Blooming America

Chapter 272 Gates and Jobs

In December 1967, "Popular Software" officially began to be sold.

As a fan of computers and games, Gates pays close attention to this magazine. So when this magazine appeared, he bought a hardcover edition of "Popular Software" as soon as possible. Anyway, Gates had already had $10,000 in "income" last month, and he is not short of money now.

The texture of the coated paper is very good, and the picture above looks very beautiful. For Gates, it happened to hit his "g" point.

"Too bang~"

When the postman delivered the magazine to him, Gates immediately began to read it.

——Catherine launched a postal service for the hardcover edition. As long as you order a year's magazine, you can get home delivery service. And most importantly, this kind of door-to-door delivery is one day earlier than the sales on the market.

Gates quickly set a three-year magazine.

"Twenty-one tips for system use..."

Gates reads very seriously.

Because many places may involve copyright and copyright issues, many places in the magazine are just teaching others how to do it, rather than explaining some principles. The current code is copyrighted, which is very important.

Of course, not all codes are missing. There are still a lot of code programs similar to the C language. The C language is Catherine's own, and it just happens to be a good opportunity to expand the influence of the C language. Is it?

All the above techniques are written in C language, and Gates takes it very seriously.

"Ok?"

Watching with relish, Gates suddenly discovered a piece of "software".

Looking at it again, it turns out that this is a layout of software rankings.

The first software is the x-nux system developed by Microsoft.

"X-nux?"

Gates suddenly thought of the operating system that Microsoft developed for IBm. This seems to be this?

Under this software, the second-ranked software is still developed by Microsoft-bsp; this Gates knows, especially the ord tool in these components, which is definitely a good thing. Can arrange text, can print text... There is nothing more bang than this-of course, the price of 1999 US dollars is also very high, but the market share of this product is still very high.

Gates didn't know that Catherine's price was already very "kind", at least it was much cheaper than the products that IBm would develop in the future.

Next, most of them are some professional xìng software, what is netbsp; on the next page, is the introduction of x-nux. This software is really very powerful. It connects IBm and computers to Microsoft computers. Then use the unique interface of the Microsoft computer to control the program, which is much more efficient than itself.

After reading the software, I turn to the game page.

When Gates saw this, his eyes were also bright.

Gates also finished playing games. He also loves games very much, especially "x". How does the name sound so good? If it were not for the love of the game, Gates would not have won the championship in the arcade game.

"Rapid Mario Clearance Method..."

"Class Mario", this is a very classic game, for Gates, it is this game that brought him into the game world.

In Gates' home, there is a Mario version of the Collector's Edition x. There is also a curious Gates that was dismantled a long time ago, and the prize he won in the game, Gates gave it to his father-he seems to have begun to like playing games.

"The secret of Emma Cube..."

At this moment, Gates saw this article again, and he immediately read it-the person's technology was so powerful last time that Gates almost played the Emma Cube game.

The article introduces the game skills of "Emma Cube", but these are not the main points. Gates almost jumped to watch, and soon he saw the description of the hidden level.

"In the hidden level, all the squares will be hidden, and players can only build blocks with their own memory and judgment..."

Gates looked at it with relish.

"...In subsequent versions, Blizzard will also add two hidden levels..."

Just after reading it, Gates's last heart was hooked on the past.

There are even hidden levels?

He is very curious. But looking at the introduction, it seems that this game will not be released until next year. Gates finally shook his head, and then forget it.

Turning to the end, there is also a "game" on the game page.

Gates is more interested in this.

Games are more attractive than software.

In the rankings of games, there are not those professional and strong things, but some very common games. And the ranking of games is different from the software.

The software is very rigorous. In addition to the ease of use and market share of the software, the quality of a software is mainly judged based on its version, after-sales service, and the professionalism of the software maintenance team.

But this aspect of the game is different. This aspect is mainly calculated by the player's acceptance. If the player likes it, the score of this game is higher. If you want to be at the top of the game rankings, the only way to start a game is to create a good game.

Gates appreciates this.

According to the rules, if a game lasts for a long time, after twenty years, it is possible for a game to be ranked-as long as someone plays it.

Of course Catherine would not do such a naive thing. In fact, she has made a decision that even if a game has been launched for more than five years, even if it is still on the top of the rankings, it will be dropped and enter a classic game rankings.

——If a game stays on the top of the leaderboard for a long time, it is not good for you.

However, the rankings do not mean that the games and software themselves are good or bad, so in addition to these, there is another objective score for these game software.

Catherine separated the ratings and rankings. All ratings are determined only based on the quality of the game and the software itself, not based on any other factors.

When running the magazine, Catherine and the staff made this decision after careful consideration.

At the end, Gates suddenly showed a bunch of websites.

"Please use the Internet to log in to the official website, you can find more detailed information about the software and game rankings..."

There are thousands of games and software. Of course, it is impossible for a magazine to write all of them. If they were to be written, Catherine's own magazine would be abolished.

"the Internet……"

Gates opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Gates knows what the Internet is. And in the first issue of Volkswagen Software, there is also a narrative. But the problem is that there is no internet at all in Seattle...

Because of the location of Seattle, Catherine has not considered connecting the network here for the time being. In addition, the universities on the Seattle side have also not generated demand for the network, so this side has not yet been connected to the network...

How can this be done?

Gates suddenly thought of Jobs, who lives near Silicon Valley.

He seems to have said... Has the Internet connected to Silicon Valley?

Gates immediately called Jobs.

"This is Jobs."

The phone was connected soon, and there was a familiar voice on the other side.

"Hello, Jobs, I'm Gates. Hey, Jobs, I heard that Silicon Valley is connected to the Internet. Is that true?"

"The internet?"

Jobs was a little strange, and Gates talked about what this was for.

"We do have the Internet here, and there is a computer room in Stanford University where you can access the Internet. When the computer is $1, the application network ID is U.S. dollars."

——Because real-name authentication is adopted, Id and password are required when logging in to 6. For this reason, Catherine simply charged another real-name registration fee. This fee is one-time xìng. After registering, the user can get a network ID.

"Yes, I ordered "Volkswagen Software", and it said that you can go to their official website for inquiries... But this **** Seattle is not connected to the Internet at all, so I can't check it even if I want to."

""Popular Software"? Why is it not listed here yet? I just asked about it."

"I ordered the hardcover version~www.wuxiaspot.com~ one day earlier than the public sale version."

"Oh... I really envy you, really." Jobs said in a tone of envy, but soon, he began to talk about business: "I will go to Stanford to see it now, I think it should be possible to The information is agreed. I will give it to you by fax at that time."

"Oh, thank you so much~ Jobs, you are such a good person"

Jobs was also very happy, because Gates next promised him to help him also order a year of "Popular Software". Jobs was in a good mood and took out all his change, and then helped Gates find information. .

——Printing also costs money, and the printed content of a piece of A4 paper needs US dollars, and it is still single-sided. For this reason, Jobs can be said to be completely "bankrupt". But being able to do something for a friend also made Jobs very happy...

On the other hand, Gates also got the information he wanted as he wished. He was also very happy. Being with Jobs always makes people feel very happy.