Microsoft is now renowned worldwide, and almost every people on earth are inseparable from the software company, which implements the PC dreams of smooth sailing whether on the road? We can imagine with PC dreams may not be on Bill Gates and Steve Jobs two people, maybe some people are better than their program, but they only went to the pinnacle of his career, this is by personal effort can get ? I think more of an opportunity and the environment, such as the text of DR on the company, its products since it was  IBM  's favor certainly has its own advantages, if she was not so arrogant, Microsoft may not have today, perhaps failure in business Microsoft will be the analysis of a pen, and can only be glossed over, so it seems only say that Microsoft's "good life" than it is, but if Microsoft is not the time began to develop in the United States, China or India but from the beginning, I guess it never quite able to push him to the IBM worldwide partners, so everything is opportunity, not who should achievements who, but who who achievement. Then we continue to talk about Microsoft's rise.

 

Rise 3.Microsoft of
1975, has not yet graduated from college, Bill Gates in order to achieve "Let each table with a computer," the dream, and students on Allen set up a "Microsoft."

 

 

Microsoft's growth process, IBM company has made undeniable contributions, it is working with Microsoft to indirectly promote Microsoft's rise, boosting the rise of Microsoft, which is the previously mentioned "checkers program."

 

August 1980 day, several suits, claiming IBM executives who asked a young man at the gate of Microsoft:

 

"Hey, young man, we are in charge of IBM's ask Bill Gates's office here?"

 

"Yes, of course, no problem, come with me!"

 

Lad respectfully with several executives came to the gates of the office, but the office actually empty. Make IBM's executives were surprised: the young man after they sat down to arrange guests seats, himself calmly sat down on the chair behind the desk. Guests suddenly realized: the original just this with a boyish face, chairman slovenly young man is already a minor celebrity of Microsoft - Bill Gates.

 

Gates surface calm, my heart is wondering: the king on behalf of the computer industry, IBM's Big Blue United States to visit in person, what snake oil is what drugs do?

 

Let Gates surprised that this sudden visit some guests claimed to have important things to discuss with Bill Gates himself, but before you have to discuss Gates said in a signature they had already prepared a good deal. Several representatives of IBM's move to unconventional Gates felt the importance of their trip, but he never dreamed that the meeting laid him become a billionaire before the 31-year-old foundation.

 

Gates carefully glanced their agreement, the agreement seems a bit bizarre, the above provisions of both sides not disclose the content of the talks, and called for serious Microsoft does not guarantee that any institution disclose their secrets to anyone.

 

Gates frowned: IBM company really shrewd old fox, what are doing leak. If I really did accordance with the provisions of the agreement, even if the future of Microsoft's idea is stolen IBM, I could get them to do nothing, even if the court does not help, it seems that I came from Harvard Law School, his father a lawyer who shall not IBM does not admire the genius, really opened my eyes.

 

 

Although the thought of some of their unfavorable factors, but after careful weighing of the pros and cons, Gates promised each other's asked to sign his name on the documents because he knew that such a big company like IBM to discuss things come to their own, no different Fortuna beggar to do business in and, in any case, it seems more to take advantage of their own on this side, he patiently waited to see what medicine sleeve in the end, IBM sold.

 

Finally, IBM company representatives say the purpose of this visit, they want to make some cooperation with Microsoft software. Original, IBM also saw the turbulent era of the personal computer has come, and they also want to aggressively exhibition in this field, and to seize this opportunity of a lifetime every conceivable. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, IBM also secretly set up a development team, secretly execute a yet unknown research project, code-named "Checkers Program", the project developed product is known to everyone later IBM PC machine.

 

In order to ensure the successful completion of this project and to accelerate its pace of development, IBM company have changed 求人不如求己, their own thing their own to solve the traditional closed, carefully selected group of vendors of software and hardware development, and the companies they intend to cooperation, which Microsoft and Intel Corporation are their chosen candidate collaboration company.

