Reborn in America: Starting as a California Resident

"Guys, we've successfully secured the order from IBM;"

This means a lot to us!

Their choice is an affirmation of our technological capabilities.

At this moment, we stand before a brand new starting point;

If we seize this opportunity and push the graphical operating system to the forefront of the market, we can usher in a new era of glory for Microsoft...

The lights were on in Microsoft's conference room at that moment;

Many key executives gathered together, watching Bill Gates sit at the head of the table and express his passion and determination with great cadence.

"Clap clap clap!"

As Bill finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted in the conference room.

Next, Bill's most important business partner, Paul Allen, slowly stood up, cleared his throat, and took over the speaking rights.

"I completely agree with what Bill said."

IBM's new personal PC project will not only feature the most advanced Intel 8088 processor, but also an adapter that supports 16-color display and a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive;

More importantly, this machine will also run the PC DOS operating system that we developed in collaboration with IBM, and it adopts an open design architecture.

Numerous third-party manufacturers will be able to utilize our BASIC interpreter to develop corresponding hardware and software, thus creating an unprecedented ecosystem.

At this point, Paul paused slightly, as if giving himself time to reflect on his words.

After waiting for a while without hearing any applause, he could only continue, "We are in the midst of a personal computing revolution. This IBM personal computer is about to become the industry standard, and Microsoft will also make a magnificent transformation in this change, once again becoming the king of the software industry!"

"Let the beautiful dream sink!!!"

Paul shouted.

"Oh ho, let the beautiful dream sink..."

With this shout, the whole room began to erupt in cheers.

Cheers erupted as executives high-fived each other, celebrating this milestone victory.

Microsoft is now extremely determined to defeat DreamWorks.

After all, before the other party appeared, Microsoft was the true king of the software industry.

众所周知，世界上第一台微型计算机Altair 8800（牛郎星8800）是在1975年1月1日与大众见面的；

At that time, all computers were controlled through a series of complex instruction sets and programming languages.

Early computers like ENIAC and UNIVAC used switches, plugboards, and paper tape input for programming.

Later, with the continuous development of technology, FORTRAN emerged.

As the world's first officially promoted high-level language, it is widely used in numerical, scientific and engineering computing fields.

However, due to its highly specialized nature, ordinary people without a foundation in the field cannot use it flexibly.

After all, not every family can afford a computer worth $250,000;

Not everyone has the time and energy to write complex code.

Therefore, in order to better popularize programming knowledge and enable college students to use computers more easily, a general symbolic instruction code suitable for beginners—BASIC—was born.

Because of its simplicity and ease of understanding, with just seventeen statements capable of meeting most needs, BASIC quickly moved from schools to the wider community after its creation, becoming the preferred programming language for beginners.

Altair 8800 uses a simplified version of the BASIC language.

Paul Allen and Bill Gates were incredibly talented to have managed to reduce BASIC to a mere 4KB in an era when personal computer memory was extremely limited.

The work they did was far more than simply writing a miniaturized BASIC interpreter!

It was achieved by overcoming a series of technical obstacles that were insurmountable at the time.

First, memory management is a huge challenge.

Personal computers at the time had extremely limited memory capacity.

Any software needs to function smoothly within a very small space.

To achieve this, they must employ various compression techniques, use compact data structures and efficient algorithms, while also ensuring the readability and maintainability of the program.

Secondly, compatibility is also an issue that cannot be ignored.

In order for BASIC to run smoothly on different hardware platforms, they must write code that can adapt to different system architectures.

This meant that an intermediate layer needed to be created that could abstract away hardware differences, a design concept that was undoubtedly ahead of its time.

To make BASIC easy to use, they also need to simplify the programming interface while ensuring sufficient functionality to meet the needs of most users.

This means designing an intuitive set of commands that allows users to get started quickly while providing enough flexibility to complete complex tasks.

In addition, there is the development of debugging tools.

Because in that era, debugging was not as convenient as it is now.

They need to create effective tools to help users find and fix errors in the code.

Finally, since the storage media at the time were mainly magnetic tapes or floppy disks, they also had to ensure that BASIC could effectively read and save data.

This requires them to design an efficient document management system to support data storage and retrieval.

In summary, Paul and Bill faced the challenge of creating a powerful yet easy-to-use programming tool in an environment with extremely limited resources.

Their achievements were a significant step in transforming the personal computer from a professional tool into a mass-market consumer product.

"I heard that Dreamsoft is having a tough time these days!"

"Hehe, it's more than just having a hard time!"

If they're not careful, the company could have to go out of business!

"Not only are we facing strict investigations from the tax authorities, but our products, on which we depend for survival, have also been copied by several small software companies."

The legal battles have been raging lately!

Several Microsoft executives began whispering among themselves, quite pleased with their competitors' predicament.

The IT industry in July was in complete chaos.

After witnessing the continued explosive growth of Dreamsoft, many investors flocked to the market like sharks smelling blood.

Even teams that planned to develop new office software from scratch, bypassing the patent barriers of Meimeng, turned to a faster shortcut—copying—after experiencing long-term, high R&D investment with repeated failures.