In recent years, guys with technology, resources, and funds have taken the lead in entering the Internet industry, and they have generally made a fortune, and it is not a small fortune, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have successfully become billionaires.

Their fame is not yet a household name, they are only famous in the circle of the computer industry, and others know the two of them through newspapers and television, this is how Su Mu knows, Li Ping'an doesn't like to watch TV, it is not strange to know the two of them, in this era when the vast majority of people still don't understand what a computer is and what it is for, only a small number of people have come into contact with personal computers that have entered people's lives.

The NASDAQ stock exchange, whose full name is the "National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation Table," still has very few stocks on the subject of computers and the Internet, and this securities trading market, which was founded in 1971, was the first to use electronic trading to face the world, and computers appeared in the military system very early, and only in recent years have they entered the trend of ordinary people's lives.

In this era, Microsoft and Apple began to compete, but the competition between Macintosh and DOS, Apple released the second generation of Apple Macintosh at the beginning of this year, on January 24th, a young Jobs in a formal suit, from the picnic bag out of a white cabinet, and a square mouse.

Su Mu happened to see that report, and remembered that Jobs said, "Today, I'm going to ask Macintosh to introduce himself."

Then, the text and recorded dubbing began to scroll on the screen, and you can feel how exciting it was from the cheers of the audience at the time, from the perspective of 1984 today, this is indeed a high-tech product that ordinary people can imagine, Macintosh is the world's first personal computer that ordinary people can buy, has an interactive graphical interface, and uses a mouse, the mouse prototype appeared very early, but Apple is the company that introduced it to the world.

Jobs is very talented in speech, passionate speeches can always win the applause of the audience, Su Mu is also because of that press conference, only began to understand the personal computer and the industry situation, I don't know much, but there is such a thing, he thinks that Jobs is a very magical young man, the story of becoming a billionaire from scratch, makes him feel admired.

This year, Macintosh has been released, Microsoft is still focusing on the DOS system, which is an operating system that must be operated by entering commands, so that the computer can be operated, in 1981, Jobs invited Bill Gates, who had just won the IBM-PC operating system contract, to come to Apple to discuss cooperation, and showed Gates the newly designed Macintosh, as well as a graphics-based operating system.

Gates also realized the shortcomings of the DOS system, so he began to develop the Windows system, and there were still several years before Windows was actually launched, which is why Jobs felt that Gates was a thief.

Gates is only in his twenties this year, Microsoft's turnover last year was less than $40 million, in 1975 when the nineteen-year-old Gates just dropped out of school to start a business, and Jobs was just twenty-nine years old, founded Apple in 1976, last year the Lisa computer sold for nearly $10,000 yuan, but the sales were extremely bleak.

Nowadays, there is not much support from software vendors.,Except for people who like to try new things.,Only people like Du Zhong's father who need to use a computer will buy it.,In fact, even if you buy it, you don't usually use it.,Su Mu's friend Du Zhong uses it to play games.。

It's a wonderful time to be, and that's why Su Mu didn't believe the radio he heard the other day, thinking that it was just a company's fantasy of the future.

People don't understand what computers can do, and they don't know what they should do with them, and even the top experts in the industry only imagine their futures, and they don't even believe that they can achieve it.

And Wang An, he sold not a computer, but a word processing system, personal assets of more than 200 million US dollars, firmly ranked as the richest Chinese in the world, Li Ka-shing of Xiangjiang is not as rich as Wang An for the time being, but with the development of computers, there is no doubt that the word processing system has withdrawn from the stage of history.

From now on, it is true that computers are not as good as word processing systems, and they are more like improved versions of traditional typewriters......

After watching a movie, I went to a second-hand library after going out, and I found a review material for the SSAT exam after visiting two houses, and the United States protects knowledge products very well, resulting in the price of new books is generally more expensive, and Su Mu has always been able to save money in this regard.

On the way home, I bought two hot dogs for two dollars, and the stall owner wrapped waste newspapers in brown paper, and Su Mu accidentally found that it said "The Ariana rocket jointly made by 11 Western European countries successfully launched a communication satellite", and the Americans used to think that rockets and satellites were cool, but since the Americans landed on the moon, people have become less and less concerned about space exploration.

In July 1969, the first moon landing was achieved, and since then, the United States has launched the "Apollo" spacecraft six times, five of which have been successful, and a total of 12 astronauts have landed on the moon.

"Brother Mu, Du Zhong is about to get out of school, how about we go to him in the car to play?" Li Ping'an said while eating a hot dog: "My parents left me fifty knives when they went out, and they just went out for a walk, and they can play arcade games together when they are free, I don't know if I will have a holiday tomorrow, and my parents are not at home, so I have nothing to do when I go back so early." ”

Arcade originated in American bars, in this era of lack of entertainment, it is still the golden age of arcade development, RB arcades are not popular, the game consoles on the market are mainly produced in the United States, Los Angeles has everywhere, and it is loved by teenagers.

Su Mu has been there a few times, if he hadn't decided to take the SSAT, maybe he would have promised Li Ping'an, but not now, after thinking about it for a while, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I have to go home and read a book."

After I finish the exam, there are still about three weeks, and I still have to prepare a lot of things, which are different from our usual exams, and I will have to go to the library later to buy some exam papers from previous years to simulate, otherwise I may not have enough time. ”

I wanted to stop talking, Li Ping'an didn't like to study, but he wasn't so bad that he wanted to pull others into the water together, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "What are you spending that money for."

My tablemate Liu Fatzi just brought review materials yesterday, but he didn't know how to read it, his grades were worse than mine, his parents spent money in vain, and he could come by inviting him to eat a hot dog, and it was a waste. ”

Thinking that this was the case, Su Mu replied with a smile: "It's okay, you can help me ask, if not, I'll buy it myself......"