The first thing Zhang Lexing did when he came to the United States was to call Chen Zishan, and it was Chen Zishan himself who was lucky to answer the phone.

"Zishan, I just arrived in San Jose and miss you very much. Zhang Lexing said into the microphone.

Chen Zishan's voice came from the phone: "Oh, I miss you too, it's going well along the way." ”

"Well, it went well. Zishan, when you are free, I will come to you when the time comes. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm very busy during this time, I'm afraid it will be two months before I'm free. ”

"Alas, what a pity. Then I'll just call you when I have time and keep in touch. ”

"Well, I'll call you if I have time. Sorry, there's something wrong, I'll contact you next time. ”

The phone was hung up in a hurry, leaving only a beeping sound from the earpiece, Zhang Lexing was stunned for a moment, shook his head and gave up the plan to contact again.

……

The alpha version of the operating system codenamed "White Tip Dolphin" has been tested for a while, and as soon as Zhang Lexing arrived at the headquarters of the VisualSystem Group, he first took a set of Alpha version test CDs, and then got a Pentium 75 DELL computer to test it himself.

Stuff the disc into your computer's optical drive, then reboot from the disc, then select the partition you want to install, OK. The progress bar slowly moved from left to right, the optical drive reading light and the hard disk reading and writing light began to flash wildly, and after about ten minutes, the progress bar reached 100%, the file copy ended, and the installation of the operating system officially began.

The operating system took longer to install, almost more than forty minutes, but Zhang Lexing did not wait stupidly to see the progress bar, but called up a minesweeper game to pass the boring time during the installation process, which was one of the several suggestions made by Zhang Lexing at the beginning.

After installing the operating system, Zhang Lexing briefly tried it, and now the "white-sided dolphin" operating system has been very perfect, and it can be said that the functions envisaged at the beginning of the design have almost been perfectly realized. After a while, Zhang Lexing installed a game from the disc, which was the application he was most interested in.

This game is produced by the Blue Dragon Company,Customized for the "White Sided Dolphin" operating system,It is a very popular 3D flight shooting game,With the "White Sided Dolphin" included in the DirectX (Multimedia Application Interface),The game's picture and sound effects have been greatly improved,This is also one of the selling points of the "White Sided Dolphin" as a home multimedia operating system.

was having fun when the telephone on the desk rang suddenly, and Zhang Lexing picked up the phone and put it to his ear. Yang Xinxin's voice came from the earpiece: "Brother, come to my office, there is something good to tell you." ”

After speaking, before Zhang Lexing could react, the phone hung up. Zhang Lexing couldn't help muttering in his heart: "How can I have been hung up in the past two days, it's really ......"

Thinking about it, Yang Xinxin has already been summoned, and it is a good thing, Zhang Lexing must not be avoided. After quitting the game he was playing and turning off the system and power, Zhang Lexing got up and left his office. I went out and turned left, and after walking a few steps, Yang Xinxin's office arrived.

Walking into Yang Xinxin's office, Zhang Lexing saw that she was sitting on the sofa alone looking at a copy of the documents. The sound of pushing the door in alarmed Yang Xinxin, she put down the information and looked at the door, and when she saw that it was Zhang Lexing, she immediately beckoned and shouted, "Brother, come and sit here." ”

Zhang Lexing came to the sofa and sat down casually, and said, "Sister Xin, what's the good thing about calling me here?"

"You look at this first. Yang Xinxin handed over the information in her hand.

Zhang Lexing took it and took a look, it turned out to be a browser sales report, which read: "...... Explorer, a subsidiary of our group, officially launched the browser Internet Explorer 1.0 on August 22, and the cumulative sales have reached 920,000 copies so far......

On October 3, Netscape, which was founded on April 4 of this year, launched their browser product, Netscape 1.0, which has sold about 160,000 copies of ...... so far."

"Brother, fortunately you proposed this project back then, and this time we are ahead again. Yang Xinxin leaned over and pointed to the previous data in the report and said: "You see, we have now sold 186,000 copies a week, and that Netscape company only sells 72,000 copies a week, and we are already a lot ahead." ”

"Sister Xin, we can't be too proud yet, this is just the beginning, we have to work hard, launch a new version as soon as possible, and keep the functions and performance of our browser in the lead. ”

"Brother, don't worry, those guys in the research institute are thinking about how to improve the browser every day, by the way, you seem to be quite good at this, why don't you take some time to give them some pointers." ”

Zhang Lexing knew what his so-called "in line" was, but it was just because he had used more mature products, of course, it would be okay if he just made suggestions, so he said: "Okay, if it's okay in the afternoon, go to the research institute to see what the gang has changed the browser to, and by the way, you can also see if there are any novelties." ”

After saying that, Zhang Lexing put down the information in his hand, stood up and was about to leave, but Yang Xinxin hurriedly stopped: "Brother, don't be in a hurry to leave." ”

"Sister Xin, is there anything else?"

