Chapter 293: The point of a needle against the awn of wheat(1/2)
Hewlett-Packard Company is the largest electronics and computer company in the United States and even the world, and one of the world's top 500 companies.
The company was founded in 1939.
In the entire computer industry, it is also an absolutely established giant company. Faced with such a powerful company, Jax does not dare to show any slightness.
At the door, behind the salesperson.
A middle-aged man in a suit walked in and said with a smile: "I was wandering around a computer sales store and happened to see this gentleman demonstrating your "Origin" operating system. I was deeply attracted at that time.
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"I heard that you are the owner of this software, so I rushed over immediately. If the price is right, we plan to pre-install this system on every computer!"
Jax was stunned.
HP is actually interested in our software?
This is a big order!
He forcibly suppressed his rapidly beating heart, walked around the desk, and reached out to the other party excitedly.
this moment.
The two people's hands were tightly held together.
Bill stepped into the company's door happily.
He has enough reasons to feel happy, because the operating system he designed has achieved unprecedented success!
Recalling the past, all kinds of past.
Bill couldn't help but feel a little sad.
In the earliest days, Microsoft was still a little ant, relying on random tie-ins from Big Blue to grow with a purchased MS-DOS (disk operating system).
From that time on, Bill became ambitious and wanted to design a windowing software that was independent of the DOS operating system.
From windows95, windows98, windows me, windows 2000, Microsoft has been working hard in this direction, and it has achieved unprecedented success.
In the process, he miraculously became the richest man in the world.
Although later, due to the antitrust case, Microsoft suffered a heavy blow in the financial market.
But he was not discouraged.
Immediately gather key personnel and invest in the research and development of next-generation products.
As of now, Windows XP is already the fifth generation operating system.
Whether it’s security, interface, or functionality, it’s the most powerful ever.
He hired a total of forty-six software engineers, and even he himself had to go into battle in person during the most stressful times.
During the three-year development process of the XP system, six design supervisors and four product managers were dismissed by him due to poor management and slow progress!
One can imagine the hardships involved in this design and the pressure he endured.
Even if he tries all his tricks and keeps making promises to the public.
But he kept breaking his promise and gained weight.
In the end, due to his repeated delays, Microsoft's operating system of this generation was ridiculed by the news media as: "Bill's big bubble"!
They also used bubble patterns in newspapers to describe this window software to distinguish it from hardware.
During those days, Bill's days were really like a year, and he couldn't even sleep well at night.
Finally, the hard work paid off.
The fifth version of Windows software is finally complete!
With huge advertising expenses, Windows XP was finally officially released before Christmas, and was sold to the world at a rate of 3,000 sets per day!
Moreover, this sales record is still being broken!
Based on this sales performance, it is expected that by the middle of next year, the sales performance will exceed one million units!
The famous computer magazine "PC Magazine" highly praised this operating system. They wrote in a column: "When we are about to write the annual report for 2001, October 25th is undoubtedly a particularly memorable day.
On this day, Microsoft launched their fifth-generation operating system, Windows XP, which heralded the beginning of a new era for personal computers!"
Other professional computer publications also followed suit and published a series of articles praising Windows XP.
A senior computer expert even said that the XP system has completely separated from DOS and created its own graphical interface.
This is an epoch-making initiative!
Facing the compliments from all walks of life, Bill was a little intoxicated.
Like a little drunken wine.
It makes people unable to extricate themselves.
The release of Windows XP means that Microsoft once again overpowers all operating systems and returns to its dominance in the PC industry!
Bill even walked a little dazedly.
Therefore, when he walked into the company, he would greet the employees with a cheerful face. He was still immersed in this wonderful atmosphere until half an hour after he entered the office.
Jingle bell bell~
At this moment, the phone on the desk rang, waking Bill up from his dream.
He smiled self-deprecatingly. The time of happiness is so short. Before you can recover from it, you will be back to busy work again.
He reached for the phone and said, "Hello! This is Bill."
On the other end of the phone, no one spoke for a long time. Bill made a strange noise, and finally a man's deep voice came from the other end: "Bill, have you heard of a New York Internet technology company?"
"No! What's wrong? Are they forcibly selling you some network services? Do you want me to help you find someone and drive them away?" Bill said jokingly when he heard that it was a familiar editor of "PC Magazine".
However.
The editor snorted coldly and said, "Bill, I'm glad to hear you talking to me in such a pleasant tone, but I think your good mood ends here."
"I advise you to inquire about this company as soon as possible! They have launched a software that is very, very good!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Bill stood there, listening to the busy tone on the phone, stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a strong sense of fear in his heart.
The other party is a professional computer magazine editor, so naturally he will not target him without reason.
He said that there was a piece of software, and he called him specifically to tell him that this piece of software was obviously an operating system software!
Those damn competitors are not willing to fail!
They must have seen the huge profits in this market and were unwilling to be monopolized by us, so they endlessly launched various versions of the software.
However, judging from their lack of publicity and such silent marketing actions, they must be lacking confidence in this software.
If so, we will definitely defeat them!
At this time, Bill had no time to think about it. He immediately called the marketing department. The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered it.
Damn it! What the hell are those guys doing!
Have they all been dazzled by victory?
God, we are making progress, and our opponents are not sleeping either!
Bill was furious, strode out of the office, and went directly to the marketing department.
As soon as he got close to the door, he heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside. People from the marketing department seemed to be having a heated argument about something.
In the words, he vaguely heard the word "Origin".
Bill took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the marketing department. All the business staff inside turned their heads, and the quarrels stopped abruptly.
The atmosphere in the office is obviously not right.
All the people's expressions were very complicated.
That kind of expression is difficult to describe in words.
As soon as they saw the boss coming, everyone's eyes flickered, they hesitated to speak, and secretly turned their eyes aside.
How outrageous!
When our competitors are struggling to catch up with them, we are so disunited internally. How should we deal with the opponent's pressing step by step?!
Bill's face was tense, and his sharp eyes swept over the staff's faces. After thinking about it, he still did not blame them directly. Instead, he eased the tension in his heart and asked: "I heard that there is a company called New York Network
A technology company? Who knows this company?”
Huh~
Everyone who looked down at the floor or the scenery outside the window immediately focused their attention on Bill.
The panic in Bill's heart became more and more intense, but he had been through many storms, and as the world's richest man, he was very calm and did not show anything strange on his face.
"So, have you all heard of this company? Why didn't you tell me that they launched a software, a Windows operating system?"
His eyes were fixed on the marketing manager.
To be continued...