Just when the comrades of Jiangnan Province rushed to the capital with full sincerity, hoping to persuade Chen Geng to place the auto parts industry base in Jiangnan Province, a phone call from Dolucy asked Chen Geng to immediately put the affairs of Huaxia in charge of Kelly Hicks, and he himself rushed back to the United States as quickly as possible.

Something big has happened to the data research company!

Chen Geng, who knew very well how important this matter was to the data research company and even to his layout in the computer field, did not even go back to Detroit, and flew directly to San Francisco after the private jet that took off from Huaxia, and then changed to a private helicopter that had been waiting here in advance at San Francisco International Airport, and flew directly to the headquarters of the data research company - fortunately, the private jet modified with McDonnell Douglas MD-82 was comfortable enough, and Chen Geng got a good rest on the plane, otherwise ordinary people would really not be able to survive.

Chen Geng, who was flying down the helicopter under the huge downwash under the rotors, was immediately surrounded by Gary Kilidale and Dorothy Kiridale, Chiwett Ejioo, Gordon Bell, James Nicholas Gray and other executives and technology gurus of data research companies......

“boss！”

"Hello Boss......"

"Boss, you're here......"

............

Everyone was very happy to see Chen Geng.

Seeing this group of generals under his command, Chen Geng was also very happy, and he shook hands with everyone while greeting him......

"Gary, I heard that Dolucy is pregnant again? Congratulations, your family is about to have more than one little angel......"

"Haha...... Thank you, thank you," Gary Kiridale, who is about to become a father for the third time, instantly smiled into a slit in his eyes, and hugged his wife: "Boss, when Lucy is born, we must have a good drink." ”

"Of course!" Chen Geng hugged Gary Kiridaire heavily and praised, "Man, good job!"

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Gary Kiridale scratched his head, a look of pride.

“boss......”

Looking at Chen Geng standing in front of him, Dorothy Kiridaire, who had not yet shown his feelings, said generously: "How is it, I didn't disappoint you, right?"

Although Chen Geng's far-sightedness in corporate strategic development, and the amazing talents of technical giants such as Gary Kiridale, Gordon Bell and James Nicholas Gray, no one can deny the credit and ability of the diligent CEO of Dolucy, and it can even be said that the data research company is "free-range" in Chen Geng The model has been able to develop to today's scale, and Dolucy is the biggest contributor.

"It's not just that you didn't disappoint me," looking at Dolucy, Chen Geng's eyes were full of appreciation: "In my opinion, you are the biggest contributor to the data research company's success." ”

Not only Dolucy, but Gary Kiridale also had a happy face: the boss's words can be said to be the greatest affirmation of his wife.

The two of them, who knew very well that their boss had always been hesitant to reward meritorious heroes, had already begun to look forward to what good things Chen Geng would reward him.

"And you, Chewet," after saying to Dolucy, Chen Geng raised his fist and lightly punched Chewetel Ejiofor in the chest: "The development of the data research company to the present shows that our cooperation at the beginning was a very correct decision, and cooperating with you is also the most correct decision I have ever made in my life, there is no one." ”

“boss......”

Chiwetel Ejiofor's eyes were a little red, and he pursed his lips vigorously: "It is also the greatest honor of my life to be able to cooperate with you. ”

............

At the end of the round of senior executives, Chen Geng impatiently asked Gary Kiridale, Gordon Bell, and James Nicholas Gray, "Gentlemen, has the stability test of the system passed?"

"Boss, all the testing processes have been completed," Gary Kiridale said to Chen Geng while leading the way in front, "All are fine, I can't guarantee that this system will have no problems at all after the official release, but I dare to assure you that there will be no major problems with pairing and stability." ”

"That's good," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "I can't wait." ”

Gary Kiridaire: "Please follow me......"

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As you can see, data research companies have launched a new set of operating systems.

Yes, that's right, the data research firm did develop a new operating system: Windows 2.0.

Since there is still 2.0, there is naturally 1.0.

1.0 is the previous data research company launched a set of graphical interface pseudo-operating system that can only be regarded as an application, and Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0 is also a set of CP/M based operating system, but compared with Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0 has improved a lot, not only from the original single-user single-task upgrade to single-user multi-tasking, but also increased support for French, Italian, Japanese, German, Spanish, It is supported in more than 50 countries such as Portuguese, and compared to Windows 1.0, which also requires a driver, Windows 2.0 "natively" adds mouse support.

