"Mr. Zhou, what kind of wind blew you here?" Qiu Jun pushed open the door of the office building, did a stretching exercise, and suddenly saw Zhou Shuo and his party walking over.

The regular life in the past two years has made Qiu Jun look more white and fat than before, but the good life rules and the mandatory fitness program implemented by the company have made his physical health go up to a higher level. Although it looks a little round, its spirit and physique are exceptionally strong.

In this anonymous compound, it is actually the location of the Panhan Group's SPARC project team. Zhou Shuo stopped the car and took Lu Ge and the two didn't go far before they met Qiu Jun who came out of the building.

"This is the leader of the troops, Colonel Lu Ge." Zhou Shuo introduced to both parties: "This is Qiu Jun, the inventor of WPS software, and he is currently the main person in charge of this research institute. Colonel Lu is here to learn about our SPARC software project, and our Pan Han Group may have some cooperation with the troops. ”

"So you're Qiujun!" Lu Ge had obviously heard of him, and said with admiration on his face: "The WPS written by Mr. Qiu is the designated software on our troops, but I don't know when the next version will be developed?" ”

"Hello Colonel Lu." Qiu Jun himself is actually not very good at ushering in the send, but he still said very politely: "The new version of WPS96 should be released soon, and now the program has been written and entered the final testing stage." ”

"Huh? That's great! Lu Ge rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Our troops are eager to wear it, and we will definitely vigorously support the achievements of domestic software!" ”

"Thank you so much!" Qiu Jun showed a smile on his face, and said with a proud chest: "The army can use the software I wrote." I also feel very honored! ”

Zhou Shuo didn't expect that Qiu Jun would have such a high reputation in the army. His mind turned. Said generously: "If Manager Qiu agrees, I can promise on behalf of Fanhan Group." When WPS96 was released in August this year, 100,000 sets of genuine software were given to the PLA! ”

Although piracy is rampant in China, to be honest, many of the government office software used are genuine. Zhou Shuo said that 100,000 sets of WPS96 software are worth at least tens of millions of yuan. Of course, software is worth a lot, and 100,000 sets of genuine software CDs include packaging, which is the cost of two or three hundred thousand. But for the troops, it is of course much better to be able to use genuine software than to use pirated software. With the genuine version of WPS. There is no need to purchase Microsoft Word.

Lu Ge was slightly stunned, and subconsciously calculated what the concept of 100,000 sets of software was, and then became ecstatic.

Word processing software is an indispensable software for computers, and the 100,000 sets of WPS96 sent out can save two or three million in defense expenditures -- although state organs want to support genuine copies, it is still very common to install several computers with a serial number.

As for Zhou Shuo's calculations, it is also very easy to understand, in history, this version of WPS should be WPS97 released in 1997, and with the support of Fanhan Group, Qiujun completed the software production a year ahead of schedule. Unlike in history, the domestic word processing market was snatched away by Word6.0 due to being put on the market too late, WPS96, which was born in advance, can completely break with Microsoft's word processing software.

Piracy is rampant in the domestic software market. Zhou Shuo didn't plan to make money on WPS. The strategic significance of writing software to block Microsoft is stronger than the tactical significance of product profitability.

As long as WPS's market share can continue to maintain more than 80%, there will always be a time to make money in the future. In Zhou Shuo's view, the name WPS has been maintained. It's already worth the ticket price.

The 100,000 sets of software sent by Fanhan Group not only narrowed the relationship with the army, but also maintained the market share of word processing software, and promoted the reputation of WPS for free. Why not?

Qiu Jun didn't think about it, and immediately nodded: "No problem." Is 100,000 sets of software enough? If it's not enough, I can apply with Mr. Zhou to send more, and it's a big deal to make up the money from my commission! ”

Zhou Shuo doesn't expect WPS to make money though. But Qiu Jun put a lot of effort into this. As the main creator, he and the entire development team of WPS also have a 5% sales commission.

"Enough, enough!" Lu Ge waved his hand and said with a smile: "I will definitely tell my superiors about the righteousness of Mr. Qiu and Mr. Zhou, but I personally think that 100,000 sets is definitely enough!" ”

"That's good." Qiu Jun was not sad at all because of the decrease in his income, but smiled very happily.

