.

And when Ethan discovered that Bill Gates' sudden display of ambition might not be a bad thing, he began to think about how to talk to Steve Jobs about it.

No way, classmate Xiao Qiao is a pretty good person.

Although his IQ is not very high and he thinks that he can rule the world by closing the source, and his emotional intelligence is quite bad, and he likes to communicate with Ethan in a straightforward way, but his ability...

It’s still generous!

Cough cough cough——

Ethan would not say that with more and more wealth and enemies, every friend is precious, and turning against Jobs would not only do him no good, but would also make him feel lonely.

But before he could use his smart little brain, his thoughts were interrupted by the outside world. His old friend Minoru Arakawa came to Palo Alto with Nintendo's financial report.

"Mr. Jones, this is last year's sales report. Please take a look."

Minoru Arakawa is handsome in a suit and leather shoes.

As Ethan had previously expected, even if Nintendo did not launch a home console into the Neon market last year, and even if Neon’s local game manufacturers have officially declared war on Destiny Games and released their self-developed games on the market, these facts are simply not Unable to have an impact on the Destiny game, "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Snake: Two Players Battle" still sold well after they were launched, bringing a lot of revenue to the Destiny game.

Among them, "Ms. Pac-Man" sold the best, with 81,000 Neon units shipped.

"Snake: Two Players" was second, selling 55,000 units on Neon.

"Windfall" was so popular that it also sold 30,000 units on Neon.

And "Taken" and "Need for Speed"...

Although they did not receive much praise after being launched in North America, they sold well in Neon. The former sold 11,000 units and the latter sold a full 20,000 units.

Calculated according to the new draw method, the share attributed to Destiny Game exceeds 100 million.

The fact that the money came was like a spring breeze, making Ethan, who was already in a good mood, smile. But when he opened the report from Nintendo Kyoto Chip Manufacturing Company...

The numbers inside made him squint his eyes with joy.

"Wow - Mr. Arakawa, I didn't expect that your Nintendo sold all the chips produced by the chip company?" Ethan asked pretending to be surprised.

"Uh...yes." Minoru Arakawa said neither happy nor sad: "Although our Nintendo has suffered a large number of refunds, we still obtained the agency rights for your home console, Mr. Jones, so our president decided , pulling all the produced chips to the manufacturing company. After doing this, the chip production company not only obtained new production funds and was able to resume production, but the manufacturing company could also produce mainframes at full capacity to prepare for this year's sales. "

"Oh - this is really a great way to deal with it -" Ethan nodded with a smile and asked kindly: "Then when are you going to introduce our home console to people?"

Arakawa answered: "This summer."

"In July and August?"

"Yes, it's summer vacation at that time, which is the best time for children to buy and play."

"How many units will your president decide to stock in the first batch?"

"One million units." When talking about this issue, Minoru Arakawa hesitated and said: "Although Johnson's home consoles are selling well in North America, the number of one million units is definitely not able to meet the market demand of our country. , but this is already the limit of our Nintendo.”

"We at Nintendo have put down most of our liquidity, and we have done our best even though this project is not making money."

"However, Mr. Jones, you can rest assured that when this business starts to flow, we will definitely restock the market in a short time after regaining our cash flow. According to our estimates, under normal production conditions, our factory will be able to replenish the market within one month." It can produce 300,000 home consoles."

"In other words, if Johnson's home console sells well, its sales in our country this year will be about 2.8 million to 3 million units."

This number satisfied Ethan, "Then I'll wait for your good news."

After a brief exchange, Ethan asked Ballmer to help see off the guests.

After Minoru Arakawa left, Ethan also got into his sister's office and said: "I estimate that Nintendo will launch its own handheld product on the market before June this year. So——"

"I'm writing."

Evelin pointed to the monitor in front of her and replied: "Don't worry. It will be quick."

"Okay." Ethan gave a thumbs up to his sister, "Come on."

Although Nintendo's betrayal again makes people unhappy, if countermeasures had been arranged before this, Ethan would still hope to have a chance encounter with Hiroshi Yamauchi.

He wanted to know whether his guess was correct and whether Nintendo had really betrayed him.

If betrayed...

He even wanted to know how Hiroshi Yamauchi would react when he took out the "Destiny Cube".

Surprised?

Is it panic?

Or fear?

When Hiroshi Yamauchi was proudly showing off his products to the world one second, and the next second he saw "Destiny Cube"... the expression on the old guy's face should be very rich, right?

Ha ha ha ha--

He, Ethan Jones, is really not the devil!

Thinking of this, Ethan could not help but curl up his lips.

"Boss, have you encountered anything happy?"

“Did Neon’s revenue exceed expectations?”

"Or did Minoru Arakawa bring other good news?"

When Ballmer finished sending the guests to report, as soon as he entered the corridor, he saw his boss smiling, and his happy look seemed to have a magical power that made him feel better.

His question made Ethan, who was holding the railing with both hands, tilt his head and said with a smile: "They are all there."

"Really?" Ballmer's eyes lit up. "How much money did Nintendo make for us last year?"

"The report is on my desk, you can read it yourself."

"okay!"

Since the boss doesn't shy away from suspicion, Ballmer won't be polite.

And when he discovered that last year, Nintendo sold nearly 200,000 arcade machines for them, with operating income of 390 million, and the commission attributable to them was 1.3 billion...

The fact that it far exceeded his expectations also made him smile from ear to ear!

"Oh - boss - is our game so popular in Neon?"

"They will pay for any game we make?"

"This is unbelievable!"

Ballmer exclaimed.

After a few seconds, he put away his joy and said slowly: "But..."

“It’s actually normal for us to achieve this result.”

"After all, boss, you have launched multiple hit models in the past few years."

"When Neon players play "Snake" in the first year, "Pac-Man" in the second year, and "Star Wars" in the third year, as long as they are individuals, they will become Your fans.”

"In this case, it's normal for your new game to sell well, and it's unexpected if it doesn't sell well."

There was no technique but only emotional praise, which made Ethan laugh out loud.

"Steve, I think you should know that in our company, there is no extra money for complimenting the boss."

"Oh - what I said is obviously the truth!" Ballmer screamed strangely.

Injustice written all over his face.

The funny look of the bald head made Ethan laugh out loud. While he was happy, Ballmer asked again: "Boss, the settlement report given by Nintendo is already so beautiful, so is the good news even better?" Inspiring? Can you tell me something..."

While the handheld console will eventually be released, it's kept secret until it's revealed.

"You'll know when the time comes." Ethan patted the railing in front of him.

He walked back to the office with a smile.

He doesn't want to talk about this kind of thing now.

And just as he was about to close the door, Ballmer shouted again——

"Hey boss! Wait!"

"We don't have to talk about Nintendo's things, but you can't close the door!"

"I have other things to ask you for!"

Note: ① There is no problem with the actual architecture of MOS 6502. Bill Mensch created a 32-bit follow-up product, but because he had no money to promote it, and the binding of Microsoft and Intel allowed RISC to win the market, so Bill Mensch Shi Cai gave up. That is a market environment problem, not an architectural problem. But this kind of information is already unpopular and can no longer be unpopular, so Ethan’s ideas in the article are based on public impressions.