硅之牛仔Silicon Cowboys Movie Script

Well, it is a problem for a company who has a lot Of existing pcs installed.

Announcer:

Like metropolitan life Insurance company, where they have more Than 8,000 personal computers.

More than half of them ibm, but while metropolitan continues To buy pcs, none of them has the new ibm microchannel standard.

Bill aulet:

The cat's out of the bag.

The customers now realize you can buy something that's Not ibm, and not get fired.

And in fact, it works better sometimes.

The ground underneath us is starting to come apart, But we're making that last ditch effort.

It's kind of like the two minute drive at the end of the game To try to get this back under control, but it's not working.

The psii was the biggest mistake they made.

Roger mcnamee:

They handed us the keys to the pc city And we took them.

Announcer:

Now, the question is, did ibm make A mistake that's irreversible?

One that may lead to even more erosion In its share of the personal computer market.

Ibm just screwed all new customers.

They walked away from compatibility, And you're going to pay the price.

If we could take that message and isolate ibm, Then it became a much stronger message.

There is a revolt of the clones this morning.

The nine personal computer companies Whose business has always followed ibm's design lead.

It's a case of ibm versus the rest of the personal computer Industry.

Announcer:

Let's call them the gang of nine, a who's who Of heavyweights in the computer industry.

Gunning for the increasingly disputed champion, ibm.

The little guys got together and said, that's enough.

The first one we went to was microsoft.

Bill thought it was a great idea, but he also feared ibm.

Mike swavely:

Ibm was still his largest customer, And he just invested a whole bunch with ibm.

Chris garcia:

Microsoft knows it has a market with ibm, But they recognized, relatively early on, That all of their capabilities were going to be providing To the largest number of users.