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American History 1988

``` Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom. At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt. As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward. College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft. To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot. ```

Quiet thoughts · 都市
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418 Chs

Chapter 137 Transaction Completed

Satisfied, Dean looked at his handsome photograph in the newspaper a few times before folding it neatly and putting it back into his bag.

Don't misunderstand, this newspaper wasn't an advertisement for Byte Software, but rather a report on recent concrete events.

The collaboration between 3Com and Byte Software mainly benefited from the matchmaking efforts of Mayfield.

The latter had invested in both 3Com and Byte Software, making it a common investor in the two companies.

Robert Metcalfe, from 3Com, had noticed Teams software as soon as it was released and even purchased the software for 3Com.

Metcalfe was amazed by the innovation Teams brought to voice calling, but he also noticed the software's limitations.

This couldn't be considered a fault; the primary limitations came from the hardware side.

Metcalfe found that the current sound cards in computers were completely unable to exploit Teams' advantages. The monophonic output made Teams' audio sound monotonous and distorted.