 

This can be described IBM's core secrets, no wonder their awareness so strong. Unlock a fog, Gates suddenly, he could not help but surprised, to cooperate with their Big Blue, heaven-sent opportunity, not to be missed.

 

However, IBM's several representatives also say something to make Gates is difficult to make a decision right away things that, although they are very interested in several high-level language of Microsoft BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, etc., but in contrast, they are more concerned about is to buy a personal computer operating system CP / M, IBM concern since before the CP / M has been a long period of time, they could see that CP / M operating system is indeed very good, and was very popular at the time, it has become eight industry-standard personal computers.

 

 

But let Gates dismay, the operating system does not belong to all of Microsoft, Gates heard when IBM's CP / M was more interested in, his heart is certainly not the taste, it is like seeing a dream come true, the pie is not to catch people like themselves, how people felt good about it?

 

However, Gates was enthusiastically explained to them, CP / M DR is a California company's products, its ownership is not his own, but belongs to its developer Professor Kildare, Kildare both with their friends , but also a competitor. Nevertheless, Gates was losing gracefully flew to DR companies call and let DR company to arrange talks the next day with IBM representatives. Although Gates was very sad, seeing IBM PC machine most important software contract DR will fall into the hands of the company, but he knew that as long as they maintain a good relationship, maybe in the future there will be opportunities for cooperation, in fact, in front of of these people really see the sincerity Gates, Gates and indeed they left a very good impression.

 

Gates just had no idea how the next day he was back at the chance.

 

Originally, when IBM Silicon Valley and several representatives flew at full speed to the company talks DR, DR's performance with Microsoft sweeps clean, and a far cry from Microsoft's vision and enthusiasm compared. Visit to IBM, DR's people do not feel what a privilege, and for practice before IBM made in the talks must first sign a confidentiality agreement is wary of Great welcome, they bluntly say it would harm the interests of the company's DR their lawyer even proposed to modify agreements. IBM representatives had had enough, has not yet begun negotiations was suspected bad motives to come, it makes them feel dissatisfied with the DR company, even annoyed, in an atmosphere of such a "话不投机半句多", IBM is head not returning to leave immediately, originally planned to sign a contract with DR purchase of CP / M vanish into thin air. DR companies do not realize that they had just lost will be the largest ever DR software business.

 

Fate, and people sometimes joke that this is so, the ages, a small decision, a trivial matter, a rare opportunity, not only can ruin a person, a person can also achievement.

 

The next day, when IBM representatives flew back to Seattle to find Gates, Gates really pleased to have a loss. This time he order not to IBM's executives felt embarrassed again, he changed a garment. He wore a three-piece suit and tie and, you know he's rarely wear that attire. But I did not think, when he and a meeting with IBM's people, both sides can not help but laugh. Original, IBM executives to cater to dress Gates, but also learn the way he deliberately wore casual slacks, upper body coupled with a cotton shirt. Therefore, the meeting was kicked off in the relaxed atmosphere of laughter, which seems to make them negotiate more smooth.

 

IBM and Microsoft, to negotiate a contract to buy IBM PC operating system and several high-level language. The formal contract signed in November 1980. Since then, the history of Microsoft Corp. opened a new page, who Genghis CP / M began to decline when Microsoft's operating systems are like giant General rapid rise.


Postscript:
While Apple, Motorola, IBM has in the past three there are many grievances, but because of the increasingly intense competitive environment, making the integration advantages of resources in order to gain a foothold in the market, so the three companies finally make a decision: close alliance group, to develop Qi Li industry standards and promote a new generation of PC hardware and software architecture.

 

After the collaboration, mutual integration of the three companies did their own resources into research and development advantages of technology to Apple to get two world-class manufacturer of technical support, but also makes the guarantee processor technology constantly updated. In the October 14, 1992, IBM and Motorola officially announced the PowerPC 601 microprocessor to start production. In the production of such IBM processor using 0.6 micron CMOS technology, each chip has 2.8 million transistors. The processor is the first to use it in subsequent models to Apple Power Macintosh 6100, the Power Macintosh 7100.