Ling Shizhe flipped through the computer's operation records and found that there were many bugs recorded in it, and these bugs had not yet been recorded, and with the deepening of the test, more bugs would surface.

Some of these bugs are very simple, they are small mistakes that occur when the programmer writes the program, and some of the bugs are very problematic, and if they are not corrected, it is easy to crash and data loss.

However, the problem is okay, and there has not been a repetition due to the defects in the design of the software structure.

At the beginning of the birth of any software, before it is put into the market, it will be strictly tested, the purpose of which is to fix it in a timely manner once a major bug is found, but the repair of the bug is quite time-consuming, its technology is not complicated, and the requirements for the inspector are to have enough patience to find out those bugs one by one, and fix them one by one, until no major bugs are found, before they can be put on the market.

But this is not the end of the matter, the company also has to pay attention to it at any time, after the software is put into the market, the previous undiscovered and various hidden bugs will also be exposed, the software company must follow up and fix at any time, so that there are upgrade packages and repair packages, as well as a variety of software upgrades.

After understanding the problems of the operating system, Nien and Ling Shizhe looked at the development of several application software.

Among the several application software developed, there are two software development progress relatively fast, Oracle database and cluster service management software server.

OracleDatabase, also known as OraclerDBMS, or Oracle for short. is a relational database management system (CRM) from Oracle.

Oracl is software designed to help enterprises manage customer relationships, and this set of software is quite classic, and it will continue to be the mainstream of the server database market in the 21st century.

In addition, there is another kind of software that is also being developed at the same time, that is, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which is a management platform that provides decision-making and operation means for enterprise decision-making and employees, and is suitable for corporate resource management systems used in large-scale manufacturing industries.

There are many types of database software in later generations, but in the final analysis, there are only two categories: one is database software developed specifically for large enterprises and servers like Oracle; One is database software developed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises and PCs, such as Microsoft.

A database is "a warehouse that organizes, stores, and manages data according to a data structure."

In the daily work of economic management, it is often necessary to put some relevant data into such a "warehouse" and process it accordingly according to the needs of management.

For example, the personnel department of an enterprise or public institution often stores the basic information of its employees (employee number, name, age, gender, place of origin, salary, resume, etc.) in a table, which can be regarded as a database.

With this "data warehouse", we can query the basic information of an employee at any time as needed, and we can also query the number of employees whose wages are within a certain range, etc.

If all this work can be done automatically on the computer, then our personnel management can reach a very high level.

In addition, it is also necessary to establish a large number of such "databases" in financial management, warehouse management, and production management, so that they can use computers to realize the automatic management of finance, warehouse, and production.

The idea of database was born as early as the mid-60s of the 20th century, and in 1969 IBM developed the first generation of database system IMS.

Please pay attention to this IMS system, it is because of IMS that IBM was able to monopolize the global mainframe computer market in the 6 and 70s, and it can be said that without IMS, there would be no later IBM.

IMS belongs to the first generation of database systems; In the seventies, IBM introduced the second generation of databases.

In the 80s, Lawrence Ellison, the founder of Oracle, led his team to develop the third generation of databases, and his birth completely broke IBM's monopoly on databases, and soon after, Microsoft and other companies began to enter the database market, and the database market entered the Warring States period.

There are many kinds of database software products on the market, but only IBM, Sun, Oracle, and Microsoft have really gained a foothold in the market, and the others are just a flash in the pan.

Server, simply put, is a cluster server management software, its role is to gather many servers together for the same kind of service, as if there is only one server in the eyes of the client.

This is the most indispensable application software of the blade server, the cluster operation can use multiple computers for parallel computing to obtain high computing speed, and can also use multiple computers for backup, so that any machine can still run normally if the whole system is broken, once the cluster service is installed and run on the server, the server can join the cluster.

The reason why oracle and server can be developed so quickly is inseparable from Ling Shizhe's focus on these two software, which are almost the standard configuration of servers in history, and are famous money-absorbing weapons, and there is no reason not to focus on development.

"Boss, once these software and blade servers are launched on the market, it will inevitably cause a storm in the world, IBM is a giant enterprise in the United States, and has a deep relationship with the U.S. government and military. Boss, we moved the cake of IBM, and they won't give up. Nien was responsible for developing these projects, and seeing that his work could spark a revolution in computer history gave him a sense of pride, but at the same time he feared that he would be strangled by Western governments.

After all, Ambrera is not a real American company, he is just a Chinese company born in the colony of Hong Kong, the British government of Hong Kong and the British government will not protect Ambrera, and the Chinese government will not protect Ambrera. Don't even think about it.

When Ling Shizhe decided to develop a blade server, he had already considered this problem many times, and now when Nien raised this question, Ling Shizhe just thought about it briefly and said: "Nien, I have already thought about this problem, my plan is to follow the original scientific function calculator and computer camera, all the relevant technologies of the blade computer are opened, and we only sell CPU chips and software, what do you think of this plan?" ”

At this time, Alison walked over, heard Ling Shizhe's conversation and said, "Boss, such a major matter is a secret of the company, this is not the place to speak, go to me." ”

Ling Shizhe nodded, and the three of them left the laboratory and came to Alison's office.

