Chapter 556 Windows 1 Is Officially Launched! Shocking the World!!
Wang Lie was a little surprised to see his father trembling and coming out of the study with Sir Yang.
Could it be that his father and Sir Yang failed to reach a cooperation agreement?
"Dr. Wang, I still admire you very much. We will cooperate again if there is a chance."
Yang Ming didn't say anything else.
Wang Lie wanted to ask something else, but was told to leave by Wang.
Looking at the three people leaving, Yang Ming shook his head.
. . .
In the next few days.
Yuan Tianfan and Langdon, according to Yang Ming's request, talked with IBM, HP, Pingguo, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Hitachi and others for a long time.
Finally, the cooperation was completed.
200,000 office computers of Empire Group.
Among them, 100,000 office computers were ordered by IBM.
50,000 office computers were ordered by HP.
20,000 office computers were ordered by Pingguo.
30,000 office computers were ordered by Fujitsu and the three Japanese companies.
In Yang Ming's view, there is no end to the money in this world, so why not cooperate with other companies? Moreover, the real purpose of his doing so this time was to promote the Windows system and occupy the global operating system market.
From now on, it is very successful.
These computer companies have agreed, and they are also very satisfied with the Windows system.
Even if there is no computer order from the Empire Group, they are willing to purchase the Windows system as their company's operating system.
When the Empire Group signed contracts with these companies.
The stocks of IBM and HP immediately rose.
Pingguo Company has not yet gone public, and now it has received an order of 20,000 office computers from the Empire Group, which can also bring a lot of turnover and valuation.
In other words, Pingguo Company has not yet gone public, and now its valuation has risen again.
. . .
May 27, 1980.
9:00 am.
Silicon Valley.
Conference room of the supercomputer software company.
This time, a formal launch conference for the Windows 1 product was held.
At the product launch conference, the attendees of the meeting.
Including the general manager of the supercomputer software company Yuan Tianfan, the director of the human resources department Landon, the financial director Navia, and the software design director and product director Tim Patterson, as well as some of the company's main leaders.
This conference room invited reporters from Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and even many newspapers around the world.
The person in charge of the Windows 1 product launch conference was Tim Patterson.
When the product launch conference officially began.
Tim Patterson formally introduced the first product of the supercomputer software company to the reporters present.
Windows 1, also known as Windows 1980.
This product basically meets the work needs of any worker. It is richer, simpler, and easier to use than the WPS product of Wang An Computer Company.
Compared with similar companies, it is more convenient for workers to use.
The most important thing is that this product is compatible.
In other words, any computer company, including IBM computers, HP computers, Toyo computers, and even some miscellaneous computers, assembled computers, etc., can be compatible and installed.
There is no doubt that the computer operating software launch hosted by Tim Patterson shocked many reporters present.
For the current M country, many people need to use computers for work.
Before this, it was really inconvenient. For example, the reason why IBM computers were so huge before was also related to these.
Now the emergence of the Windows system seems to have solved many problems at once.
"Mr. Patterson, do you know the price of this software?"
A female reporter picked up the microphone and asked.
"99 US dollars. This set of operating software only costs 99 US dollars, and the price is unified worldwide." Tim Patterson said.
99 US dollars?
This is not expensive, nor is it cheap.
Compared with computers that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, a computer operating system of 99 US dollars is indeed not expensive.
In the following time, many reporters began to ask questions again.
Tim Patterson, Yuan Tianfan, Landon and others all answered.
This new product launch.
From 9:00 am, it lasted until 11:30 am.
It can be said that this new product launch was very successful and immediately shocked many reporters.
When the reporters left, Yuan Tianfan went back to report to Yang Ming.
Connor Manor.
Yang Ming was still in the study.
He also created the supercomputer software company. He would not and could not appear at the product launch conference.
However, he knew that the launch conference was already in progress.
"Boss, I'm back."
Yuan Tianfan walked in from outside.
"Boss, this Windows 1 product launch conference was very successful and attracted the attention of all the reporters present. Many reporters were very satisfied with this product, including the price."
"This is just the beginning. In the future, the supercomputer software company will be a Fortune 500 company. As long as we do this software well, we can continue to make money."
