Chapter 552: Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in 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 Woz considered whether to hand over the soul of the computer to a supercomputer software company?

Both Jobs and Woz knew that they must not give their souls to another company, otherwise, Pingguo Company would not be called Pingguo Company.

Even though Sir Yang's Future Capital Company Pingguo Company is the largest shareholder, they still feel that they cannot hand over their souls to a supercomputer software company.

In other words, there is no need for the two sides to talk about this matter.

Jobs and Woz were unwilling to cooperate with Yang Ming.

Yang Ming didn't need them to install the Windows system on Pingguo's computer.

Before Jobs and Woz left, Yang Ming told them that the Imperial Group would allocate part of the orders to Pingguo Company.

This made Jobs and Woz very excited again.

. . .

The day after Jobs and Woz left.

Yang Ming's Connor Manor.

Here comes Big Blue’s Big Three.

One is Frank Kerry, the current CEO of IBM.

One is the next IBM CEO John Opel.

Another one is John Akers, the next CEO of IBM.

IBM is now not only the computer giant in China, but also the global computer giant.

Although IBM Computer Company is headquartered in Armonk, New York, it is somewhat far away from San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Using some connections, they already knew that Sir Yang was not in Xiangjiang, but in Silicon Valley, San Francisco.

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

They immediately flew from New York to San Francisco, and then drove directly from San Francisco to Conner Manor in Silicon Valley.

Yang Ming is in the study.

Lin Dezhong came in and said, "Mr. Yang, there are three people outside. This is their business card."

business card?

Yang Ming took the business cards of the three people.

It’s not simple at first glance!

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

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

Isn't this the noble man Bill Gates?

Historically, it would have been really difficult for Bill Gates to stand out if he had not relied on the relationship between his mother and John Akers.

Now, the gentleman Bill Gates is here.

I wonder if the other party can still become Bill Gates' nobleman?

These three are all big guys.

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

Yang Ming went outside.

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

A man wearing glasses who looks much younger and still has a lot of hair should be John Opel.

The last man who looked 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 here uninvited."

"Hello, Mr. Frank."

Although Yang Ming has a Chinese face, in Frank Carey's opinion, it is really not simple. A rich man who can casually spend 400 million US dollars to finance Pingguo Company is certainly not simple.

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

The three of them went to the garden.

Now 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 deliver coffee.

At first, Frank Carey was chatting here and there.

Prior to this, Imperial Group had purchased thousands of office computers from IBM Computer Company and was considered a big customer of IBM.

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

It is precisely because of that that, in Frank Carey's view, IBM and Imperial Group can further cooperate, as this time Imperial Group has done 200,000 office computers.

Seeing Frank Carey and the other three chattering around, Yang Ming felt funny in his heart.

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

But, this John Akers is!

The relationship between John Akers and Mary Gates, the mother of Bill Gates, is just like the relationship between Shen Bian 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 received help from Shen Bi.

However, now they all met Yang Ming.

Yang Ming didn't make a sound, just listening to them.

As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and you will be victorious in any battle.

These three people didn't know much about Yang Ming, but Yang Ming knew these three people relatively well.

Frank Kerry and John Opel are the last two people in the IBM Three Musketeers era.

John Opel became CEO of the company 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 promoted 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 also raised more than US$300 million for Pingguo Company and is already the largest shareholder of Pingguo Company."

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