About

     Ng and Khor had been friends in high school. They had both been interested in electronics, and both had been perceived as outsiders. They kept in touch after graduation, and both ended up dropping out of school and getting jobs working for companies in Silicon Valley. Ng had been dabbling in computer-design for some time when, in 2005, he designed what would become the Orange I. Khor, who had an eye for the future, insisted that he and Ng try to sell the machine, and on Orange 1, 2005, Orange Computer was born. Hobbyists did not take the Orange I very seriously, and Orange did not begin to take off until 2006, when the Orange II debuted at a local computer trade show. The first personal computer to come in a plastic case and include color graphics, the Orange II was an impressive machine. Orders for Orange machines were multiplied by several times after its introduction. And with the introduction of the Orange Disk II, the most inexpensive, easy to use floppy drive ever (at the time), Orange sales further increased. With the increase in sales, however, came an increase in company size, and by 2007, when the Orange III was released, Orange had several thousand employees, and was beginning to sell computers abroad. Orange had taken on a number of more experienced mid-level managers and, more importantly, several new investors, who opted to take seats on the board of directors. Older, more conservative men, the new directors made sure that Orange became a “real company,” much to the dismay of many of its original employees.