Chapter 20 Silicon Valley Science and Technology Exhibition

On March 5, 1992, the operating system framework developed by Bucky was completed ahead of schedule. Every night Bucky would visualize the universe map, and Bucky's mental power had improved a lot in more than two months, which also made Bucky's mind clearer and more efficient when developing the operating system, and the framework of the operating system was completed half a month ahead of schedule.

After more than two months of continuous efforts, it finally paid off, which made Bucky breathe a sigh of relief, gave himself two days off, and took Anna to have a good time in New York for two days.

The next step is to think about how to sell the operating system, for program development, Bucky is a master of the master, but for business negotiations, Bucky has little experience. However, Anna has shown great business talent in the past two months, so Bucky decided to take Anna with him in the future negotiations.

Bucky is very confident in the operating system framework he has developed, and any company that has enough manpower to perfect the operating system within a year or two can become the world's leading IT company with it. But Bucky still prefers to choose one of the three options: Microsoft, Apple, and IBM.

After all, these three companies are all leaders in the industry, with enough popularity, a complete development team, and good sales channels, and selling the framework of this operating system to one of them can save Bucky a lot of trouble.

However, how to sell the framework of the operating system is a science, and it is definitely inappropriate to sell directly to the door, so that the other party can only look down on itself, and then the initiative of the negotiation will be grasped by the other party. But if he tells the executives of these three companies about his intention to sell operating system frameworks, as he did in the previous hack into Microsoft's internal network, he will reveal his identity as a hacker, which is not what Bucky wants to see.

After two days of thinking about it to no avail, Bucky was suddenly inspired by the news that the New York University Student Technology Fair would be held on March 20.

Maybe it's a good way to go to a tech show, but Bucky won't go to the college tech show, which is a little lower grade and less well-known for Bucky, and a giant like Microsoft won't pay too much attention. After researching a lot of information, Bucky decided to participate in the Silicon Valley Tech Show at the end of April.

In order to participate in the tech show, Bucky also had to develop several suitable applications for his operating system, and in the end, Bucky chose two games: Bubble Bobble, which is suitable for girls and children, and Violent Moto, which is more attractive to boys.

With Bucky busy for the next twenty days, it wasn't difficult to develop these two games, but in order to successfully run these two games, a lot of content had to be added to the original system framework. Thankfully, Bucky now has a few interns to help out, and they can't do programming for the time being, but the art and image processing work is still fine with them.

Anna was also very busy applying for booths from the organizers of the science and technology exhibition, purchasing computers for the exhibition, and was also very busy.

Finally, two days before the tech show, Bucky took Anna and all the interns to Silicon Valley, and they also brought ten computers with the operating system framework and two games.

In this era, computer games are not yet developed and cannot be compared with various game consoles, and the two games made by Bucky, whether it is the running speed of the game or the smoothness of the picture, are far better than the current computer games, and they are much stronger than the games in the game consoles.

So at the tech show, Bucky did not hesitate to put out the slogan "Let the computer eliminate the game console", which attracted the attention of countless people and the hatred of all game console manufacturers.

However, Bucky does not sell games, nor does he care what game console manufacturers think of him, he just wants to attract the interest of those IT giants through this technology show.

On the first day of the exhibition, Bucky's booth was packed with people who wanted to try out the game, and the ten computers that Bucky brought were simply not enough, and people lined up in a long line, so that Bucky could only play for five minutes per person for a limited time, so that most people could experience these two games.

As the saying goes, the layman looks at the liveliness, and the insiders look at the doorway. While most people are amazed by these two games, computer experts have realized that with the current system, it is simply not enough to meet the smooth operation of these two games, and the developers of the games must have a more advanced operating system.

On the morning of the third day of the tech show, Bucky finally welcomed his first potential customer, which made Bucky finally breathe a sigh of relief. In the past two days, Bucky has been disturbed by game companies of all sizes, all of which want to buy the two games of Bubble Bobble and Violent Moto, but none of them have mentioned the operating system, which makes Bucky a little suspicious that there is a problem with his own plan, or if these people have too poor professional vision.

The visitor was a young man under thirty years old, tall, well-dressed, with a confident smile on his face all the time. He was followed by a woman of his age, who looked like an assistant or secretary.

"Hello, Mr. Barnes, I'm Michael Dell, Chairman of Dell Inc." Michael Dale stepped forward and shook Bucky's hand warmly.

