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#acquired #microsoft #billgates #pualallen #stevenballmer #dos #ibm #office #apple #stevejobs #stevewoz #davidcutler Acquired关于microsoft这一期信息量非常大，让我对微软，对Bill Gates, Pual Allen, Steve Ballmer这些创始团队的成员有了全新的认识，下面凭着自己的记忆点自认为不错的桥段吧 在大众眼中，Bill Gates发家史是一个富家子弟靠着自己的老妈的关系获得了IBM的订单从此坐上了火箭，其实探究其发展的脉络，我们就会发现，哪有那么简单的事情。 #起步阶段 微软的第一桶金是卖Basic语言的解释器的COPY给MITS公司，这个公司开发了知名的微型电脑Altair 8800，这个单子让Bill和Paul赚到了第一桶金，也促使他们将公司搬到MITS的总部所在地Albuquerque并讲公司改名为MicroSoft，那是1975年。 此刻的微软还是一个服务MITS这样的硬件公司的软件作坊，距离他们命运的转折点1981年还有六年。 这六年间微软一直在兜售他们的Basic解释器，其中还卖给了苹果，乔布斯采购微软的Basic解释的原因是：一是他们没有时间开发这个东西，二是Steve Woz一个硬件工程师一直表示无法开发出带浮点数处理的Basic解释器，而微软的Basic解释器正好满足需求。 #走向正轨 很多人说是因为Bill的老妈在IBM董事会才促使IBM采购微软的DOS系统，其实不尽然，我们要从IBM PC说起，受到苹果个人电脑Apple II的启发，IBM一直想做个人电脑，但是IBM是一家巨型的公司，当年市值高达340亿美元，他们尝试过一次研发面向个人的微型电脑 - IBM 5100，可惜失败了。 后面他们再尝试了一次，为了避免重蹈研发IBM 5100失败的覆辙，公司管理层为此成立了一个代号为Project Chess的特别行动小组，成员只有12个人，目标是一年内研发出个人电脑。 时间紧、任务急、资源少，这个项目的领导决定不采用传统的IBM自研组件的方式来研发，所有零部件都找外部供应商，因此操作系统也就找到了微软。 IBM和微软合作的故事中总会让我疑惑，一个巨型公司怎么会去找三四个人的小作坊，现在看是否就很合理了，不是IBM找微软，二是IBM里面的一个12人小组找微软。 后面关于IBM和DOS的故事大家都知道了，Bill并没有DOS系统，而Bill在什么都没有情况下向IBM打包票说自己有，然后花了50000美元买了一个系统，魔改一下就卖给了IBM，其实这个地方展示Bill的渣男性格，反正先答应下来拿到钱再说，至于结果是否能保证，无所谓的，大不了公司关门，反正也就一个小作坊.... 小插曲，就在微软搞定了IBM的合同公司走向正轨的两年后的1983年Pual生病退居幕后，不再参与公司的经营。 #从最佳苹果软件开发商到苹果操作系统的抄袭者 微软当年是苹果系统上的最佳软件开发商之一，那时候微软还只有一个DOS，Office软件最早是运行在苹果系统上的，在和苹果合作了几年后，Bill意识到GUI操作系统才是未来，因此决定基于DOS开发GUI操作系统，微软最早的GUI操作系统并不能称为操作系统，而是一种运行在DOS上的窗口管理软件，离GUI操作系统还有十万八千里，但是微软靠着开放硬件和OEM授权的模式，混的风生水起，毕竟用户哪里知道带GUI的DOS到底是什么，用就行了。乔布斯说微软没有品味不是没有来由的，微软一直是靠商业模式起家的，品味这种东西不是微软优先考虑的事情。 #SteveBallmer和2B生意 Steve Ballmer是1980年才加入微软，是公司的第24位员工，算是创世团队里面进入比较晚的，如果论资排辈的话，这个人应该只是一个高阶的管理人员，混不到拥有大笔公司的股份，地位接近创始人的位置，那为什么他这么牛逼呢？ 原因是Steve Ballmer的商业能力很牛逼，在1985年前的微软真的不知道怎么做企业生意，这摊子事情都是Steve Ballmer做起来的，有些人可能认为微软的利润大头在面向个人的操作系统，其实做个人生意能赚几个毛钱，服务好企业才是王道。 #Bill受邀去做IBM的CEO 微软上市后IBM不行了，IBM差点请了Bill去做他们的CEO，不过被Bill拒绝了。 #Windows95与可口可乐 当年Windows 95的发布会动静很大，算是新闻传播的典范，导致可口可乐这家卖糖水的公司还专门向微软请教如何做营销。 #WindowsNT和DavidCutler Windows NT是微软新的阶段， David Cutler是Windows NT的首席架构师，为人性格火爆，听说80多岁还在敲代码... 好累 我居然写了这么多，建议大家去听Acquired关于Microsoft的那一期.... -
Microsoft spent $250m marketing Windows XP (2001), including launch events in 63 cities across the world. The UK launch took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London. It was hosted by Microsoft’s then-CEO @[email protected], who prophesised that XP would be “the Windows to beat”. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsXP #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer
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Microsoft spent $250m marketing Windows XP (2001), including launch events in 63 cities across the world. The UK launch took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London. It was hosted by Microsoft’s then-CEO @[email protected], who prophesised that XP would be “the Windows to beat”. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsXP #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer
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Microsoft spent $250m marketing Windows XP (2001), including launch events in 63 cities across the world. The UK launch took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London. It was hosted by Microsoft’s then-CEO @[email protected], who prophesised that XP would be “the Windows to beat”. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsXP #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer
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Microsoft spent $250m marketing Windows XP (2001), including launch events in 63 cities across the world. The UK launch took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London. It was hosted by Microsoft’s then-CEO @[email protected], who prophesised that XP would be “the Windows to beat”. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsXP #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer
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Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31
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Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31
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Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31
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Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31
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In 2011, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a partnership that would see Nokia - the largest phone manufacturer at the time - adopt the Windows Phone OS on its devices. The venture was unsuccessful: Nokia fell from #1 to #10 in phone sales by 2013. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsPhone #Nokia #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #StephenElop
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In 2011, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a partnership that would see Nokia - the largest phone manufacturer at the time - adopt the Windows Phone OS on its devices. The venture was unsuccessful: Nokia fell from #1 to #10 in phone sales by 2013. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsPhone #Nokia #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #StephenElop
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In 2011, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a partnership that would see Nokia - the largest phone manufacturer at the time - adopt the Windows Phone OS on its devices. The venture was unsuccessful: Nokia fell from #1 to #10 in phone sales by 2013. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsPhone #Nokia #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #StephenElop
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In 2011, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer & Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced a partnership that would see Nokia - the largest phone manufacturer at the time - adopt the Windows Phone OS on its devices. The venture was unsuccessful: Nokia fell from #1 to #10 in phone sales by 2013. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #WindowsPhone #Nokia #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #StephenElop