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Chapter 227 Cloud System

July 8, 1967.

On this day, Catherine was still busy with the company's affairs, and at this time, a TV series had already begun to be released.

This TV series is "The X-Files".

The first episode of Roswell was welcomed by everyone.

When it first aired, the ratings reached 30%.

Maybe in the eyes of other people, this is nothing, but two people were very excited.

They are Lucas and Spielberg - the directors of this TV series.

The X-Files is a science fiction TV series, and it is also the screen debut of the two of them.

At the beginning of the TV series, special agent Fox Mulder was hired by the Bureau of Investigation after studying psychology at Oxford University. When his career was going smoothly, he suddenly turned all his energy to supernatural events. During a hypnotherapy session, he

Recalling that his sister Samantha, who had been missing for many years, was taken away by an unknown force when they were children, he began to pursue the truth hidden in the X-files and began a full-scale investigation...

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This theme immediately captured people's hearts. On the 20th anniversary of Roswell, the broadcast of such a TV series immediately captured people's curiosity.

In the history of the United States, some themes have been enduring for a long time - science fiction works are such typical examples.

However, it is very difficult to shoot a TV series brilliantly.

Catherine's script is a very important factor in the success of the story, but another factor lies in the cooperation of the two directors...

Rossi is from Italy. He also likes science fiction works and "The X-Files" very much. But when he was halfway through watching this TV series, he looked at the time, shook his head, and then put on

Clothes, go out.

He is an immigrant from Italy, and now he is a student at the University of California. He is also the second group of people to enter the Internet after Catherine established the Internet.

His online ID is "Dragon Seeker".

As a college student, Rossi had a rich extracurricular life, and now he was working part-time for Ark to earn summer living expenses.

Rossi likes computers very much, so he is happy to do any computer-related work.

What he wants to do this time is to conduct a questionnaire survey in Los Angeles. This survey is about network usage.

In fact, Rossi himself was shocked when he saw this survey.

This is a survey about "cloud systems".

Rossi knew about the Internet, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful.

In this questionnaire, we mainly asked some questions about the Internet, but the highlight lies in the following questions.

Rossi had undergone some training before coming, and he also had some understanding of the system.

Specifically, the cloud system uses a supercomputer as a terminal, and users only need to connect to the Internet to play games and surf the Internet.

For now, the computer market mainly targets the following groups of people:

First of all, there are high-end business users. What they need is a mainframe, and they simply disdain Catherine's microcomputer.

Then, there are business users who only need word processing and the like. These people mainly use Catherine's microcomputers. They have no need to sell mainframes, and they are also popular in the eyes of third parties.

Finally, there are individual users and some schools. They mainly do it because they are interested or want to learn computers. There are also a few wealthy people who do it because they want to play games.

The second type of people are the mainstream of microcomputers. The cloud system is obviously very inappropriate for them, so Catherine has no intention of promoting her own cloud system to them.

And even if you want to do that, the third party will not agree.

"Sir, do you mind if I take up some of your time?"

At this time, Rossi saw a young Russian man.

"Oh...uh, no problem."

"I wonder how familiar you are with the Internet?"

Just as he was talking, the Russian was suddenly shocked, but he quickly calmed down, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, that's funny, I actually use the Internet."

The man smiled.

"Oh, really?" Rossi didn't expect to meet his "colleagues" again.

"Yes, my ID on the Internet is 'Zao Man Xiong'. Oh, my name is Andre." The man named "Andre" showed his kindness towards Rossi.

Rossi was obviously very excited, and his tone was much higher: "Oh, oh, really? My nickname on the Internet is 'Dragon Hunter', my name is Rossi, I come from Italy, I'm really nice to meet you

your turn."

The two held hands together.

"Oh, by the way, are you conducting a questionnaire survey?" Andre asked.

Rossi was so excited that he almost forgot what he was going to do. He patted his head: "Yes, I am doing a survey about the Internet. It comes from Ark Group. They seem to be preparing to build an Internet survey for general users.

cloud system network.”

"Cloud system?" Andre raised his eyebrows, seeming very interested.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Rossi also nodded: "Yes, cloud system, this system is mainly for some high-end users and some ordinary users... uh..." Rossi seemed to notice that his words were somewhat contradictory,

Then he began to explain: "...you know, computers are very expensive nowadays..."

