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Chapter 253 Three versions of qq

The name of this QQ copycat software is “qq”.

As for the icon issue, Catherine was stumped.

Use Penguin?

Isn’t this too low-level?

How can you say that you are a big company, so how can you copy it completely?

At least some "innovation" is needed, right?

At this time, Catherine thought of two icons.

One is a seal and the other is a bald eagle.

Seals feed on penguins, so it's just right to use as an icon.

As for the bald eagle, this image is often used to replace the United States in novels and comics, which seems good. But the problem is what should I do when I want to promote it to other countries in the future?

In an instant, Catherine had an idea - she could use their characteristics in customized versions for each country.

For example, you can use a rooster as the icon for France, and a cow for the United Kingdom. For the Soviet Union, a red bear seems good.

As for China…

Catherine had two ideas, one was a panda burning three incense sticks, and the other was a small white rabbit.

Catherine hesitated between these two icons.

After thinking about it, Catherine finally decided to use the panda to burn incense as the symbol of China instead of the little white rabbit - after all, at this time, no one knew the allusion of the "bitter little white rabbit", even in the 21st century, foreigners

She didn't know the allusion of "little white rabbit, which is harmless to humans and animals". If her own company did this, others would think she was looking down on them and would not do enough to promote the company, so Catherine decided to use the panda icon.

As for within her own company...Catherine used the seal as the icon, which is very good.

This software Catherine was planned to be divided into three versions according to the original plan.

Among these three versions, the ordinary chat version does not come with any other functions; while the game version is specially optimized and customized for online games. In other words, it integrates the online game of Gregorian

In this version - of course, Catherine still needs to have some conversations with Gregory; and the commercial version is a software that pays attention to confidentiality.

The next two versions will be based on the first version.

Since there is still no progress in Gregory's game, this version can be left to the future. Catherine believes that if Gregory is not a fool, he should be self-aware.

After finalizing all three plans, Catherine sent people to find Gregory. This was very simple.

Catherine believed that the other party would be ecstatic...

However, when Gregory learned that Microsoft had come to find him, his first reaction was not ecstasy, but disbelief.

Microsoft came to find itself... just for this online game, this game that has not yet been formed?

"Excuse me...do you really...uh...value my game?"

Gregory was a little unbelievable.

"Yes, we are ready to combine this game with our company's newly developed live chat system."

The other party said so.

"Instant chat system?"

Gregory was a little strange.

"Yes, our company's new product. And you are a special trainee from Intel. When you graduate, if you are interested in our company, you can also choose to come to our company... A company under our Ark Group

, you can choose at will.”

What this guy from Microsoft is doing is poaching Intel.

The entire Ark Group is in a state of shortage of people. Although there are many college students graduating every year, there are very few people who apply for jobs at Ark Group - after all, the electronics major is an emerging major.

Next year, Intel's first batch of special trainees will be "out", and at this time, whether it is Intel, LE or MICFT, they are all eyeing these graduates, and everyone wants to grab a few of them.

There are more than 300 people here, one or two, but they are all very popular.

"Oh, actually I am also very interested in software and games." Gregory told the truth, and the other party patted his shoulder happily.

The two talked for a while and then decided on the final plan.

Gregory sold half of the copyright to the game to Microsoft, and then worked together with Microsoft to develop the game.

So the next thing was easy to handle. Gregory was assigned to Microsoft for an internship. In fact, it was to develop this game.

Catherine's company management strategy is somewhat different from other companies. Research on a product often involves several small groups for comparison. In this regard, Catherine referred to some workshops in Europe, America and the Soviet Union.

When the Soviets solve a problem, they will first think of the simplest solution. If it works, the Soviets will think "ok, that's it", and then they won't think of new solutions until it goes wrong.

When Americans solve problems, they will think of the most complicated solution. If it works, Americans will be excited and "Okay, let's continue to design more complex solutions next."

This is especially true when it comes to technology projects.

Soviet products have always been known for being "silly, big, black, and thick", while the vast majority of European and American products are high-tech.

There is a joke that vividly illustrates this situation: When the Soviet leaders learned that the United States had many fighter planes, they were shocked, and then they began to build fighter planes frantically. American fighter planes can use an average of 3,000

A small hour. The Soviets sneered at this. They believed that once entering combat, an aircraft could not stay in the air for a few hours, so the Soviet-made aircraft only had 300 hours...

In any case, this shows that people in the two regions have different views on issues.

Catherine divided her research group into several groups. One of them must be someone from Russia or other Slavic areas. They adhere to the characteristics of the "silly, big, black, and thick" Slavs, while the other side

It's traditional American--one problem is treated in two.

What Catherine needs is not a stupid, big, black and crude product, nor is it a product with high technical content and science fiction.

What Catherine needs is a solution that is suitable for her, a feasible solution that can truly bring profits to her company.

This scheme has been preserved in terms of hardware research, but very little in terms of software research - not none.

In Catherine's era, the size of a piece of software was often horribly bloated. An office component that weighed several gigabytes might not necessarily have much more advanced functions than the previous version, but it must be larger in size.

Catherine didn't like this situation.

She believes that the size of a software should be related to the functions integrated into the software. Compared with Office, the 30MB component used by Catherine is more suitable for her.

Sometimes a software does not need to be so troublesome. Simple problems can be solved with simple methods. It can also improve efficiency. Why not?

With Gregory, the game version of qq can also be developed.

QQ adopts a graphical operation method, which looks very vivid. Catherine considered that she could display the map in the form of pictures, which would be very convenient.

Of course, due to technical and resource limitations, the quality of this picture is very poor - after all, it can only display è.

This system is just like Catherine's imagination. It uses a separate core, and then based on this, this core is regarded as the "square" and "city center". Then players can upload their own game design, and after uploading, it will

Become "community" and "street".

Players can initially play in the "city center", but once they see these "streets", they can also go in and play around.

Of course, with online games, it is also necessary to prevent cheating.

Although the vast majority of people who use the Internet now are college students, there is no guarantee that some of them will not find it "interesting" or want to take shortcuts to play this game. At that time, if the company did not have a corresponding strategy, it would be completely

What a tragedy.

And since the plot is all completed by players, the review must be careful, and it will be very troublesome if something goes wrong.

In addition, there is the commercial version. In the commercial version, QQ requires a lot of capabilities. At this time, Catherine even wanted to apply the video conversation technology used on Skycom, but in the end, considering various issues, this idea

It was still rejected.

To realize this function, you even need to modify the phoenix-stargate system, which will be very troublesome, and the military will probably have opinions. In the end, this idea can only be an idea.

The commercial version does not have a chat room system, and this aspect has been "castrated".

After all, the commercial version is for company use, not for other people to chat with.

In this version, chat records can be saved (other versions cannot save records, this is due to hard disk capacity considerations), but downloading and viewing records require a password. Although it is very cumbersome, it is indeed guaranteed.

The security and stability of the entire system.

All in all, the development of qq is in full swing...

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In 20xx, the general manager of Microsoft (China) Mahuāto submitted a brief introduction to the instant messaging software QQ to the headquarters. He thought that using a penguin as the mascot of QQ was a very good idea, but Catherine had no idea.

Hesitantly rejected this plan...

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I did a survey, let’s take a look, and ask for votes~