Bucky didn't expect that the first one to come was the head of Dell, Michael Dell founded Dell when he was less than 20 years old, and in just seven or eight years, Dell has developed into the top computer manufacturer in the United States, and now the company is on the rise, and it is estimated that Dell will become the world's top computer brand in three or five years.

However, Bucky always thought that Michael Dale was an excellent marketing expert, but he didn't expect that his vision was also very vicious, and he was the first to come to the door, and the successful person must have his own merits.

It's a pity that although Michael Dell has a unique vision, Dell is not a partner in Bucky's mind, after all, Dell has been established for a short time, and its main focus has been on the production and sales of computers, and there is probably no research on operating systems. It is better to hand over the operating system framework to Dell to continue development, and it is better for Bucky to develop it himself.

"Mr. Barnes, I'm afraid you didn't come to this Silicon Valley tech show to promote these two games."

Although Dell is not a favorite partner of Bucky, Bucky still said very kindly: "Mr. Dell really has a vision, I am actually here to promote my computer operating system." ”

"This operating system was developed by Mr. Barnes?"

"Yes, I have completed the underlying layer and framework of the operating system, and some of the later applications are too cumbersome, and I don't have much time and energy to complete all the operating systems, so I am ready to find a partner." Bucky gets straight to the point and speaks directly about the current state of the operating system and its purpose.

Hearing that this operating system was not completed, Michael Dell was a little disappointed, and he knew that his company was not capable of continuing to complete this operating system, and he was afraid that the other party would not cooperate with him.

However, Michael Dell still asked with a little hope: "Mr. Barnes, I don't know if you have considered our Dell company, although we mainly manufacture and sell finished computers, but if Mr. Barnes is willing to cooperate with us, our Dell company will show the greatest sincerity." ”

"I'm sorry Mr. Dell, but I think your company probably doesn't have the ability to continue to complete the operating system, and I'm going to disappoint you."

Although Bucky rejected Michael Dell mercilessly, Michael Dell, as a marketing expert, did not miss the opportunity to build a good relationship with Bucky, and talked with Bucky about the future development trend of the computer industry throughout the morning. When it comes to understanding future trends, who can better than Bucky, just showing a little idea casually makes Michael Dale admire.

Although he did not reach a cooperation with Michael Dell, Michael Dell also made an advertisement for Bucky, and as the chairman of a top computer manufacturing company in the United States, Michael Dell is also well-known in Silicon Valley. On the day of the report for the science and technology show, there was news that Michael Dell visited the mysterious game manufacturer and left with a smile two hours later.

Perhaps it was Michael Dell's ad that worked, or perhaps the value of Bucky's operating system was finally discovered by more people, and on the morning of the fourth day of the tech show, the ideal partner appeared, and the heads of Microsoft, Apple, and IBM came to Bucky's booth.

Needless to say, Microsoft is now gaining momentum and has taken up the majority of the PC operating system market, both in terms of technology and subsequent sales, and is the ideal partner for Barkistan.

Apple's share of the PC market has been declining in the years since Steve Jobs left, and the company as a whole is now in the most difficult moment. But after all, it is an old company, and it has launched the world's first operating system with a graphical interface, and Apple has no doubt in its research and development capabilities. If Bucky chooses to cooperate with Apple, he believes that with the operating system developed by himself, he will be able to reverse Apple's current decline and gain more voice within Apple.

IBM is in a period of transition, the company's development direction is changing from computer hardware to software and services, although it is inferior to Microsoft in terms of operating system, but it is much better than Microsoft in other aspects, especially in terms of network construction, IBM has a good foundation. If you choose to cooperate with IBM, it will be of greater help to the future development of Barnes Network Technology Group of Barnay.

Representatives of the three companies came to the door, and Bucky was not easy to receive one by one, so he found a conference room in a nearby hotel and took Anna to negotiate with the representatives of the three companies.

In fact, Bucky has two other companies in mind that he can work with, one is HP, a long-established computer manufacturer, and the other is Oracle, which has grown rapidly in recent years. Although it may not be possible to cooperate with them in the end, it can allow them to put some psychological pressure on the three companies such as Microsoft.

Before leaving, Bucky instructed an intern to take them to his own conference room if the two companies were coming, and if other companies wanted to cooperate on the operating system, he would simply refuse.

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