Rossi was chatting, while Andre looked very interested...

Many enterprises today do not need microcomputers, but large computers. Catherine's cloud system can achieve an effect similar to "shared housing" and "group purchasing".

After all, there are still very few things that current microcomputers can do. For many companies, mainframes are more attractive to them, and this is the root of IBM. What Catherine did can be said to be a form of poaching...

...or it would be more appropriate to use the word "picking up leaks".

Catherine's cloud technology is also a very lethal tactic for IBM.

Catherine plans to provide a supercomputer cluster for use in each city.

——Of course, for this kind of poaching behavior, Catherine still needs to send salesmen to lobby one by one.

IBM's 360 computer costs US$10,000 per month, and IBM has earned more than US$7 billion in profits.

This market is so lucrative that Catherine has no intention of letting it go.

However, since the company works during the day, it is impossible to have free time at night, right?

In Catherine's opinion, during the day, those who use computers should be business users, and at night, after everyone gets off work, computers can continue to be used for entertainment. For a capitalist, this is a

A very efficient way to use it.

Not only that, such a computer can also be provided to the research center in the middle of the night

With the help of the Internet, computers will be extremely convenient

In Catherine's opinion, her idea is completely feasible.

First of all, the cost of building their own supercomputers is lower than that of IBM. Secondly, using the "shared renting" method further reduces their costs for these companies. Why not?

The current optical fiber network resources are only used for chatting, which is simply a waste. Why not use them all?

Catherine's fiber optic network can provide tens of MB of bandwidth, which is completely sufficient for a cloud system.

It just so happens that Catherine's network is now being laid out across the country, and the place with the most broadband networks and the fastest development is California.

So, Catherine was ready to start her own plan in California.

This is why she hired some college students to conduct questionnaires - to see if her product is really popular.

In fact, it's not just a personal computer, you can use a cloud network system yourself.

"By the way, what's your phone number? Maybe we can still contact you in the future."

After Andre completed the questionnaire, he asked Rossi for her phone number.

The two exchanged phone numbers and then said goodbye to each other with a smile, while Andre frowned. He immediately returned to his house and began to write a report on the matter.

On the other hand, Rossi felt good and continued his questionnaire...

In addition to facing business users, Catherine's cloud system is also open to general users, but it is used in

For an ordinary user, which one is more valuable to them is a personal computer worth nearly a thousand dollars and requiring various equipment, or a computer that uses a cloud system and only costs a few hundred or even tens of dollars?

Is it better to use a cloud-based computer that can do it all with just one monitor?

The answer is no doubt.

From another perspective, for an ordinary person, a person who only uses a computer to surf the Internet and play cards, will they change equipment for a computer?

No, at least not for a long time.

They don't care about the performance of the computer, they just have the lowest requirements for the computer: to be able to read documents, surf the Internet, and simply listen to music.

Likewise, this kind of people are also the most easily ignored group.

While everyone is enthusiastically discussing the latest computer architecture, these people may have just finished playing a game of Texas Hold'em poker and feel unhappy.

In "history", there were many such people. They often did not post on the Internet or go to Tieba. What they were most likely to do was watch a Korean drama on a certain movie website, or play two games of "Golden Island"

"Games like ".

People often use a very appropriate word to describe this kind of person - soy sauce person.

Yes, the soy sauce party is the mainstream in the Internet age.

What Catherine is doing now is to see the needs of this group of people. Sometimes, these humble people are where the business opportunities lie.

Computers will be durable goods rather than consumables for a long time. People's current demand for computers is very small, so cloud computing can meet people's needs for a long time.

But just as the emergence of private property was the symbol of mankind's transition from primitive freedom to slavery, with the development of computer capabilities, people will gradually regard computers as personal supplies, and people's needs for computers will also

It is not just limited to entertainment, but extends to all aspects of life. At that time, it should be the time when this kind of cloud computer withdraws from the stage of history.

——But this is not absolute, because in the future, the development of mobile devices will bring new opportunities to cloud computers...

