Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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This 32-bit architecture personal computer war, which started in the second half of last year, has lasted for almost a year.

The parties have evolved from the earliest pure hardware cost-effectiveness to today's overall value of the competition platform, which has made the status of third-party vendors more and more important.

ibm’s painstakingly isolated ps/2 personal computer is a completely new architecture that is overturned and rebuilt and closed for authorization. It thoroughly sorts out the existing series of products from intel8088, intel8086 to intel80286, and launches a flagship model that supports the latest microprocessor intel80386 product.

According to the blue giant’s consistent step-by-step and mastery idea, we must first settle in the outside world. The first step is to clean up the ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturers that sucked their own blood, and then exclusively enjoy the ibm-pc standard. The site; then the second step is a natural match with Fangyuan PC.

Unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven.

The camp of ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturers headed by Compaq Computer really dare not copy ps/2 architecture computers, but they are not reconciled, and the tenacious vitality exploded out of them, so that ibm, who was full of confidence, was caught off guard.

Not only did it take the lead in launching a personal computer that supports the latest microprocessor intel80386, it also tried to develop a new generation of open bus comparable to the ps/2 microchannel architecture based on the ibm-pc/at that Giant Blue has abandoned. technology. According to the latest news, this result will be fully ripened by next year at the latest.

If the technology upgrade plan is successful, it will be not only a heavy blow to ibm, but also a great irony-you know, the blue giant is advocating how superior the ps/2 architecture is, while lobbying customers to abandon it. The ibm-pc/at architecture is already old and has no future.

But the result is that Compaq Computer, the "six doors" members of the ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturer camp, let the old ibm-pc/at architecture sprout and rejuvenate.

In contrast, trying to fool customers to pay more for the ibm of ps/2 can be said to have lost the ground and smeared their golden signs.

At the same time, the black ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturer camp on the road of cost-effectiveness has really stabilized many customers with the slogan "the computer is enough", and did not let themselves think that "ps/2 came out, ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturers all small thieves are awarded the first "ibm" has the absolute upper hand.

It must be pointed out that there is another big help that makes the ibm-pc compatible machine manufacturer camp stand firm, that is, relying on the high quality and low price of the products, it has attracted many programmers, and it is a platform composed of ibm-pc and ms-dos. , Developed a large number of utility programs, including applications with acceptable functions and electronic games with good playability.

ibm's ps/2 is a newly designed personal computer platform. The operating system it runs on is os/2, which has powerful functions including support for multitasking, and ms-dos can't keep up with it.

However, os/2 is not perfect either. It is often criticized that the hardware requirements are a bit high. To run smoothly, a personal computer should be equipped with a memory of 2mb or more.

According to the co-developer of os/2 and Microsoft, which has a lot of contradictions with ibm, the reason why os/2 is not efficient is that ibm puts too much emphasis on the rules and regulations of software engineering management, which in turn led to the writing of both parties The code execution efficiency is not ideal.

But anyway, the combination of ps/2 and os/2 is technically better than the combination of ibm-pc compatible machine and ms-dos. But the former encountered an embarrassing situation similar to that of Apple’s graphical user interface personal computer mac, which was not supported by third-party software in the early stages of its advent.

In fact, the prosperous status quo of abundant software support on the ibm-pc platform did not exist at the beginning. It relied on Don Estrich, the head of the ibm personal computer department at the time, who worked hard to win over and support the electronics of Lotus Software. The form software lotus1-2-3, dbase's database software dbase and other ace applications have been developed and accumulated step by step.

Bill Lowo, the current head of the ibm personal computer department, although he is also outstanding, but his work style carries typical ibm bureaucratic genes. It is worse than Don Estelic to put down his body and walk on the ground floor, and then in the first place. There are shortcomings in the layout supported by the third party software.

It is not too late. The conservative ibm has never lacked the background of late development. Realizing what went wrong, Bill Lowo is confident to quickly improve the unfavorable situation of third-party software support.

But the tragedy is that now is the period of global dynamic random access memory prices soaring. The combined platforms of ps/2 and os/2, which are sensitive to memory capacity, have a market price of at least US$5,000 in order to achieve smooth and practical specifications. Simply lost to the combination of ibm-pc compatible machine and ms-dos.

What's more terrible is that ibm, which cannot quickly unify its internal territory, has a growing gap with Fangyuan Computer.

The most obvious evidence is that almost all global stock markets are now bullish. Compared with Fangyuan Computer Company, whose market value is in the range of more than 100 billion US dollars, ibm's performance is sluggish, and its market value is only about half of this young rival.

Some observers pointed out that ibm may be losing ground this year.

Under such severe circumstances, the hurried ibm management can only hope to cover up their incompetence by exposing the unethical means of competitors and help the company make excuses for its losses.

According to the Blue Giant, Fangyuan, Philosopher, and Ea had a lot of crimes.

First of all, the Fangyuan computer standard camp makers headed by Fangyuan Computer Co., have stockpiled and almost monopolized the domestic 256kb dynamic random access memory market in the United States, making the mainstream products of other computer companies almost to the point where they can’t cook without rice.

Secondly, the high-end semiconductor factory controlled by Tang Huan has the world's leading 1.5nm and the latest 1nm process level. It is Intel's foundry microprocessor intel80386. All the finished products with operating frequency versions of 20mhz, 25mhz, and 33mhz are deducted for personal use, while computers manufactured by other companies can only be equipped with intel80386 running at 12.5mhz.