Alison personally poured a cup of black tea for Ling Shizhe and Nien, sat on the sofa, and Alison said, "Boss, I overheard your thoughts just now, can you tell me more about your plan?" ”

Ling Shizhe looked at the two of them, they were Ling Shizhe's right-hand men, his absolute confidants, there was no need to hide it, and he said his plan, "My plan is to make the technology of the blade server global public like a computer camera and a scientific function calculator, and we only sell chips and software, so that after the technology is made public, I hope to form an alliance of interests around Ambrera Company, so that this alliance can deal with the interest groups led by IBM. Just like we did with Kodak. Of course, this was my initial idea, and the details need to be perfected by you. ”

Alison silently thought for a long time before speaking and asking: "Boss, after the technology is revealed, will we still make a blade server?" ”

"I've thought about it, don't do it, leave it to a third party, let them do it."

Nien jumped up when he heard Ling Shizhe's words, and shouted excitedly: "Boss, we have invested a lot of research funds in it over the years, and we don't make a blade server, how can this be, we will lose a lot if we don't do it." Boss, I want you to reconsider your thoughts. ”

But Ling Shizhe shook his head unexpectedly, in fact, he wanted to say to Alison just now, yes, do. But after thinking about it, he decided to give up the blade server business.

First of all, this era is not like later generations, the Internet is flying all over the sky, and the current blade server has no network application foundation, and can only be used as a supercomputer, and supercomputer is a very sensitive thing, once it is easy to enter, Ling Shizhe only faces two choices: one is to completely join the Western camp; The second is not to join, to die.

Neither the first nor the second option is what Ling Shizhe wants, he does not want Ambrera to become a tool of Western politics, and it is the best choice to maintain a kind of cooperative relationship with Western governments as he is now.

Therefore, it is the best choice to abandon the blade server, so that Ambrera can avoid becoming a political tool of the West.

Second, the blade server looks high-end, but in fact there is not much technical content, he is actually just a window paper, there is nothing unusual when it is pierced, anyone, any company, according to the design concept of the blade server, can design their own server, there is really nothing difficult in technology.

Don't look at the fact that when Nien and them designed the blade server, they suffered a lot, it was because Ling Shizhe took advantage of the rebirth and forcibly took the idea of the blade server to the consequences caused by more than 30 years in advance.

This was the beginning of the development of the third generation of electronic computers (the first generation was the tube computer; The second generation is transistor computers; The third generation is large-scale integrated circuit computers), there are many things that are not available in this era and need to be developed by themselves; Once developed, there is no secret to the technology at all, and it is better to simply let the technology go than to do so.

Third, the blade server has a low technical threshold, just like the PC of later generations, everyone does it, so his profit is actually not high, otherwise why would IBM give up the server business in the future? It's not because the margins are too low.

On the contrary, for the hardware of the blade server, the CPU and other chips he needs are the real core high-tech, and the blade technology is released, so that the third party can actively expand the application market of the blade, and Ling Shizhe can safely hide behind and sell chips.

Through the chip, Ling Shizhe can earn back all the R&D funds invested in the blade server.

Fourth, the reason why the blade server can be so powerful in later generations is that it is inseparable from the support of various third-party software vendors, he is the same as the PC computer of later generations, without the support of various application software, the blade server is just a useless shell, he will be opened, Ling Shi philosophy Microsoft sells operating system software, the interface data of the platform is disclosed, so that many third-party software vendors can participate, and a new interest group will be born.

Server hardware interest groups and third-party software interest groups, these two interest groups, closely surround Ambrera Company, so that no political force in the world dares to open a knife to Ling Shizhe, to Ambrera Company, that is, to open a knife to their entire group, no politician dares to do this.

Fifth, there are many kinds of application software in the world, and several kinds of software developed by Ling Shizhe are the essence of software in history, all of which are gold-absorbing weapons.

After listening to Ling Shizhe's reason for giving up the blade server, the two were completely convinced, and Allison suggested to Ling Shizhe: "Boss, this is a big plan, we must make a careful plan. ”

"Boss, I agree with President Alison, we have to make a good arrangement, we need help. I propose that you be the chief planner, Alison and Foster as the deputy planner, of which Alison is also the executive director, Foster and Andy Grove are his assistants, and Mark and I are members of the executive team. ”

Ling Shizhe thought for a while, and said, "Add Ollie in, she is the chief engineer of the operating system software, and this matter is inseparable from him." ”

Alison and Neon nodded and said separately, "Agreed." ”

"I agree, and I think our legal counsel, Olson, should also be on board, because he knows how to protect the interests of the company while also how to circumvent the legal pitfalls of the antitrust law." Alison added.

(Thanks to the scarecrow for the tip)