Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

After entering IBM's board of directors, Xia Yu has the right to visit any department of IBM, including the microcomputer development department.

This department, which has just been established for more than ten days, has only thirteen people, all of whom are active-minded elites, and the person in charge is Don Estelle Qi.

When Xia Yu came to the secret research and development department of Boca Rayton, he saw a group of people who were busy, and the person who received him was the project leader Don Estelle.

"Tang, it's nice to meet you. I'm Xia Yu, the company's new director."

Xia Yu didn't put on airs about the later father of IBM's PC, and greeted him kindly.

"Hello, Mr. Xia!"

Don Estelle Qi shook hands with Xia Yu and said hello politely.

After a brief chat, Xia Yu smelled the development of the microcomputer: "Tang, have you made any progress in the development of the microcomputer?"

Don Estel Qi took Xia Yu to the studio and said, "It has not been officially developed yet, and I am studying Apple's growth trajectory, hoping to formulate a more comprehensive development plan."

Xia Yu praised: "It's a very good idea. There is a saying in Huaxia that you know yourself and your enemy to win every battle. Apple has created the miracle of microcomputers. If you can deeply grasp the context of its rise and formulate the correct strategic plan, you can save money. A lot of energy."

Xia Yu's words came to the heart of Don Esther Chi, and he said with a smile: "Yes, that's what I thought at the time, so I did it."

During the conversation, a group of people came to the studio. Xia Yu saw that there were more than a dozen people in the studio. A group of people gathered around a large table with a lot of materials on it. Seriously.

When some employees saw Xia Yu and Don Estelle Qi, they just nodded and continued to work.

This kind of attitude made Xia Yu nodded secretly. This is the spiritual outlook that employees should have. They spend their energy and time on work, and there is no need to spend it on vainly slapping horses.

A truly wise boss is someone who likes to create value for the company, not someone who just flatters.

After all, the first purpose of starting a company is to make money. If there is a bureaucratic atmosphere in the company, it is no wonder that the company can develop well.

After staying at IBM for a few days, Xia Yu discovered that the bureaucracy in IBM was relatively heavy.

No wonder Frank T. Cary did not put the microcomputer project department in the company, but allocated personnel separately and set up the department outside the company Boca Leighton, in order to completely avoid the bureaucracy within IBM, let IBM The project team can devote themselves to the development of the microcomputer in the best state.

"Tang, are there any research results now?"

Stopping Don Estelle from disturbing everyone, Xia Yu asked in a low voice.

Don Esther Qi nodded and introduced: "Yes, our research concluded that if we want to launch our microcomputer as soon as possible and spread it to the market quickly, we must implement the 'open' policy, a complete microcomputer, There are too many parts and software needed, and it is not realistic to rely on our company to make them, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Xia Yu knew that Don Ester Qi wanted to outsource software, and then purchase the best hardware products.

To put it bluntly, part of it is self-produced, part of it is purchased, a microcomputer is assembled, and then it is fully debugged and run-in to maximize the degree of software and hardware adaptation.

However, this strategy is indeed the best when it is behind, especially when Apple is still running wild, this strategy is the best choice.

After all, no matter which company, it is impossible to be the first in all aspects of the market, which is simply unrealistic.

It is precisely because of this strategy of Don Estelle, IBM's first PC,

Intel's 8088 microprocessor was used as the computer center, and an independent software company was entrusted to configure various software for it. Only then did Microsoft and IBM sign a contract to develop DOS.

If IBM was going to do it themselves, where would Bill Gates be? Microsoft is even more unlikely to appear!

"When will the final results of the research be available? When are you going to report to the top?"

Xia Yu calmly asked Don Estelle Qi.

Don Ester Qi didn't notice Xia Yu's thoughts, he said truthfully: "Microcomputer is the most important project of the company, so I have to do my best, so I am not sure yet, and I am not sure what will happen in the future. difficulty."

"But according to my preliminary estimate, it will take at least one month to produce the research results and report to the top."

"One month!"

Xia Yu was certain in his heart that this time was quite enough, he didn't have to worry so much and had more time to plan slowly.

Next, Xia Yu learned some things, and also put forward constructive suggestions in a targeted manner, so that Don Estelle Qi's eyes changed when he saw Xia Yu, which aroused his curiosity, and he talked with Xia Yu. discussed for a long time.

In the end, when Xia Yu left, Don Estelle Qi was a little reluctant, but considering that Xia Yu was a director of the company, he was not qualified to let Xia Yu stay and help together.

After coming out of the project department, Xia Yu just had lunch and went to Redmond, Washington.

The target he was aiming at was right there!

That night, Xia Yu arrived in Redmond City. He found a top-level hotel to check in and take a good rest.

The next day, he found Microsoft according to the information address he had searched before.

At this time, Microsoft, although it has been established for 5 years, the main product is the BASIC interpreter.

The BASIC interpreter is needed in the microcomputer, but because of the market capacity problem, although Microsoft BASIC has become the market standard leader in this field with its special syntax and compatibility, Microsoft's turnover is not high.

Therefore, at this time, Microsoft can only be regarded as a software company with a certain reputation but not strong strength.

The information Xia Yu ordered to collect also stated that Microsoft had tried to design the MSX microcomputer standard to enter the microcomputer market, but the results were not satisfactory.

When Xia Yu and others entered Microsoft, they happened to see the precocious, bearded Paul Allen.

Seeing Xia Yu and his party, Paul Allen was stunned for a moment, then thought that Xia Yu and others were talking about business, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Hello, I'm Paul Allen, chief engineer of Microsoft, may I ask what I can do? serve you?"

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