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Due to the high price and advanced configuration, NEXT's performance was not good, and this year, Jobs finally couldn't hold on and was ready to sell the company.

The core of this product is actually the core of Apple's operating system os_x and iPhone's system in history, and Yuan Bao is also a little interested. Jobs' offer was $4.3 billion, and Yuan Bao's cash was not enough, so he needed to raise money from other sources.

Sequoia Capital is always staring at the Google shares in Yuan Bao's hands, so they are willing to let him use Google shares as collateral again, and then they are willing to borrow money.

Moreover, because the amount of financing is particularly huge, they also asked Yuan Bao to use the copyright of the sequel to the Matrix as collateral.

Yuan Bao felt that this gamble was still worth it, and with NEXT in his hands, he was a first-line player in the IT era. In this way, Jobs will not return to work at Apple, and it is difficult to say whether Apple will go out of business.

Of course, Jobs will not casually sell his beloved treasures that he has been in business for more than ten years, he wants to meet with Yuan Bao to talk.

Now, the most important identities of the two are movie giants, Jobs is because of the investment in Pixar Animation, "Toy Story" was a great success, however, the box office is still not as high as "The Matrix", in order to continue to operate, Pixar has been IPO, is a listed company, and has unique animation production technology, so, Jobs's animation empire should be a little more valuable than Yuan Bao's film empire.

The current Pixar is worth more than next, and Yuan Bao can't afford it anyway.

Jobs is also a teenager who became famous, Yuan Bao is also a teenager who became famous, the only difference is that Yuan Bao is not a teenager in his heart, don't you see that he is still not interested in buying sports cars?

Yuan Bao was afraid that he couldn't understand some English, so he wore Vicky by his side.

They met on Jobs' private yacht in a more relaxed atmosphere.

Jobs thought it was his girlfriend, and Yuan Bao explained: "My assistant, Miss Vicky, my English is not very good, and I need Miss Vicky's help, sometimes." ”

After some pleasantries, Jobs asked, "Why did you buy Next?" ”

Yuan Bao: "Next is the first operating system to develop the AppStore, and I am optimistic about this model, and it will definitely be the world of the AppStore model in the future." ”

Jobs: "Oh? Why? ”

Yuan Bao: "Because software is the soul of the computer, the environment for developing software is the key to Microsoft's defeat of Apple, the essence of the appstore is software search, the fragmented software is concentrated, there is no malicious program trouble, save promotion costs, easy installation, this is a new ecosystem, better than Microsoft's messy development ecology, this is the only opportunity to reverse Microsoft's dominance." ”

Although there is an appstore at home, it has never been taken seriously, and it is not integrated into the system at present, so Jobs doesn't understand Yuan Bao's confidence a little, so he bought an expensive thing here for this thing?

Jobs said: "Actually, Apple also wants to buy Next, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Bao: "As you think, Apple is almost finished, and it's something you can't look back on, so why go back?" ”

Indeed, Apple wants Jobs to go back as CEO, which is one of the conditions for the acquisition of Next.

Yuan Bao knew that the first thing Jobs did after returning to Apple was to sell all his Apple stocks, because he himself had no confidence.

Jobs: "How are you going to run Next?" ”

Yuan Bao: "The only mission of the operating system is to make its ecosystem stronger, and the most important thing is the number of users, so I will make the system free and open." ”

"What?" Jobs was shocked.

Yuan Bao: "Free is not enough, the AppStore is free for the famous software, and only the emerging software is charged, which is to make this operating system a real basic thing." ”

Jobs: "You're going to spend 4.3 billion and get free?" ”

Yuan Bao: "Well, hardware can make money, the operating system is already Microsoft's world, and free or not free Windows has already taken over.

I will also change from IBM to x86 architecture, users can even easily install multiple systems, especially in countries with serious piracy, we want to occupy the desktop in these countries, if they don't like our system, welcome to buy our hardware, and then install Windows. ”

Jobs: "Crazy idea. ”

Yuan Bao: "I will also make a development table of popular software on Windows, and encourage developers to develop similar products on our system, and the income can be 100% given to developers." All-out offensive Windows positions.

For Office, which is a very complex software, and it is particularly important, I want to make a special AppStore, get a CE, imitate the core functions of Microsoft Office development, and then encourage developers to develop CE extensions.

Similarly, it is necessary to develop SERs and APIs to attract developers from all over the world to compete with Microsoft and Netscape. ”

Jobs heard a lot of novel ideas, and it seems that this teenager is still quite innovative, whether it succeeds or not.

Of course, after all this is done, it will still be difficult for Next to win the war in the desktop era, because Microsoft has become a momentum, and it depends on the smartphone era.

