Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1762 Domestic Wen Tailai Alliance

"At present, the high-level government agencies and the military have relatively strict computer confidentiality requirements, and foreign systems can be used, but now these software upgrades are relatively fast, and the core technology is also in the hands of foreign companies, and the hidden dangers are relatively large. ..." Xu Shaoqiang pondered for a while, and then said: "Actually, some technicians from our Ministry of National Defense once wanted to build a domestic computer operating system, but they seriously underestimated the difficulty of developing a computer system, and it took three years. , even a basic framework has not been completed, so the superior leaders decided to increase research and development efforts this time. In addition to some related scientific research institutes, they must also absorb the strength of private enterprises to jointly develop, including Stone, Lenovo, and your Tianyin The group has been included in the participating units of this project by the superior..."

"Mr. Xu, it is a great honor for Tianyin Group to be able to participate in such a large national software project." Duan Yun thought for a while, and then said: "So regarding the research and development funds for the new computer system, we can Tianyin Group is here to contribute, of course, I also have a small condition..."

"You want to contribute? What are the conditions?" Xu Shaoqiang asked in surprise.

Regarding this home-made software project, the superior department allocated a special fund, and Duan Yun didn't need to spend a penny at all, so Xu Shaoqiang really didn't understand why Duan Yun offered to contribute.

"My condition is that our Tianyin Group will lead this software development project. Other units only need to provide human support. It doesn't cost the country a penny. Our Tianyin Group will pay them wages!" Duan Yun Said.

"Xiao Duan, you have to understand that this is a national project, and it doesn't mean that you can get the patented technology of this software with money." Xu Shaoqiang said with a serious face.

Obviously, Xu Shaoqiang never believed that there is any free lunch in the world, and Duan Yun is definitely not a patriotic person who is selfless. He must have his own purpose in doing so, and the greatest value of this project lies in the technology of this computer system patent.

"Mr. Xu, you misunderstood me." Duan Yun smiled slightly after hearing this, and continued: "If this system is successfully developed, it will definitely be donated to the country for free. I promise not to pay a penny of compensation."

"Then you..." Hearing this, even though Xu Shaoqiang was very shrewd, he was a little confused at this moment, he really couldn't see why Duan Yun did this.

"In fact, computer technology is developing very fast in the world. We can use their software, but we can't use their hardware." Duan Yun glanced at Xu Shaoqiang, and then said: "For example, the CPU, memory and hard disk in the computer , Americans can completely tamper with these hardware, embed some programs and data, and be able to paralyze the entire computer system and network at critical times. What kind of consequences will it cause if these things are embedded in the computer of the Ministry of Defense..."

"Eh..." Xu Shaoqiang's face became serious at this moment.

"Before our country also had its own domestic computers, but the core components were imported from abroad, just like the Great Wall computer in the past and the current Lenovo computer. The Great Wall computer is a reverse imitation of American chips. It is an obsolete product, and all the internal parts of Lenovo computers are imported from the United States. There is no problem for ordinary household use, but there is a big hidden danger when used in the army and government departments..."

"You want to develop this operating system in combination with your domestically produced computers?" Xu Shaoqiang responded quickly and said immediately.

"That's right, that's what I meant." Duan Yun replied very simply.

In Duan Yun's view, it doesn't cost much to develop a domestic computer system, especially in the early 90s, because of hardware constraints, the codes of various operating systems were relatively short, compared with the Windows system of later generations. With millions of lines of code, the current Windows system has at most 10,000+ lines of code, which is far less complex and has so many functions than the computer systems of later generations.

So now to develop the computer system, a maximum of 2000 million is more than enough. For the current Tianyin Group, it is not a big sum.

And once the new domestic computer operating system is matched with its Tianyin computer, Duan Yun's Tianyin computer will become the overlord of domestic computers without any suspense in the future, just like the Wen Tailai alliance in the United States.

From the 80s to the 90s, the "Wen Tailai" alliance progressed very smoothly.At the time, Intel processors had more memory, and accordingly, PCs equipped with Intel processors were more expensive, and people tended to buy cheaper computers.At the same time, the Windows system from Microsoft basically dominated the market, so the Windows system launched programs that took up a lot of memory, prompting people to buy PCs equipped with Intel processors.

In addition, as long as any computer manufacturer chooses one of Intel or Microsoft, it is equivalent to choosing the other jointly, and it is difficult to separate the two.

In the personal computer industry, the essence of the "Wen Tailai" alliance not only means that they occupy more than 90% of the personal computer market, but also refers to the optimal cooperation between Intel's chips (hardware) and Microsoft's Windows system and applications (software). The best combination and coordinated update finally stimulated the entire industry.

In addition, Duan Yun did this to attack Lenovo, the biggest competitor in the domestic computer market.

The reason why Lenovo was able to rise to become the number one computer brand in China was neither Yang Yuanqing nor Liu Chuanzhi.

The biggest attribute is the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences behind it. It is the shareholding of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that enables Lenovo to quickly obtain orders from the domestic government, enterprises and institutions. In addition, Liu Chuanzhi also has a father who is in charge of compradors. key factor.

After Lenovo Group suffered a loss in Hong Kong, the company was already on the verge of bankruptcy, but at this critical moment, Lenovo Group received a large number of purchase orders from the national government. , Lenovo finally came back to life, and a few years later successfully became the number one brand of Chinese computers.

If there were no orders from the government and various state-owned enterprises, then there would be no subsequent Lenovo.

The technology of the competitor IBM at that time was indeed a hundred times that of Lenovo, but IBM did not receive official support in China, so no matter how powerful IBM was, it was still beaten by Lenovo in the domestic market, because in the 90s, domestic private companies and individuals who could use computers There are very few users, and the users are basically the government and state-owned enterprises.Therefore, the rise of Lenovo is not based on competition, but on the policy competitive advantage obtained by shareholders and family background.

And Duan Yun wants to rely on investing in domestic system research and development, and bind the domestic operating system with his Tianyin computer, thereby replacing Lenovo, and obtaining a large number of orders from the government and enterprises...

(End of this chapter)