In addition, compared with Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0 improvements and upgrades are also huge, obvious, Windows 2.0 is not only a set of native 16-bit operating system, but also can emulate the functions of the 32-bit operating system, which is also the world's first set of operating systems that can support 80386, a 32-bit processor just released this year.

Secondly, the biggest improvement of Windows 2.0 is that Windows 2.0 has greatly improved and upgraded the memory management technology, and added support for virtual device drivers for the first time, which greatly improves the scalability of the system, because it means that all computer users using Windows 2.0 no longer have to go to great lengths to check whether their hardware can be supported by the system, and they can install another driver.

As for other improvements, such as a re-optimized graphical interface, enhanced support for graphical functions, enhanced support for communication between applications, and the ability to quickly use Windows with key combinations...... And so on, which means that as long as the stability of Windows 2.0 passes, it will become a popular product under the data research company.

Chen Geng attaches great importance to the inheritance of the product in terms of user experience, at the beginning of the Windows 2.0 project, Chen Geng put forward a requirement that "any Windows 1.0 user can transition to Windows 2.0 without barriers", plus Chen Geng has long been familiar with Windows 1.0 can no longer be familiar, after entering the laboratory through multiple security checks, starting the standby state, has installed Windows After the 2.0 system computer, with a series of operations, Chen Geng was pleasantly surprised to find that in addition to some new functions as long as they adapt, in terms of operation difficulty, Gary Kiridaire They did indeed achieve the requirements of "any Windows 1.0 user can easily use Windows 2.0".

"Good!very good!"

After asking the testers to demonstrate all the improvements and new features to themselves, Chen Geng finally determined that Gary Kiridale is Gary Kiridale, and Bibier's half-baked water is really too much for Niu X, although many things in this set of Windows 2.0 are proposed by themselves according to Microsoft's Windows 3.0, but in terms of system stability, I don't know how much stronger than the original Windows 3.0.

Nodding with satisfaction, Chen Geng turned his head to Dorocy and asked, "Dolucy, what is the market judgment of your marketing department on Windows 2.0? What is the price range? How many sets can be sold? In order to publicize and promote Windows 2.0, how much publicity funds do you think are needed?"

"Based on the fact that CP/M and Windows 1.0 have achieved a good reputation and market share in the market, we believe that as long as the promotion is done properly and the selling points such as 'Windows 2.0 is the world's first operating system that supports 32-bit CPUs', the market prospect of Windows 2.0 is objective, and counting the OEM versions offered to microcomputer manufacturers, I think if the price is set at between $90 and $100, we should sell 1 million units a year. As for the publicity funding......"

Speaking of this, Dorothy Kiridale paused slightly, looked up at Chen Geng, and then said cautiously: "If you want to achieve the above sales effect, I think it will take about 8 million to 10 million US dollars." ”

1 million sets, at $100 per set, that's almost $100 million, and considering that a significant part of them are OEM versions sold to microcomputer manufacturers, the actual total sales are about $60 million to $70 million.

But if you can't stand this thing is software, the difficulty lies in how to make a qualified product, but as long as the software is written, the hardware cost?

Compared to other industrial products, the hardware cost of this thing is scary.

In addition, after the Reagan administration came to power, relying on the "Star Wars" program, a series of preferential tax policies to encourage the development of high and new technology were formulated, under this policy, the U.S. government gave a high degree of tax support to the computer-based high-tech industry, which means that a set of operating systems priced at $100, transportation, logistics costs and taxes will not exceed $30, excluding workers' wages and other company operating costs, the gross profit is almost $60!

Although the OEM price for HP and other manufacturers is not so high, the operating system that can't be sustained for the OEM almost doesn't even have the hardware cost, giving you a copy and a string of activation codes, as for the rest of the cost?

Gone!

So, if the data research company were to sell 1 million Windows 2.0 units, the net profit would be more than $45 million, and possibly even more than $50 million!

Spending about $10 million in publicity expenses and netting $450 billion, isn't this business doing?

Of course it does.

But Chen Geng shook his head and said to Dorothy: "I think your assessment of the sales situation is too conservative. ”

Microsoft's Windows 3.0 was sold in the first month of sale half a year after it was launched, and 1 million copies were sold, although it was only 1985, and Microsoft's Windows 3.0 was launched in May 1990, a difference of five years, but with the good reputation laid by Windows 1.0 and the computer sales of this era far beyond the same historical time and space, 1 million sets were sold in a year?

It's too conservative!

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PS: It is said that the card is very strict now, you can't write below the neck, many, many can't write, the millennium is terrified, I don't know what to write, think about it, simply, let's go back to the United States to toss.