Chapter 552 Know Yourself and Your Enemy, and You Will Win Every Battle!

If computer hardware is the body of the computer, then computer software, especially the computer operating system, is the soul of the computer.

Jobs and Wozniacki considered whether to hand over the soul of the computer to the supercomputer software company?

Jobs and Wozniacki knew that they could never hand over the soul to another company, otherwise, Pingguo Company would not be called Pingguo Company.

Even though Sir Yang's Future Capital Company was the largest shareholder of Pingguo Company, they still felt that they could not hand over the soul to the supercomputer software company.

In other words, there was no room for negotiation between the two parties.

Jobs and Wozniacki were unwilling to cooperate with Yang Ming.

Yang Ming did not need them to install the Windows system on the Pingguo computer.

Before Jobs and Wozniacki left, Yang Ming told them that the Empire Group would give part of the orders to Pingguo Company.

This made Jobs and Wozniacki very excited again.

. . .

The day after Jobs and Wozniacki left.

Yang Ming's Connor Manor.

The three giants of the blue giant came.

One is Frank Carey, the current CEO of IBM.

One is John Opel, the next CEO of IBM.

Another is John Akers, the next CEO of IBM.

IBM is not only a giant in the computer industry in the United States, but also a giant in the world.

Although the headquarters of IBM Computer is in Armonk, New York, it is a bit far from Silicon Valley in San Francisco. They used some connections to know that Sir Yang was not in Hong Kong, but in Silicon Valley in San Francisco.

Frank Carey, John Opel, John Akers and others held a secret meeting at the headquarters of IBM. After discussion, they decided to take over 200,000 office computers of Empire Group.

They immediately flew from New York to San Francisco, and then took a car directly from San Francisco to Connor Manor in Silicon Valley.

Yang Ming was in the study.

Lin Dezhong came in and said, "Young Master Yang, there are three people outside. Here are their business cards."

Business cards?

Yang Ming took the business cards of the three people.

They are not simple at first glance!

They are actually the three giants of IBM's current management.

Especially when he saw John Akers's business card, Yang Ming smiled.

Isn't this the benefactor of Bill Gates?

Historically, if Bill Gates didn't rely on the relationship between his mother and John Akers, it would be really difficult for Bill Gates to stand out by relying on Bill Gates.

Now, Bill Gates' benefactor has come.

I wonder if the other party can still be Bill Gates' benefactor?

These three are big guys.

Whether it is the current IBM or the future IBM, in Yang Ming's view, this blue giant has always influenced the global computer and even semiconductor market.

Yang Ming went out.

He saw an old man wearing glasses and with sparse gray hair, who was Frank Carey, the current CEO of IBM.

A man wearing glasses, who looked much younger and had a lot of hair, should be John Opel.

The last man who looked even younger and was wearing a suit should be John Akers.

Frank Carey seemed very enthusiastic and took the initiative to greet Yang Ming.

"Hello, Sir Yang, we are uninvited."

"Hello, Mr. Frank."

Although Yang Ming has a Chinese face, Frank Carey thinks he is really not simple. A rich man who can easily take out 400 million US dollars to finance Pingguo Company is certainly not simple.

When Frank Carey introduced John Opel and John Akers to Yang Ming respectively, Yang Ming also greeted them enthusiastically.

The three of them went to the garden.

It is much more comfortable here during the day, and there is no need to enjoy the heating in the room.

Lin Dezhong asked someone to bring coffee.

At first, Frank Carey chatted about this and that.

Before this, the Empire Group had already bought thousands of office computers from IBM Computer Company, and it was considered a big customer of IBM.

"Sir Yang, thank you very much for your trust in our IBM Computer Company."

It was because of that that Frank Carey thought that IBM and the Empire Group could further cooperate, just like the 200,000 office computers of the Empire Group this time.

Looking at the way Frank Carey and the other two talked about this and that, Yang Ming felt funny in his heart.

Yang Ming was thinking that Frank Carey and even John Oppel were not Bill Gates' benefactors.

But this John Akers was!

The relationship between John Akers and Bill Gates' mother Mary Gates was just like the relationship between Shen Yi and Li Jiacheng's wife Zhuang Yueming in Yang Ming's previous life.

So much so that Bill Gates got help from John Akers.

Li Jiacheng got help from Shen Yi.

But now they all met Yang Ming.

Yang Ming didn't say anything, just listened to them.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and knowing the enemy will lead to victory in all battles.

These three people didn't know Yang Ming, but Yang Ming knew them better.

Frank Carey and John Oppel were the last two of the IBM Three Musketeers.

John Oppel became the CEO of IBM in 1981.

He joined IBM as a salesperson in 1949 and was promoted to vice president in 1966.

During his tenure, he ushered in a new era in IBM's history and brought IBM's personal computers (PCs) to homes, schools, and small and medium-sized enterprises.

From 1982 to 1, it captured 56% of the personal computer market.

1 The company’s revenue was US$50 billion and net profit reached a record high of US$6.55 billion.

Under the management of IBM's Three Musketeers, during the 15 years from 1971 to 1985, IBM's revenue increased from US$8.3 billion to US$50 billion, and its net profit increased from US$1.07 billion to US$6.55 billion. Both revenue and net profit increased more than 6 times. , with an average annual compound growth rate of 13%.

In 1, the net profit ranks either second or third in the United States.

However, historically, Bill Gates' nobleman John Akers was in trouble.

John Akers served as CEO from 1985 to 1993.

Entered IBM as a sales intern in 1960.

During his tenure, he focused on assembly line operations and resource reorganization, spinning off IBM's typewriter, keyboard and printer businesses into an independent company, Lexmark, which was the beginning of IBM's de-hardwareization.

However, John Akers' tenure as CEO was the period of greatest failure for IBM. IBM entered a decade of recession and loss. Due to the company's huge losses, the stock price fell by 75% in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1994, the company The stock price returned to the late 1960s (26 years ago), making shareholders extremely dissatisfied.

In other words, this is the success of John Akers, who created the world's richest man and also made Microsoft and Bill Gates successful. However, for IBM, under his management, it entered the most serious situation. period of decline.

Looking at these three people, who would have thought that IBM would be like that in the future?

Originally, he was very confident that he and Bill Gates could win the Windows system first. Now when he saw these three people again, Yang Ming seemed even more confident.

Frank Carey was still rambling, while Yang Ming was stirring the cup of coffee with a spoon.

For these people, Yang Ming knew that if he wanted to win, he must not only whet their appetites, but also make them fear the existence of their opponents.

"Mr. Frank, Mr. Opel, and Mr. Akers are not afraid to tell you that the heads of Pingguo Company, Hewlett-Packard Company, and even Toyo computer companies have come to me, especially Pingguo Company. Some time ago, My subsidiary Future Capital has also raised more than US$300 million for Pingguo Company and is already the largest shareholder of Pingguo Company.”

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