In Catherine's view, the final development of computers will be standardized, but at this time, cloud computers are obviously more realistic.

Now, the Internet era is obviously coming earlier and faster than in history. Even the capacity of most people's computers is not as fast as the Internet speed.

At this time, a cloud computing device that integrates resources and has a unified hardware environment is just right.

For this plan, Catherine herself also participated in the battle. At this time, she was discussing with the "Los Angeles Times" about putting the newspaper on the Internet.

"...that is, we just need to open a website and then we can sit back and collect money?"

The person in charge of the Los Angeles Times who was in charge of the negotiations looked at the plan sent by Catherine to build an astronomy station, and then let paying users enter our website to browse paid content, that’s it.”

Catherine answered.

The Internet should be a multimedia terminal. What Catherine is doing now is to persuade these people to enter their own Internet.

"But what is the method of payment?" they asked again.

"You can pay by phone. In fact, we are negotiating with the bank. If we can pay online, it will be more convenient."

Of course Catherine also wants to convince the bank, but for now, the software department is developing an online payment program. The matter is not settled yet. It is not that simple to convince them, so for now, Catherine can only

provide such services.

"But...the Internet is a new thing after all. We are not sure whether this thing will be of any benefit to us..."

"Yes."

Catherine was well prepared for this.

"Yes, what you need to see is... the future. The federal government will spend one billion dollars to connect the Internet throughout the United States. By then, the Internet will penetrate into every city and every block. And at that time, you

Can you imagine the benefits that the Internet can bring?”

Generally speaking, this kind of trick is very good for deceiving venture capitalists. This kind of thing has happened many times in history.

The other party's face was a little cloudy and uncertain.

"This doesn't cost you too much."

Catherine continued.

"But relatively speaking... uh..." The other party hesitated, and it seemed that he was not good at negotiating.

This reminded Catherine of the young man from the paper book company who signed a contract with her "Harry Potter"... What was his name?

"Uh... I think, in this regard, we may still need to discuss..."

Catherine thought for a long time and finally understood it - the other party obviously did not trust Catherine's promise, or in other words, they were afraid of being cheated by Catherine.

Indeed, the other party is not the one who was taken advantage of by the Pentagon, but a shrewd capitalist... even though the person in front of him is not very qualified.

"Well, I think you need some time too."

In the end, this is all it can do.

Although this negotiation has not been successful for the time being, Catherine believes that the main lobbying step by step will always succeed.

As for the cloud system, in Catherine's opinion, many families even only need a special device and a TV, and the price is very low. This approach is completely feasible.

Not only in this aspect, with the return of Catherine's funds, their company is unlikely to have financial problems for a long time, so Catherine has begun to continue to work hard at this time.

First of all, Catherine increased the company's research funding investment to 8% of the company's profits. On the other hand, she also provided an almost unlimited fund amount to Rama Labs to allow them to research wireless communication technology.

On the other side, the Eight Rebels, led by Roberts, began the final research on GPU research.

Although the idea of ​​the cloud system is very good, Catherine still has foreign markets.

Not only that, even if the Internet is to be popularized in China, it will be a few years later. In other words, even if I change the minds of Americans overnight and all fall in love with Catherine's computer, at least

In the next generation of computers, Catherine's sales will not be affected.

As long as there is a cloud system, users only need a monitor, mouse and keyboard. As long as they are connected to the terminal, they can enter the operating system, and the computer configuration and the like are all clouds.

In fact, large computers in the 1980s and before were all cloud systems, so it was not too difficult to realize this idea.

Only later, due to the development of computers, supercomputers became unnecessary. Microcomputers could already complete some work originally performed by supercomputers, so large computers in this cloud system disappeared.

If such a thing had not happened, with the development of the Internet at that time, such a cloud system might have appeared.

However, what didn't happen didn't happen after all, and what Catherine is doing now is to make this thing that didn't happen happen... Of course, the premise is that the results of the investigation are ideal.

After the negotiation ended, Catherine sat in the car. In front of her were the two brothers Kane and Lyrela, and next to Catherine was Elsa.

"All-in-one network experience service".

Catherine took out her notebook and gave her cloud plan such a name.

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Two chapters in one.

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