Qiu Jun, Zhou Shuo, and Lu Ge walked into the three-story building in the courtyard as they spoke, a building that could have been built in the eighties. It looks like it's half-new, but the materials used for construction are solid. The entrance is a thick wooden glass door, the floor is made of terrazzo marble, and the walls are freshly painted with white paint, which looks very neat and clean. At a glance, although there is not much decoration in the hall, a few potted bamboos are also very tasteful.

As half of the master, Qiu Jun enthusiastically introduced Lu Ge: "This is the SPARC Software Research Institute of Fanhan Group, which currently has three project teams and 200 programmers. They are responsible for the development of virtual machines, operating systems, and application software. ”

"I wonder what the Colonel wants to know about the progress? I'll arrange it too. ”

"This ......" Lu Ge turned his head to look at Zhou Shuo, although he had some technical background, he didn't know anything about the SPARC processor, and he didn't know what Zhou Shuo wanted to show him.

Of course, Zhou Shuo knew what Lu Ge meant, so he took over and said, "That's right, Colonel Lu wants to have a systematic understanding of our SPARC project, you bring in the leaders of the other two project teams, and let's give a comprehensive introduction to the progress of the project." ”

"Alright, I'll call someone." Qiu Jun nodded, said goodbye to Lu Ge, and went upstairs first.

Zhou Shuo was also very familiar with this place, and immediately invited Lu Ge and the others to the large conference room on the first floor, and personally brought tea and water to settle down.

It didn't take long for the door to the conference room to be pulled open from the outside. Qiu Jun and the other two walked in breathlessly with a lot of equipment.

"This is Bao Yueqiao, the leader of the network and operating system project team, and Wang Jiangmin, the leader of the application software and security project team......

Zhou Shuo was introducing, and Lu Ge quickly stood up again and shook hands with the other two.

He turned his head, looked at Zhou Shuo and said with a sigh: "Mr. Zhou, here, it's really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" ”

Zhou Shuo smiled and didn't say anything. Of course, he understood what Lu Ge meant, like Qiu Jun, Bao Yueqiao and Wang Jiangmin were also thunderous figures in the software industry.

Bao Yueqiao, the main creator of UCDOS and the founder of Lianzhong Games, which later became popular on the Chinese Internet, made great contributions to the popularization of computers in China. Not to mention Wang Jiangmin, the father of China's antivirus software, a legend who started learning computers at the age of 38 but became a top programmer.

In the 90s, it can be said that as long as you use a computer and a DOS system, these are the three names that cannot be avoided. Even in many computer textbooks, it is the kind of character who needs to be written big.

At the same time, this is also the strongest lineup that Zhou Shuo can put together at present, and the rest is either career achievements or outdated technology. There may be other masters in the people, but the representatives of Chinese software history in this era are the three of them.

Among them, Wang Jiangmin is the oldest, and he is in his 40s. Zhou Shuo and Lu Ge helped put away the equipment he had moved, and then said straight to the point.

"Colonel Lu should know that any computer system is composed of processors, storage, and external devices. The SPARC processor is no exception, but it is very scalable compared to traditional CPUs, making it easy to configure for specific needs. And the devices in front of us are various computer systems based on SPARC processors......"

"Wait a minute!" Lu Ge stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Shuo's introduction, and asked suspiciously: "If I'm not mistaken, didn't Mr. Zhou say that the SPARC processor has not been implemented yet?" ”

"Look at me!" Zhou Shuo patted his head and said with a smile: "Actually, these devices use virtual machine technology, which simulates the SPARC processor to write software. In addition, there are also some terminals that use ARM7 processors, mainly used in portable devices with low power consumption. ”

"Although SPARC processors are also reduced instruction set architectures, they are not known for their low power consumption and low cost, and are mainly used on the server side. So on the terminal, we are also working on computer systems that use ARM processors. Connecting the computer systems of these two devices to the network is our main research direction at present......"

Lu Ge nodded and quietly listened to Zhou Shuo's introduction. He was able to be sent to contact the Pan Han Group, so he naturally had some ability. A lot of content was just a tap, and he could immediately realize it. For example, virtual machine technology is very good for Sun in Java. Without delving into the details of the implementation technology, it is conceptually easy to understand.

After listening to some of Zhou Shuo's introductions, Lu Ge suddenly couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Zhou, I have a presumptuous question that I want to ask, where did you originally want to apply this technology, can you explain it to me?" Of course, if it comes to trade secrets and the like, you can also choose not to answer, I totally understand. (To be continued......)