"Some brandy?" the gray-haired old gentleman took out a half-full bottle and poured two glasses of wine, "This is 65 years!"

"Thank you!" Dr. Yu reached out and took the wine glass.

"It's a good thing, and drinking it can get rid of all your worries and make you feel relaxed. The old gentleman played with the crystal wine glass, as if it was a priceless treasure, "Yu, if something goes wrong, look at your complexion is very bad." ”

"It's nothing, I can't beat it. Dr. Yu drank the liquid in the cup in one gulp, and it was very hot.

"I just like you like this. The old gentleman looked at Dr. Yu with a smile, "A man is like this, nothing can stop him." What's the point of going out this time?"

"It's just a step-by-step process, at least for now, I can't make chips, but I have new products. Dr. Yu looked at the AppleII on the desk in the room and said casually, "Walker, I didn't expect you to like this toy too." ”

The old gentleman looked back and said with a smile: "Yu, this thing used to be a toy, but now it can't be counted." ”

"Oh, what's wrong. ”

"I came here a few days ago with two young people, and they showed me a program, and you know what, how excited I was when I saw it. The old gentleman excitedly brought Dr. Yu to the computer, "What an amazing idea, I just thought that this kind of microcomputer was the pet of game hackers, but I didn't expect that a program could change the world!"

Dr. Yu was tickled by Walker's words, and he was very curious about what software could be favored by this discerning investor.

What's more, it seems to be Walker's meaning, this significant program is also based on AppleII, and Dr. Yu has an ominous premonition that it won't crash.

Sure enough, as Walker's operating program was activated, the screen displayed a grid of data that Dr. Yu was familiar with - this was also a spreadsheet calculation program!

"Well, that's good. I have been a financial controller for more than ten years, and I have to spend a lot of energy every time I make a report. It's really touching that it can be automated now. Walker wasn't very skilled in operation, but he showed off to Dr. Yu like a child, "You see, you see, one piece of data changes and everything else related to it automatically changes, without human intervention at all, it's amazing, it can even be printed, don't you think it's great?"

"As soon as those two little guys came to show me the program, I liked it. You don't know, at that time, I pretended not to be interested and reluctantly agreed to sell it. ”

"It's so cool, I signed a contract with them right away, it's a contract to sell myself! Hehe, they only get 30% of the profit from all the sales, and they are very happy. You say it's not a business, um. ”

Walker turned his head, but saw Dr. Yu's face was ugly, and couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong with you, Yu." Isn't there something uncomfortable?"

"No, just remembering something. "Dr. Yu thinks that there is nothing more absurd in heaven and earth than this.

"It's okay. By the way," Walker asked, standing up, "didn't you say that this time was another gain?" and see if I could help you." ”

Dr. Yu had a glimmer of hope, but instead of talking, he sat down and carefully operated the software called Visicalc.

Walker was strange, but he also knew that Dr. Yu was an expert, so he didn't bother him, just poured himself a glass of wine and tasted it slowly.

Dr. Yu tried it out, and felt that this program was not generally difficult to use, and it was very different from the Videoform that had been written for a long time.

The long-written program is very user-friendly, not only considerate of the user, but also complete help (not completed yet). However, this Visicalc seems to be completely for programmers, and if it weren't for Dr. Yu's basic knowledge, he really wouldn't be able to play it.

Not only is this spreadsheet software obscure, but it doesn't seem like a finished product, and it's full of bugs. Dr. Yu encountered several problems that he couldn't understand, at first he thought he didn't know how to use them, but later he found out that it was a fundamental defect, and finally it crashed.

Dr. Yu pushed away the keyboard and looked at Walker and shrugged: "It's not my fault, it's a problem with the program." ”

"It doesn't matter. Walker poured Dr. Yu another glass of wine, "Well, you know I'm just a businessman, and I don't know much about this. I just know that this program has good features, what do you think?"

"As you said, this program is top-notch creative, second-rate technology, very bad operation. Dr. Yu sorted out his thoughts and put forward his own opinions.

Walker raised his glass and motioned for Dr. Yu to continue.

"You're the end user, and your feeling is the user's feeling. Your statement that this program is convenient means that its features are suitable for you, which means that it has business value. But as a technician, my feeling is that this program is not finished yet, and there are many errors, which directly affects the use effect. ”

"Yes, the two guys also said that their program is not finalized yet, and this is just a demo for me to demons. Walker expressed his appreciation and admired Dr. Yu's vision.

"These are the little things. Dr. Yu changed his posture and tried to sit more comfortably, "I have been studying my failures these days and have found something valuable from them. ”

"Oh!" Walker didn't know why Dr. Yu suddenly changed the subject, but he was still interested, "I like to hear the experience of failure the most, it's all a summary of wisdom, it's worth paying, please speak." ”

"It's nothing, my failure is that I don't know the market at all, or I don't grasp the needs of users. Dr. Yu smiled, "And a product that doesn't consider the user is a failed product, and this software is exactly what makes this taboo." ”

"Where did you see that?"

"It's a spreadsheet software, and the potential users are you accountants, ordinary people who don't know anything about computers. Dr. Yu smiled apologetically at Walker, "I'm not targeting you. ”

"It's okay!" Walker waved his hand, "it's true, you go on." ”

"This leads directly to the need for easy-to-understand operation and advanced functions. The software has the features, but there are big flaws in the ease of use, and to put it bluntly, the person who wrote the software did not consider whether the user would operate it. ”

Walker put down his cup and applauded, and said with deep feelings: "Yes, those two young men taught me hand-in-hand for a long time before I could barely operate, but I could only do some simple work, and I even knew that he would definitely be able to do better, because I saw them demonstrate, but I just felt like I couldn't start, and when you say it now, I understand that this is the case." ”

"There is no instruction manual for this software from beginning to end, and users use it completely according to their own exploration, which I think is a bit inappropriate, not out of the category of hackers' toys, and the goods to be sold still have to focus on the market of ordinary people. Dr. Yu took a sip of wine and made a closing statement, "So, I'm optimistic about the market brought by this software, but I'm not optimistic about the software itself, that's it." ”

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