Compared with computer hardware, the Windows system is more profitable.
This is also the reason why the market value of Microsoft has been getting higher and higher in history, and Bill Gates' wealth has been increasing.
Yuan Tianfan may not know what this means yet.
However, now Yuan Tianfan is temporarily in charge of the supercomputer software company, and the management of the supercomputer software company is solely responsible.
Yang Ming is already looking for candidates.
One is Jack Welch, now the vice chairman of General Electric Company of Country M.
Historically, he has been hailed as the most outstanding and number one professional manager in Country M.
It played a very important role in the development and strength of General Electric Company.
Now, as far as General Electric is concerned, it is already a large group company with a market value of over 10 billion. The other party is already the company's vice chairman. If nothing else happens, he will definitely be the chairman of General Electric in the future.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Yang Ming to recruit him from General Electric Company to a supercomputer software company.
For example, in terms of supercomputer software companies, Yang Ming knew that white people understood white people better. In other words, if they wanted to promote the Windows system of supercomputer software companies to the world, they would definitely have to re-employ white professional managers.
"I have sent people to meet with Jack Welch. If he is willing to serve as the general manager of the Super Computer Software Company, then you will be specifically responsible for the affairs of Future Capital Company."
Yuan Tianfan knows about Jack Welch. However, the other party is already the vice chairman of General Electric Company, so it may be difficult to find him.
In country M, it is normal for professional managers to change jobs.
I'm afraid that Yang Ming can't meet the other party's needs.
In addition to Jack Welch, Yang Ming also selected another candidate.
John Chambers.
In 1976, Chambers, who was thirty years old, came to California to start his own business with three diplomas: a bachelor's degree in business management, a bachelor's degree in law, and an MBA in finance and management.
First, he chose a consulting firm that acted as an agent for acquisitions and mergers. However, soon after he heard from a friend that IBM "sells" solutions, Chambers was very interested in the word "solutions" at the time, so he "confusedly" Enter IBM, the world's largest computer company.
He worked for IBM for seven years, first in sales for several years, and later as a marketing manager for IBM, which produced the world's first personal computer in 1981.
At that time, IBM computers were even on the cover of Time magazine, which was a great success for a while. However, due to the mistakes of high-level decision-makers, they did not pay attention to the opinions of consumers, and gradually gave up the PC market and turned to large computer equipment. Finally, IBM The dominance of PCs was quickly occupied by Compaq Computer, which came from behind.
Chambers said with emotion: "I learned a lot from this, and the most taboo thing is that as managers, we are getting further and further away from customers. They should know more than customers."
In 1983, Chambers was disappointed and ran to his second big employer, which was Wangpin Computer Company. He was responsible for sales in Asia and later became vice president. He worked here for 8 years, the first 6 and a half years. Under the leadership of Dr. Wang Yin, they work well together and both attach great importance to their relationships with customers.
Wang Bian himself was also very flexible, making different plans for different situations, which greatly benefited Chambers. However, with Wang Bian's retirement and his son Wang Lie taking office, the situation changed a lot.
In Chambers’ words: “Without customers, various interests cannot be taken care of well.”
Although Chambers was later promoted to the position of President of Country M of Wangyuan Computer Company, he had to complete the task of laying off 4,000 people first, which made Chambers extremely painful.
His experience of having to lay off employees also made him very painful mentally. Whenever he talks about this, he always has a very lonely expression: "They are all very good employees, and there is no need to make their lives chaotic."
After the latest layoffs, Chambers cut his salary to a symbolic dollar to keep several employees in their jobs.
He resigned immediately and stayed at home for two months until Cisco gave him the green light.
In the end, he joined Cisco, making Cisco one of the most important companies in the world, and Cisco made him what he was.
In other words, it wasn't that Chambers was incompetent, but that the company he met before, or the boss who didn't listen to his advice, led to that.
As for Chambers, Yang Ming knew this person from Cisco, which appeared later in history.
Compared with Jack Welch, who is about to enter his peak period as a professional manager, Yang Ming feels that Chambers may be more suitable as the general manager of a supercomputer software company.
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