"Of course, there's something else, you can go to my computer first. Yang Xinxin pointed to the computer on the desk and said, "The computer is not turned off, and the screensaver password is ******."

"What is so mysterious. Zhang Lexing muttered in his heart as he came to Yang Xinxin's desk and turned off the screen protector, and the desktop of the "White Tip Dolphin" Alpha operating system appeared on the computer screen.

"It's this operating system, I've seen it, and I used it before I came. Zhang Lexing said disdainfully.

"It's not that," Yang Xinxin also came to the desk, leaned down and moved the mouse to point to an icon on the taskbar, and said, "It's this." ”

Zhang Lexing leaned down and looked, it was a bust of a green villain, at this time Yang Xinxin clicked on the icon, and a very familiar interface appeared in front of him, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but point to the screen and said: "This, this is instant messaging software?"

"That's right, instant messaging software. Yang Xinxin said with a smile.

"It was made so quickly. Zhang Lexing was a little unbelievable, in fact, he didn't understand that the biggest difficulty of instant messaging software is in the idea of proposal, not in the development of technical problems.

"Of course, the young men at the institute are very motivated, and it has only been three months since they got it. You help to see, there is anything else to improve. ”

Zhang Lexing lowered his head, as if pondering for a while, and muttered, "Sure enough, ......"

"Sure what?" Yang Xinxin leaned over and asked.

Zhang Lexing still lowered his head and spit out a few words from his mouth: "It's really deep!"

"What do you mean? Yang Xinxin looked down puzzled, and suddenly noticed that the opening of her clothes seemed to be a little big, she reflexively covered her chest with her hand, and then stabbed Zhang Lexing with her other hand, and said angrily: "Brother, you are so horny, you even take advantage of your sister." ”

"Ah, what!" Zhang Lexing seemed to wake up suddenly, and asked again and again: "What's cheap?" ”

Yang Xinxin's gaze swept back and forth a few times on Zhang Lexing's innocent face, which seemed to be without a hint of hypocrisy, and the affirmation in her heart suddenly became shaken: "Brother, what do you mean when you said just now that it is really deep?"

"Oh, I mean the guy who developed this instant messaging software really studied the spirit of the last meeting. Zhang Lexing looked at Yang Xinxin with a sincere face and said, "Sister Xin, what did you think you meant just now?"

"It's not interesting," Yang Xinxin's face flushed slightly, and she shook her head again and again in denial.

"I'm going to take a closer look at this software. Sister Xin, you give me the installation disk, and I will go to my office to study it slowly. ”

Yang Xinxin took out a disc from the drawer and handed it to Zhang Lexing, then waved his hand and said: "The installer is in the CD, there are instructions for use in it, and only eighty numbers are currently open for testing, from 1001 to 1080, the password is Vs123, if you want to try, try to choose the last number." ”

"Got it, Sister Xin, then I'll go first. Zhang Lexing took the disc and slipped away as if he had been amnestied.

Yang Xinxin sat in her big chair, looked at Zhang Lexing's departing back with a complicated expression, and her heart was churning: "Xinxin, what's wrong with you, what are you thinking about in your head." By the way, it's all that damn Mak Ka Chun, who has been running for months and hasn't even made a few phone calls. Hmph, when he comes back, he must pack up well......"

On the other side, after Zhang Lexing returned to his office, he took a long breath, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "It was really dangerous just now, and I was almost exposed." Zhang Lexing, Zhang Lexing, you are really, it is not good to look at where your eyes go, but you want to glance at Sister Xin. I just watched it, and I couldn't hold the door on my lips. Alas, it seems that I have to contact Zishan more, and something will happen if it goes on like this. ”

……

In the afternoon, Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin went to the San Jose Research Institute to visit the camp as promised, and when the two met, they tacitly put aside what happened in the morning, and talked and laughed as usual.

When they came to the research institute, the first stop of the two was to go to the Internet Explorer browser research and development team. The browser R&D team was established in November '92 and currently has eight members, the leader is called Andrew, who is said to have jumped from IBM. When Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin walked into the office of the browser R&D team, all the staff of the R&D team were gathering to discuss what features should be added to the new version.

