Li Zetian glanced at everyone and said: "On January 1st, 1983, ARPANET officially replaced the old NCP network control protocol with the TCP/IP protocol, and then it was launched in Galaxy Network Corporation and the U.S. Department of Defense. Under the joint promotion of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the TCP/IP protocol has become popular in the society. Hundreds of universities in the United States have used the TCP/IP protocol! In the future, more users will join the ARPANET. Email also has commercial value!"
As soon as the TCP/IP protocol becomes popular, the real Internet (Internet) will soon be born. In this era, Li Zetian has the clearest understanding of the Internet, and he is very clear about what impact the Internet will bring in the future!
At this time, everyone nodded to show their understanding. In fact, Microsoft's Windows 1.0 operating system supports the TCP/IP network protocol, which is a function that Li Zetian previously asked Gary Kildare's operating system development team to add.
It is true that developing e-mail now has little commercial value, but the future development potential is huge, and the technical accumulation of e-mail is also necessary. After Microsoft went public, it was naturally no problem to recruit more talents and develop e-mail.
Now that Microsoft is listed and raised, if the money is still in hand and has not been spent, it means that it is completely useless. Only when the money is used for technology and talent can the company develop rapidly. lost ground.
Li Zetian put forward two projects, PowerPoint and email, in order to make Microsoft spend money and develop rapidly.
Of course, PowerPoint is indeed a very profitable heavyweight software.
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After the meeting, Microsoft began to act. According to Li Zetian's suggestion, Bill Gates sent someone to dig a foot in the wall and poached the "father of E-mail" Ray Tomlinson (Ray Tomlinson).
Li Zetian feels that his collection addiction is getting more and more serious, especially the father of the science and technology world, he has collected a lot of such people now.
For example: "Father of DOS" Gary Kildare, "Father of Microprocessor" Ted Hoff, "Father of Disk" Alan Shugart, "Father of Video Game" Nolan Bushnell and so on... I'm afraid I can make a deck of cards in the future.
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Ray Tomlinson was very surprised at this time, and did not understand why Microsoft hired him for a high salary.
Of course, Ray Tomlinson was surprised, and that was normal.
sndmsg email has no commercial value and Ray Tomlinson is not well known. In fact, in the tech world, there are simply too many unsung heroes like Ray Tomlinson who have done a lot for humanity without getting the pay and glory they deserve. Some people will not be remembered until decades later, while others will remain unknown for a lifetime...
"Mr. Ray Tomlinson, Chronos Li personally invites you to Microsoft by name, and will entrust you with an important task. It's better than your unknown job at Newman!" The manager of Microsoft's personnel department said sincerely.
Ray Tomlinson was even more surprised at this time. The person named by Chronos Li himself was enough to see that the other party attached great importance to him. However, Ray Tomlinson was still very puzzled and asked curiously: "I can't figure out why Chronos Li values me so much?"
"Because you invented sndmsg email, you are an expert in this field! To be honest, Microsoft is going to develop a commercial version of email, so I look forward to your joining!!!"
"Email for business???"
Ray Tomlinson couldn't help but look confused. He was the inventor of e-mail, but he never found its commercial value.
The manager of Microsoft's personnel department struck while the iron was hot: "Mr. Tomlinson, don't you want to see your own invention of e-mail take the world by storm and become the communication method used by everyone? Come to Microsoft, we can achieve this with you. dream!
At that time, the whole world will know that Mr. Ray Tomlinson is the father of E-mail! ! ! "
Ray Tomlinson shuddered inexplicably when he heard the last sentence.
Joining Microsoft, money, fame, and status are all there. Ray Tomlinson is not a saint, and he is immediately moved.
"Okay, I'd like to join Microsoft!!" he nodded in agreement.
The manager of Microsoft's personnel department stretched out his hand and smiled: "Microsoft welcomes you to join us!"
Ray Tomlinson reached out and shook his hand, and immediately said, "It will take a while for me to leave the company. After about two weeks, I can report to Microsoft."
"No problem, the position of development manager for Microsoft's email program will be reserved for you until you take office."
"Okay, thank you very much!"
After Microsoft's personnel manager got Ray Tomlinson, he called back Bill Gates immediately, and Bill Gates then called Li Zetian. Li Zetian was overjoyed when he heard the news.
"Having the father of email Ray Tomlinson join Microsoft to develop email is awesome! Hehe..."
Li Zetian and Bill Gates ended the call, and then continued to look at the documents. This is a fax sent by SAIC-Rolls-Royce. The first production line of the car can enter mass production.
The design style of the Veyron car is very similar to the Rolls-Ross car. Veyron's car logo is a golden, five-clawed dragon that is soaring through the clouds. It looks very majestic! Although a lot of Rolls-Royce technology is used, the price is not expensive, and each car is priced at 50,000 yuan. However, there are very few households with 10,000 yuan in mainland China. I am afraid that only the local tyrants in big cities, government agencies and research institutions can afford them.
According to the statistics at the end of December 1982, as a special economic zone in Shenzhen, more than 2,000 "ten thousand yuan households" emerged.
Li Zetian is actually still a little worried about how many Veyron cars can be sold for 50,000 yuan a car. In fact, this price is already very low, and if it is lower, there is not much profit. Due to the limited level of China's auto industry during this period, the domestic production rate of parts and components of Veyron was only 6%, so many parts and components had to be purchased from abroad at high prices, which increased the manufacturing cost.
Li Zetian closed the document and fell into contemplation.
After a while, he shook his head and said to himself: "Forget it, no matter how much it sells, mainland China is very poor now, and I don't expect it to make more money! Santana has not yet established a production line in China, and Veyron has taken the lead. One step, that's enough! Car manufacturers are actually just downstream of the industry chain, without production equipment, no parts, how can cars be made? Mastering the upstream of the industry chain has the right to speak!!! Just like Esmore The (ASML) company has mastered the top lithography machine, and all semiconductor companies have to rely on it!!!”
PS: The third update, I will write the fourth update immediately, no matter how late tonight, I will definitely write it.