Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 594 XY Position Indicator

Chapter 594 XY Position Indicator

"By the way, have any of you heard of a thing called a mouse? It's a device that controls a cursor that's generated on a computer interface."

Carter, who had gained some comfort in the exploration field of production orders, temporarily put aside the summer training that seemed to be a collective Mercury retrograde.Focus on the next important task
The mouse is an essential peripheral in a visual graphics operating system.The importance of this thing is self-evident, what is even more terrible.
Originally, Carter thought that in 1982, it was a bit too early to develop a graphical operating system, and it was too ridiculous!Whether it can meet the technical standards is a question!
But in the candlelight talk that night, when Carter, a technical layman, described his thoughts on Microsoft's future development direction, he said:

"The visual graphical operating system is the future of Microsoft! The biggest advantage of this system is to lower the threshold of use! It allows more people to easily use the convenience brought by the computer, in fact, it is not just an update on the operating system. Do it in the future Software, the core of my business, or the technical team has only one requirement: reduce the difficulty of use and lower the entry threshold!"

"You don't even have to worry about how many bugs there are or how bad the initial user experience is. These problems can be solved slowly with the version update. As long as the entry threshold is lowered, our customers will increase! until we unify this market"

The topic got a lot bigger, and Bill, who was still in the ice-breaking stage, was naturally a little unconvinced.In the eyes of Gates at this meeting, technology is king:
"That's not right! I seem to have seen the system you mentioned. In 1973, the Xerox Parker Research Institute developed the kind of thing you mentioned. It was used on the Xerox Alto, which is a graphical operating system. Computer instructions no longer need codes, but directly use a device called an XY position indicator, and click the icon to start the software, but the market effect is not good!"

Oh. That's right!

"That mouse should have a name called the XY position indicator. The mouse is just a joke, because it drags a long line that looks like a mouse's tail."

Considering the popularity of the mouse today, Carter quickly changed the term.

And it turns out that this wave of operations is right!

"XY position indicator. I seem to have seen this before, but I forgot what I saw in that article, but I remember that the author seems to be a professor at the Stanford Research Institute."

"Nigall, are you sure?"

Carter was stunned when he heard the words, followed by surprises.
According to Carter's own limited memory, it seems that he heard that the mouse was invented by Xerox.If the patent right of the mouse belongs to Xerox, then this license is not easy to obtain, or in other words, the patent buyout is
"It should be, why don't you go to the library and look it up? It seems to be in Area D on the third floor of Beinecke."

"Okay! I'll go now."

"What are you doing now? Don't even check what time it is!"

"Right."

The next day, on the third floor of the Beinecke Library, Carter was dumbfounded looking at the vast collection of books in front of him.
If you want to talk about the situation of Yale University's library, you can use a piece of data to know: Yale owns the largest university library in the United States; and, looking at the world, Yale is also the second largest!
The collection of more than 50 million books is distributed in [-] buildings including Beinecke.On average, each library has a collection of [-] volumes, and Yale's buildings are usually not high.
This also means that there are nearly 10 volumes of books on each floor.If you want to find such a book in a collection of [-] books, no, it should be said that it is just a mouse mentioned in a certain article in a certain book.
"Rick, please help me ask for leave again!"

"To Stanford?"

"That's right, it's probably easier to go directly to Stanford to find someone than to find a book here!"

"Hehe, you will always come to look for it. Starting this year, we will be preparing to write a thesis. Then come here."

Rick chuckled, just like Carter, Rick felt apprehensive when he saw these books:
"I'm afraid we'll have to come often! There's no getting away from it!"

"Oh, that's it, let's talk about it later! It's really here. Forget it, I'll start first! It takes another half a day to spend on the road to California."

"It seems that you bought the right plane! Otherwise, it will not be solved in half a day"

Smiling and waving goodbye to Carter, Rick walked towards the sea of ​​books in front of him
Just when Rick was drowning in the ocean of knowledge and almost drowned, Carter, who arrived in Palo Alto, California, also received some unfortunate news
The so-called Stanford Research Institute broke away from Stanford University as early as 1970 and became an independent commercial comprehensive research institute.To find them, first, Carter was in the wrong place when he came to Palo Alto, and second, Stanford no longer had a hand in their operations.
I thought this was an opportunity to fool academic nerds, but it turned out to be
Sighing lightly, after clearing up his mood, Carter came to the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park.
"The XY position indicator patent does belong to our research institute. But unfortunately, the patent owner, Professor Douglas Engelbart, is currently in the laboratory, and it is inconvenient to disturb him. You see, why don't you leave your contact information, and when he comes out, I will Tell him again that your visit, if"

"No, I'll wait for him here! Thank you!"

Ok?
patent owner
While Carter twitched his eyebrows, he quickly interrupted the young lady at the front desk.And began to be generous.
"I know that these professors are very selfless once they enter the working state. So, I plan to go out and buy some desserts and milk tea. Do you have any taste preferences?"

"I appreciate your kindness, but I'm working hours"

"Hey, am I your potential and highly cooperative client?"

"This... should be it?!"

"Then your job is to receive every visitor well, including following up with potential customers."

While Carter smiled, he turned and walked out:
"So, it's your job to have a cup of afternoon tea with me. Don't worry, we will enjoy the afternoon tea time in the research institute. If there are new visitors, you can continue with your work! After all, I really can't hold back Let a beautiful woman like you look at me and enjoy myself alone."

"Sharing is a virtue!"

Therefore, sharing some information with me is also a virtue! !

As a comprehensive academic research institute, it is not a roadside snack bar or clothing store.There are almost no people like Carter who visit in person without an appointment.

During the afternoon tea time, which lasted nearly two hours, without any disturbance from outsiders.
With Carter, who is nearly [-] million people, he easily obtained the information he wanted from the young lady at the front desk.
(End of this chapter)

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