The agreement with Sequoia Capital is to repay the loan in three years, and Yuan Bao will also have the opportunity to make a movie to make money to subsidize the project, which may fail miserably.

Jobs likes all the "perfect" products that he controls, and he began to express his opinions, it seems that it is impossible for him to continue to serve, because the concept is different, Yuan Bao attaches great importance to the market share of OS, which is completely different from Jobs.

Steve Jobs insisted that the systems and software he built were the most perfect, and he would pay attention to every detail. He didn't really like the concept of a big appstore and a big ecosystem.

So, in the end, he chose to sell to Apple.

Yuan Bao also seemed to be relieved, Emma, saved $4.3 billion in a big gamble.

However, it's a pity that I have wasted so many brain cells for the next business, and now with Jobs's obsession, is it useless?

No, I still can't give up on my own OS.

Yuan Bao thought about it and prepared to use Linux as the basis to develop his own unique OS.

However, without Jobs's elite soldiers, his OS would be embarrassed, which is not something that can be done with money, and requires the accumulation of talent and time.

What is the biggest advantage of Linux? It is a text-only interactive interface, as long as you are familiar with using the command line, Linux is much more efficient than mouse clicking, the problem is that the learning curve is also very steep, not suitable for novices.

Is there any way to get a newbie into the role of an expert quickly?

Will the trend of the graphical interface reverse? Yes, if the AI era comes.

What about without AI? Is it possible?

Yuan Bao asked himself this question many times.

He sat on a couch in a luxurious suite in a five-star hotel, with a cup of hot coffee that Vicky had brewed for him, tapping his knuckles lightly on the crimson coffee table.

"If you don't have proficiency, you need a Linux nanny......" Yuan Bao muttered to himself.

The "automatic association" function in search technology appeared in his head, and if a novice user could enter his own ideas into the computer and get the operation instructions that the computer associated, it would really save a lot of time.

Google limits all the initiation of the user's actions to a small input box, if the computer can do the same......

Yes, if Lenovo fails, connect to human services and replace artificial intelligence with a large number of human services. In the beginning, there will be a lot of manual intervention required, but every time the service is completed, the Lenovo function will have an additional data accumulation, and the next time the user initiates a similar search, a selection menu will be automatically provided.

Auto-association will become more and more accurate, and once the user scale reaches the million level, everything will be different, and the system will be as powerful as real AI, mimicking AI learning through human flesh learning. This system may evolve into a hyperscale newbie gradually transitioning to an experienced upgrade platform.

At the end of the day, Yuan Bao may employ tens of thousands of human services in the background to provide a magical system that constantly tries to understand the user. This system is live, from fully automatic to semi-automatic, to fully manual. What a great platform it is, a newbie who doesn't know how to use Linux and can do almost anything. As long as he can type.

Adjust system parameters? Changing file names in bulk? Looking for a file? Whatever you want.

Yuan Bao took a sip of coffee, smiled, and imagined, wouldn't spending a lot of dollars on this plan be more interesting than acquiring next?

To emphasize that the system can be used by people with zero foundations, the project is called zeroos.

Chinese name: zero system.

He would develop a rough system, and then recruit programmers who had never experienced Linux to participate in the test, then college students, and then ordinary users.

was happily thinking about black technology and black creativity, the phone rang, it was my mother, Yuan's mother recently came to San Francisco to see her grandson, and asked him to come over.

Alas, Li Chunting took the parental route, and Yuan Bao also had to go to see it.

When she came to Li Chunting's house, Yuan's mother came to open the door and said mysteriously: "Your son is breastfeeding." ”

Yuan Bao was embarrassed for a while.

Entering the room, Li Chunting came out, and she didn't shy away from it, a picture of a young woman breastfeeding.

"Baby, your dad has come to see you!" Li Chunting seems to be very accustomed to his existence, but in fact, he rarely comes, and his feelings are really not very deep.

"You talk, I'll cook." Yuan's mother is very sensible.

Yuan Bao ran closer and took a look, looked at his son, and by the way, looked at the **** of the young woman Bai Huahua, and said, "It's really a bit like me......"

Li Chunting gave a roll of her eyes: "Nonsense, who is not like you?" ”

After the baby finished feeding, Li Chunting stuffed him to Yuan Bao: "Hug." ”

The baby immediately cried.

Li Chunting coaxed twice to no avail, so she had to take it back.

Yuan Bao's hands were not warmed and put it back.

Li Chunting explained: "This baby is recognized, except for me and my sister, no one is allowed to hold it." ”

Yuan Bao said lightly: "Good thing, except for my mother, there are too many bad people in this world, for him." (To be continued.) )