"Bill, please stop for a moment and let me tell you something!"

"What's going on? I'm busy..."

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Paul suddenly felt a thump in his heart, and he seemed to hear the sound of heartbreak.

A strange feeling of missing out on 100 million quietly crept into my heart!

Just coveting the fifteen thousand licensing fees? Paul didn’t believe it!

Are you kidding me? How many companies in the United States, even Canada, can produce computers? How many companies actually need this operating system?

Don’t forget, the genuine Intel 8080 chip originally had a very high price, which forced the A-grade z80 to become popular! The upgraded model of 8080, 8086... the price is obviously not lower than that of 8080...

This price relationship is that the cheapest mos 6502 is smaller than z80; smaller than Motorola 6800; smaller than Intel 8080; smaller than 8086...

Even if 8086 can support 8-bit or 16-bit prices at the same time, the frequency will be higher. But this thing is like the future i9, or the thread ripper or something.

It's awesome, but how many people can actually use it? How many people and how many companies can afford it?! Let alone i9, most personal PCs don't even have i7, and most games can't even use it.

Zhang i5 chip is enough to run.

For a software that runs on a high-end chip like the 8086, it would be great if you could make back your money just by relying on licensing fees! Paul didn’t believe that a shrewd businessman like Carter wouldn’t understand this.

While technology and application complement each other, there are also divisions that cannot be ignored. Top-level technologies, one after another, are almost not suitable for commercial use. To put it bluntly, the cost is too high, which is not conducive to promotion and is not easy to achieve scale.

But Carter's tone was extremely decisive and firm. He was obviously determined to get this qdos...

Think about Carter's assets, his firm belief in the operating system, and the current situation Microsoft is facing...

"I just called Carter to inform him that we have obtained the authorization for Patterson's qdos, and then Carter said that he is now communicating with Mr. Bullock and wants to completely acquire qdos..."

"Complete acquisition?!"

Bill was shocked when he heard this and subconsciously felt that Paul was joking with him.

If IBM's Sams is unwilling to invest in the purchase of qdos, it is because he is worried that he will be affected by the bureaucracy within the group and cannot fully develop the potential of qdos. In addition, what IBM currently wants to launch is an open and highly scalable PC.

product, if IBM acquires qdos, then for the sake of profit, the IBM board of directors will probably force PCs to install the qdos system, and set exclusive restrictions and so on.

But I refused to directly acquire qdos at that time, purely out of cost considerations...

A thing that is almost unlikely to be sold on a large scale can be solved for $10,000 or 20,000, and your company can completely use it legally or even sell it, so why spend more money?

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"Didn't you tell him clearly what this software is about? It's just a semi-finished product. After he buys it, who will develop it? Could it be that he intends to enter the computer or software industry?"

"Let me make it clear, this is not what you are worried about. When it comes to entering the software industry, didn't he also invest in our Microsoft..."

"But we are just a small company with its size. If we want to invest more, we will invest in the entire industry..."

"That's impossible. When we were here, we didn't see him being interested in companies like *** or dri. He didn't invest at that time, and now he comes here to do it second-guessing. Isn't this nonsense?!

"

Paul shook his head and directly stopped Bill Gates' random thoughts.

"Don't worry about this. What he said to me was, 'Just think that I am just greedy for the licensing fees'... Bill, tell me, if Carter wants to profit from Qdos's licensing fees, does that mean

, we need to sell more qdos so that more computer companies can choose to install qdos on their products?”

"Of course, aren't you talking nonsense? If no one cares about the qdos system in the market, which company will choose it, and who will pay the licensing fee for it?"

Bill Gates answered subconsciously and then reacted:

"You mean, Carter is very optimistic about qdos, no, he is very optimistic about the Intel 8086 chip? He thinks that this chip can quickly seize a large number of markets, and then, as the earliest 8086 chip operating system, qdos will also be a big seller?"

"That's right! I was wondering if Carter heard something from Wall Street, and then..."

Paul nodded solemnly. If he didn't still have some sense, Paul would have wanted to call Carter right now and ask him if he had bought shares of Intel...!

If Carter suddenly bought Intel shares recently, and then impatiently bought qdos at the bottom, Paul wouldn't believe it if he didn't have any inside information!

"Probably not, Wall Street cannot control the market. Even if you follow your logic, why don't you say that he is optimistic about IBM's new project?"

Looking at Paul, Bill suddenly burst into laughter.

"IBM's new PCs all use 8086 chips. If this computer sells well, wouldn't it also be able to spread 8086 to the market in large quantities?"

"That's right! Then let's..."

"Okay, okay, don't worry about it, brother! Let's just do what we are doing right now. No matter what Carter thinks, it doesn't have much to do with us, right? We are starting so many projects at the same time, how can we have any spare money?

Do other things. Besides, if Carter buys qdos, it will be a good thing for us. He is also a shareholder of Microsoft..."

"Even if we don't ask him to charge us less in copyright licensing fees, there is no problem with supply, right?"

Patting Paul on the shoulder, Gates shook his head in confusion and walked back to his work station. Paul, who stayed where he was, thought for a while, suddenly grinned at himself, and continued to work...

"What? Buy qdos? Sorry, who are you?"

At the same time, inside Seattle Computer Company, Rod Block asked in surprise.

Weird things happen every year, especially this year...

Previously, Microsoft suddenly came to ask for the software license for an internal game, but now an individual appears out of nowhere, saying that it wants to fully acquire this software...

"Please call Patterson, quickly!"

Covering the receiving end of the phone receiver, Bullock whispered instructions to his secretary.

"I...we..."

"What? What's the problem?"

When he picked up the phone again, the female voice coming from the receiver was hesitant. This made Bullock feel a little embarrassed...

"It's hard for me to believe your sincerity because you can't even reveal your name!"

"That's not true, Mr. Bullock! I'm just thinking about what to say. This situation is a bit complicated..."

"Want to hear the details!"

"This is Havana Catering Management Company. You may not have heard of us. We are headquartered in Tennessee..."

Catering company? Buy software?!

Bullock almost smashed the phone. Wasn't he just making fun of himself?

Could it be that you want to use computers to cook?

Just when Bullock was hesitating whether to hang up the phone directly, the young female voice continued:

"It's not important, Mr. Bullock! The main thing is that our boss, well, he is personally interested in your products. He just entrusted the company's purchasing department to be responsible for this matter. So, talking on the phone is not good after all. You will see when

Convenient? I will go directly to Seattle to communicate with you in person!"

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