"I think this output part is a bit more general in terms of character formatting...... The use of these escapees must be judged more critically......" Andrew said as he drew on the whiteboard with a pen. When he accidentally raised his head, he noticed that Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin came in together, quickly put down the pen, gave up two seats to the side, and then beckoned: "Mr. Zhang, Miss Yang, you are here." Would you like to sit down and give us some advice? ”

Seeing that the others wanted to get up to say hello, Zhang Lexing pressed down with both hands, signaled that everyone didn't need to get up, and then said: "I have used the InternetExplorer 1.0 you developed, and it is not bad, but there are still some areas that need to be improved." Well, which of you turns on a computer and launches the browser, it's easier to say. ”

A young man with brown hair took the order, opened a computer, and launched a browser. Zhang Lexing moved a chair and put it in front of the computer, and then sat down, and Andrew and the others immediately gathered around.

"I tried it, and you guys did a good job of compatibility with the WWW standard, and there was basically no problem with the display of web pages made according to the standard. However, I found that this browser lacks security considerations, such as support for secure sockets, etc., and I recommend that you include them in the new version...... If a web page only has text, just like a newspaper without pictures at all, it will be too monotonous, and there will only be more and more cases of adding pictures to the web page in the future, so this problem must be solved...... If the function of picture display is added, then another problem needs to be considered, the cache of the picture, now only need to display the text, the traffic required is not large, it does not matter whether the cache is added or not, but the traffic required by the picture will be several times or even dozens of times that of the text, if you still want to read it from the Internet every time you want to do the same, then it will be reflected to the user, you will feel that the speed of opening the web page is relatively slow, if you add the cache will greatly improve the user's experience effect when visiting repeatedly...... In fact, in the final analysis, the most important thing is the quality of the user experience, a good user experience will bring us more users, and a bad user experience will only push our users to competitors. ”

"Mr. Zhang, what you said is very reasonable, you must put the user first. Andrew sighed: "The security issue just mentioned, we have planned to add it in the 2.0 version in development, and we will consider the problem of picture display, but this will take time, and it may not be able to catch up, maybe it will have to be put to the next version." ”

"Everyone, do a good job," Zhang Lexing stood up and said to everyone: "Don't think that the browser is just a gadget used to see the web page, in fact, the work you do is not simple, the number of websites on the Internet will only increase in the future, and the amount of information will also increase, and if you want to access the Internet, you must use the help of the browser, for users, the browser is a portal to open the Internet for them." Think about it, in the future, the browser you make will run on every computer in thousands of households, just like the current computer is inseparable from the operating system, and then it will be inseparable from the browser, what kind of scene will it be, and the name of each of you will be engraved on the monument of the development of the Internet. ”

Zhang Lexing's speech immediately made the mood of everyone in the browser research and development team high, and they expressed their opinions and suggestions for the cause of "promoting the browser to thousands of computers".

Leaving the browser R&D team, Yang Xinxin glanced at Zhang Lexing and said, "Brother, I really didn't see it, you are quite agitatory." ”

"Sister Xin, I just had a feeling for a while, and I said it casually. ”

"Brother, do you really think that one day browsers will become as ubiquitous as operating systems?"

"That's right, I believe that the development of the Internet will adapt the habits of human beings to obtain information, and in the future, with the increasing number of various websites, many people will be accustomed to obtaining all kinds of information from the Internet, just like watching TV and newspapers now, and at that time, many people may open their browsers first thing every day. With the gradual enhancement of the browser's capabilities, it may replace many commonly used software in the future, and even future computers may only need a browser to complete all the functions of the current computer. ”

"Is there such a possibility? Brother, will anyone still use the operating system in the future?"

"I think as long as computers are for people, the operating system will never go away, but it will take on a different form. For example, the kind of 'cloud computing' I talked about before, at that time you joked that in the future, if the operating system is not popular, you will sell computing power, but in fact, 'cloud computing' also needs an operating system. In addition, there are servers, if there are more and more websites in the future, then there will definitely be more and more servers needed, and servers also need operating systems. So, Sister Xin, you don't have to worry about the operating system going to be unused at all. ”

"Brother, you always have so many wonderful ideas, and sometimes I think you can spend more time here. ”

"Sister Xin, I can actually think about it, and I still have to rely on you when it comes to doing it. ”

"Okay, let's go to the instant messaging software R&D team first, and we'll talk about it later. ”

"Okay. ”

The instant messaging software R&D team was established in July this year, with a total of five members, led by a Chinese named Gao Huaiyi. The R&D team's workshop is located on the fifteenth floor of the research institute building, and because there are no similar products on the market, the level of confidentiality is relatively high, and there are even special security personnel.