Third, Tang Huan is an important shareholder of Seagate and other computer component suppliers, which makes the entire Fangyuan computer supply chain a higher priority than others.

In addition, Fangyuan and many independent software vendors have reached a de facto cooperative relationship of product platform exclusive or platform priority.

For example, Zheru is the most obvious example of platform exclusivity. The spreadsheet software cgrid, word processing software wordeasy, and database system ebase developed by it also supported Apple computers at the beginning, or launched special versions for other hardware platforms, but now only supports the Fangyuan computer platform.

Products like the operating system freedos, powerpresenter, the slideshow software, and so on, have only supported the Fangyuan computer platform since their introduction.

This platform exclusivity has helped Fangyuan occupy most of the PC commercial market.

ea is the most obvious platform first example. Many of its PC versions of games are transplanted from popular masterpieces that are widely loved by players on the game console system, which in turn drives the sales of personal computers. After all, when a person buys a computer, the entertainment function is an influencing factor that cannot be ignored— -No one wants an "old school" with no interest at all.

But when launching these PC versions of the game, ea was almost released on the Fangyuan computer platform for the first time, and the development process seldom borrowed the hands of others; as for the version like the ibm personal computer platform, it will It lags far behind and will be outsourced to a third-party game company to complete, which will inevitably lead to differences in quality.

This platform priority has helped Fangyuan attract an unpredictable number of individual users.

There are many examples of the exclusivity and priority of the Fangyuan computer platform.

Take the serious security problems caused by the increasingly rampant computer viruses. Symantec is a leader in this field. It claims to provide a "shield" for all computers, which can be combined with hardware antivirus expansion cards to achieve execution efficiency. The highest security product, only supports Fangyuan Computer.

In the more profitable professional application software field, Adobe’s desktop publishing system, as well as the graphics processing program photoshop, Autodesk’s computer-aided design system autocad, and other heavyweight products, are only optimized on the Fangyuan computer platform. The best, the most comfortable to use, and the most satisfying performance.

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Hollowing thoughts to get rid of crime, so as to give Wall Street an account of the ibm management, originally just in a hurry to turn their attention to the operation method of attacking Fangyuan computer, but as the "criminal evidence" is collected more and more, competitors are found The ecological circle of ibm has unknowingly operated to such an indestructible level, they fell into despair, began to hypnotize themselves, and tried to make others believe that the current dilemma of ibm was caused by the innumerable "crimes".

Why did Tang Huan, who was originally on the scene in Xiangjiang, rush back to the United States? It is because ibm is crying and robbing the ground, making the noise too fierce. There is a tendency to use the square circle as the former American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and even the industry monopolist like ibm itself. It is not an exaggeration to say that its heart is too bad. .

When the reporters behaved in every way so that Tang Huan could express the truest thoughts on the matter, the richest man did what they wanted.

At the media briefing, Tang Huan, who has always been a gentleman, put away his smile and expressed his dissatisfaction more strongly than ever.

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"This is really a stumbling block in the world. IBM, which once monopolized 80% of the market share in the mainframe era and attracted the Ministry of Justice's anti-monopoly investigation, unexpectedly took out anti-monopoly weapons and defended its so-called The benefits are here."

"Just ask, when ibm blames others, will it apply the monopoly thinking that has long been accustomed to nature to others, or more accurately describe it as a villain to the hinterland of a gentleman, and apply it to others?"

"I don't want to advertise how noble we are. I just want to point out that the current personal computer market situation is a typical blossoming of flowers. In addition to ibm, the products of Apple and Compost are equally competitive. Who dares to be indifferent? Sitting on top of success and taking a nap, you will be squeezed into the ditch tomorrow."

"Fangyuan Computer has indeed gained some advantages in the current market competition, but it has never used this position to emulate ibm's past practice of forcibly dividing product lines in order to maximize profits, kidnapping users to buy the so-called more profitable so-called High-end products."

"We have never changed our original intention, that is, to provide users with the most suitable it solution ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ to achieve a win-win situation with customers and partners."

"IBM's mainframe product lines system/360 and system/370 will only be updated every 10 years. After entering the 1980s, they have almost stagnated." ⑧☆miào⑧☆bi(.*)gé⑧☆ .$.

"Fangyuan will not lose its enterprising spirit for one-sided pursuit of profit. Since its establishment in 1979, it has comprehensively updated its personal computer product line approximately every two years, thereby gradually bringing this field from the 8-bit era. To the 16-bit era, and even the current 32-bit era."

"The pace of technological advancement will never stop. Fangyuan will not short-sightedly stifle his own creativity for his own immediate benefit, and become a stumbling block of the times."

"We have never denied our ambition, that is, we want to be the leader of the industry? But if our wish is fulfilled, will it be the next ibm that everyone is worried about? The answer is of course, no! We have to be with progress, not peers Slave owners, opponents of progress!"

"I heard that this year's ibm financial statements will be ugly, and losses will be unprecedented. But you can't use unnecessarily attacking competitors to divert the attention of the outside world."

"There is a saying in the East, stomach pain blames the Lord Stove Lord, it is that when some people are unhappy, they don't review their own problems, but instead unreasonably put all the blame on others."

"If ibm still can't find a way to solve the immediate problem, I am willing to offer a suggestion-it is better to separate the family, separate the personal computer business, so as to completely let go of it."

"Fangyuan hopes that his opponent is strong enough to motivate him to improve, instead of competing with a pig."