Video Game Empire

In the 1980s, there were two very famous database software companies, one called Oracle Corporation and the other called Aston-tate Corporation. The former is widely known by its Chinese name and is called Oracle, while the latter Ashton-Tate Company was acquired by Baolan Company as early as the early 1990s.

Oracle focused on the minicomputer market in its early years, and its first customer was the CIA. Ashton-Tate, on the other hand, mainly focused on the microcomputer market. The DBASE database software it developed was known as one of the three killer software applications on PC-compatible machines in the 1980s.

Li Xuan vaguely remembers DBASE software, which was sold by mail order in the early days under the name of "Huoshen". It wasn't until one day that George Tate, who was looking through the mail-order catalog, found out that his glorious journey in the 1980s began. With curiosity, Li Xuan decided to drop by Wayne's home to see his "Vulcan" database software.

Wayne's room was a bit messy, with a lot of unwashed dirty clothes piled up at random. The computer desk was full of finished beer and Coca-Cola cans, and half a piece of hardened pizza. He smiled embarrassedly at Li Xuan, and hurriedly tidy up, first cleaning up the area near the computer desk.

It's normal for otakus without girls to be sloppy, but Li Xuan doesn't care. All his attention was on the app Wayne had opened the demo to show him. This is not only a database software, but also a programming language.

Through Wayne's live demonstration, the "Vulcan" software he wrote can not only generate tables, but also load and save data, as well as survive new pure programs. In this way, users can perform corresponding programming, such as developing their own information management systems, while performing database applications and statistical calculations.

Li Xuan's eyes are getting brighter and brighter. He is convinced that the software in front of him should be the famous DBASE. Immediately, his mind quickly turned, thinking about how to get this software in his bag.

"Vincent, do you need it? I can give you a copy if you need it, for free!" Wayne smiled shyly.

"Need!" Li Xuan said without hesitation before he recovered from his distraction. What he needs is not just a copy, but the copyright of the entire software. Looking at Wayne who was scrambling to find a copy for him, Li Xuan's original intention to get it from the other party at the least cost suddenly became much smaller for some reason.

To use a word from later generations to describe Wayne as a tech house, he doesn't talk much, he is not good at communicating with people, and he is not good at doing business promotion. Therefore, the excellent database software such as "Vulcan" has been in darkness since its birth last year. If Li Xuan didn't suddenly appear, it would probably remain silent for a while, until someone named Tate accidentally found it in a mail order catalog.

"Hey, Wayne, are you willing to sell this 'Vulcan' software?" Li Xuan tried to ask.

"I've been selling it, but you know, it sells badly!" Wayne laughed at himself, "Well, this is a copy for you! I originally made 100 copies, you see, It's been a year and they're still here!"

Li Xuan followed Wayne's fingers and saw a pile of plastic software boxes stacked on top of each other in the corner. After he took off the clothes covering them, they were exposed.

"What I mean is, I'm going to buy out its copyright!" Li Xuan said.

"Why did you buy it out? If you need a lot, I can give you the remaining copies!" Wayne paused, then smiled embarrassedly, "but not if you want all of them. It's all for you for free, I spent two hundred dollars to make these copies, and you need to pay me back the cost!"

Li Xuan is a little speechless, don't be so enthusiastic, okay? You are so friendly, how can I get my hands on you!

"This is a very excellent database software! For $500,000, I will buy him out on behalf of Dongfang Electronics Corporation. At the same time, I sincerely invite you to join Dongfang Electronics' technology research and development laboratory in Silicon Valley!" Li Xuan said sincerely.

"500,000 dollars? Are you right?" Wayne stared at Li Xuan in disbelief.

"Yes, I'm very sure, your 'Vulcan' software is definitely worth the price!" Li Xuan nodded, and he felt a little embarrassed to lower the price.

"Okay, I agree! When will the contract be signed?" Wayne ran up excitedly, grabbed Li Xuan's arm tightly and asked.

"You don't have to think about it anymore. Maybe my price is still low, and it may not reflect the value of this software!" Li Xuan felt that he had become a saint all of a sudden. The knife in his hand couldn't stab.

"No, $500,000 is enough!" Wayne shook his head, "Shit! Who would dare to laugh at my 'Vulcan' worthless in the future! I'm going to rent a new house with Ashton Shared rentals suck!"

"Okay, so are you willing to accept the invitation to join Dongfang Electronics?" Li Xuan was too lazy to talk nonsense, he couldn't give the other party money desperately.

"How much salary can you offer me?" Wayne asked bluntly.

"What's your current annual salary?"

"Fifty thousand dollars!"

"Okay, I will find someone special to talk to you about the specific treatment, but I promise, it will definitely be more than your current salary!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

"Cool! Then there's no problem, I can resign and join your Dongfang Electronics Company at any time!" Wayne snapped his fingers and said happily.

After just a few hours of contact with him, Li Xuan already knew that Wayne in front of him is a very simple person, and it is not difficult to get along with such a person~www.readwn.com~Text software, form software, Oriental Electronic software development departments have mature products, but the progress of database software is relatively slow.

Li Xuan's original plan was to buy Oracle, the company owned by Madman Ellison. But thinking of Ellison's brash personality, he's not an easy-going, lingering man. What's more, Oracle's early customers were sensitive departments such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the US Naval Intelligence Service. As a foreign company, Dongfang Electronics' rash action would cause unnecessary trouble!

But Li Xuan suddenly dozed off and encountered a pillow, so he easily took the equally excellent DBASE software in his pocket. This time, he finally prepared the troika of text software, spreadsheet software, and database software that propelled IBM's PCs in the early business office field.

In fact, compared to Oracle's Oracle database, DBASE software is undoubtedly more suitable for the current Dongfang Electronics. Because DBASE itself is a personal computer-based database software, it can be used on the upcoming ABC computer soon after the transplant is completed. But Oracle's Oracle is different. He was originally designed based on minicomputer applications such as PDP and VAX, and the memory to run on the minicomputer is simply not enough.

The US branch of Dongfang Electronics and the R&D center under construction are located in Santa Clara, in the southern area of ​​the San Francisco Bay, which is the heart of Silicon Valley, where Intel's headquarters are also located.

Li Xuan has just returned to the company, and there is good news waiting for him. Two prototypes of Dongfang Electronics' first personal computer, ABC (puter), have been manufactured.