After passing the cordon, the two walked into the workshop of the instant messaging software research and development team. At this time, everyone in the R&D team was busy, three people were writing and drawing on the whiteboard, and they were talking excitedly, as if they were discussing problems, and the other two were sitting in front of the computer, tapping on the keyboard quickly.

When Zhang Lexing and Yang Xinxin walked in, the three people who were discussing the problem found out first, they put down the whiteboard in their hands and stood up, and greeted: "Mr. Zhang, Miss Yang, hello!"

"What were you just discussing?" asked Zhang Le, walking closer.

"Mr. Zhang, we were just discussing what features need to be added to this instant messaging software?"

"And what is the outcome of your discussion?"

"Mr. Zhang, our idea is to make this instant messaging software more functional and meet the needs of users as much as possible, and we plan to add a schedule management function in the next step. ”

"Isn't there an official name for this instant messaging software now?" Zhang Lexing turned to Yang Xinxin and asked.

Yang Xinxin nodded: "I really haven't considered this problem yet, for the time being, there is only an internal code name '**', which means SendMessage (sending information)." ”

"It's better to call it ICQ, it sounds a lot like ISeekYou, like the user lookup of our instant messaging software. ”

"It's a good name, and it even has a slogan, it's 'ISeekYou'. Yang Xinxin praised it again and again after hearing it, and several people in the R&D team were also very satisfied with the name.

"Now I'm going to talk about the functions of ICQ, I've seen the development suggestions you attached to the CD-ROM, combined with what you just said, it seems that you are planning to go full functionality, and I hope that users can solve all problems with an ICQ software. Your idea is great, but one thing you forgot is that the performance of the computer is limited, and adding too many features will only cause the ICQ to run slower on the user's computer. From the user's point of view, what the vast majority of people want the most, fast. Click on the icon to start the program quickly, start the function of sending information quickly, and send information quickly. Any other additional features should not be at the expense of the main features of the instant messaging software, otherwise it is better not to add them. I think you yourself should feel this way when you use any software, if it takes a few minutes to start a software, I'm afraid you won't like to use it. ”

"We haven't thought too much about this, Mr. Zhang, please rest assured, we will pay attention to it in the future, and we will be cautious about what functions we add to it. ”

"That's right, first of all, we have to do a good job of the core functions, I think your main task in the near future is to make this software more stable, the server side can support more users online, and the speed of information forwarding is smoother. ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhang. ”

Zhang Lexing still has a lot of ideas about instant messaging software, but it is not yet time to come up with it. Leaving the ICQ R&D team, Zhang Lexing asked casually as he walked: "Sister Xin, how are you going to promote this ICQ in the future?"

Yang Xinxin glanced at Zhang Lexing with a knowingly inquiring look, and said, "Of course, it's the same as the Internet Explorer browser, and the price is determined to be sold." ”

Zhang Lexing remembered that some time ago, he talked about instant messaging software and talked about the bright prospects of the future, but he forgot an important thing, free. If ICQ costs money to buy, it is certain that it will never achieve the goal of rapid popularization, and instant messaging software must occupy enough users to survive in order to be invincible.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing shook his head and said: "This is not good, ICQ software cannot be sold for money, and it must be promoted in a free way." ”

"It's free! No, we won't even be able to recover our R&D expenses, let alone set up servers in the future, which is absolutely impossible." ”

"Sister Xin, ICQ's technical means are not very clever, and it is easy to be imitated. Instant messaging software like this is not the software, but the users who use it. If you use the free way, then for users, if you want to use our software as long as you download it from the Internet, you don't have to pay anything else except for the Internet fee, then they will definitely install a try, if you think it is easy to use and don't need to spend money, he will tell his friends, so that the number of our users will be rapidly expanded, once there are millions or even tens of millions of users using our ICQ, and then there are other competitors we don't have to worry, because the number of our users is the largest, from which the probability of finding friends or suitable chat partners is also the largest, so we will be the first choice of users。 At that point, it'll be convenient to start the apps I mentioned earlier. ”

"Oh, I see, it seems that this is a new business model that can no longer be considered in the same way as traditional software. Yang Xinxin suddenly realized after hearing this and nodded.

"Yes, ICQ is user-oriented, and what we need to do is find ways to increase the number of users quickly. Speaking of the number of users, Zhang Lexing remembered that it seemed that an auction website would be established soon, but it could be acquired to interact with ICQ, and it seemed that someone had to be sent to investigate and investigate, so as not to miss the best opportunity.

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