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2008年1月10日 星期四

新機器之魂


  崔西基德(Tracy Kidder)著名的小說體商業記實--The Soul of a New Machine》不僅獲得普立茲獎的肯定,同時也獲得美國國家圖書獎的殊榮,也被美國藍燈書屋收錄到它的現代圖書館(Modern Library)系列。這本書不僅記錄年輕、熱誠的電腦工程師如何在資源匱乏及惡劣的環境中,突破困難,如期完成公司交付的使命,挽救公司的危機,但最後卻不獲得公司內部其他人的認同。

  故事是發生在1978年中到1980年初的美國Data General Corporation(簡稱:DGC),它設計及製造次於大型電腦主機(Mainframe)的迷你電腦(minicomputer)。雖然是號稱迷你電腦,但是以今天的眼光來看可一點也不迷你。它的體積約有今日普及的桌上型個人電腦(Desktop PC)幾十倍大,相當於一個櫥櫃大小,因為藍色巨人IBM要到1981年才推出個人電腦(Personal Computer)。DGC面臨危急存亡的威脅,因為主要的競爭對手迪吉多(Digital Equipment Corporation,簡稱:DEC)在一年多前,推出暢銷的32位元VAX系列電腦,而DGC只有16位元的系統,為了迎頭趕上及同時解決公司創辦人兼董事長與當時的麻省州長杜凱吉斯對公司稅務問題的齟齬,公司決定將研發中心由麻省遷移到北卡羅萊納州的研發三角科學園區,但是有些工程師不願舉家遷徙,公司只好答應提供他們豐富的資源,希望他們能夠研發出速度更快,嶄新的32位元架構,研發專家代號:“源頭活水計劃(Fountainhead Project)”

  而公司內一位資深的工程部經理──湯姆•威斯特(Tom West)一方面覺得公司把全部的賭注都壓在源頭活水計劃上太過冒險,另一方面有不為外人知的私人理由,於是私自向公司高層提議將原本負責維護及更新現有16位元系統的工程小組擴編,也同時進行新系統的開發,以做為源頭活水計劃萬一失敗後的備胎。但是公司已經投入大量資源在北卡羅萊納州的研發中心,所以只承諾提供公司大樓地下室的空間及少許的經費。於是威斯特找來二位經理及另外新聘24位剛踏出大學校門的“菜鳥”,計劃代號為“孵鷹計劃”。整組人馬就窩在通風不良,擁擠不堪的地下室裡工作。他們藉由鑽研現有的16位元系統,發現不必盡腦汁創造全新的32位元架構,可以將現有的16位元系統架構移植過去,具備軟體向下相容的特性,而現有的軟體也可以在新的32位元系統執行,可以為客戶節省軟體開發的成本。威斯特將小組成員分成兩個小隊:一個負責硬體設計,一個負責撰寫微指令,微指令是電腦硬體內部的軟體,負責指揮硬體如何運算。

  在研發的過程中,威斯特一方面對公司內部保持低調,不透露有關孵鷹計劃的任何進度及成果,一方面在研發小組內鞭策鼓勵他們:“只有你們才能拯救公司!時間愈來愈逼近!! 你們是公司唯一的希望!!!”這些年輕小伙子在陰暗、通風不良的地下室裡埋首工作,一週工作七天,每天工作十幾個工時,廢寢忘食。但是他們辛勤的努力及付出在某方面卻將成為威斯特狡滑的復仇工具。他曾經以平靜、冷淡的語氣對基德表達他對公司內部干擾孵鷹計劃人士的憤恨:“我要炸掉他們、做掉他們,把他們用繩子綁在腳趾頭倒吊起來。”企業之間的激烈競爭,殘酷無情是可以理解的,但是威斯特對於公司內部玩弄政治權術的手段卻令人膽顫。

  孵鷹計劃終於成功,巨鷹即將展翅翱翔。小組成員感覺自己拯救了公司,卻沒料到公司其他人的反應卻出奇地冷淡。由於孵鷹計劃是秘密進行的,當他們的成果推出後,遠在北卡羅萊納州的源頭活水計劃被迫中止,這些成員則是感覺被背叛,被出賣,這股憤怒自然轉向孵鷹計劃小組。再加上研發期間,威斯特對小組成員有關公司內部的紛爭則隻字未提,所以小組成員在專家完成後的喜悅是苦澀的,而原本傾向支持孵鷹計劃,負責工程部的副總裁Carl Carmen被換掉,取而代之的是曾經對孵鷹計劃公開表達敵視的新任副總裁。於是小組成員被打散,分配到其他各個工作小組,而威斯特則在成品正式出貨前被調派到日本分公司。

台灣中譯本,遠流出版

打造天鷹:日蝕MV/8000的誕生

http://www.ylib.com/Search/ShowBook.asp?BookNo=H1200

藍燈書屋的現代圖書館系列版

http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679602613

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