Chapter 7, we are the legendary founder
The person who came was a young man in a suit and tie, about the age of thirties, followed by a beautiful woman in neat clothes, obviously it should be his wife.
Alice said in surprise: "Uh...so to say so, who are you?"
The man smiled politely: "Be absurd, my name is Leonardo Posack. This is my wife Sandy. We work in the computer department of Stanford University and can understand something you just said. Oh, yes, sorry for eavesdropping on the content of the conversation between you two, but child, what you just said...is the operating system?"
Although the other party introduced himself, Alice was somewhat confused. She had just talked about the future with her younger brother and talked about computer matters, and immediately a couple of Stanford's computer teachers appeared. Is there anything more coincidental than this?
Slowly, what are their names?
Which university are they teachers?
Suddenly, a full hydrogen balloon bulged in Alice's heart.
If God can immediately give herself a chance to be alone, Alice must shout to the sky and shout to the sky.
It really feels like a dog.
Cisco Systems.
It has emerged in the trend of global Internet development. This company can be said to occupy all the time, the place is convenient and the people are harmonious, and it is a legendary company!
It is precisely because of its remarkable achievements that after I suddenly wanted to find something for myself recently, Alice focused her thoughts on this field as soon as possible. After all, being idle is also idle, and compared to making an operating system like Oscar fantasies, it is still very difficult to make a router.
But I didn't expect that I just made the related products last night and I encountered them now...
Who are these two people?
Could it be the legendary founder?
It shouldn't be so bloody, right?
Although I really don’t know the founder of Cisco, and I’m not even sure about the specific time of the company’s establishment, I can’t visit the door with as much anticipation as I face Bill Gates…
But there is no need to arrange for yourself and the other person to meet each other in a cafe, right?
God, that's really...
"Oh, that's just Oscars talk about it."
I can't wait, Alice quickly let the couple sit. It happened that the coffee table was prepared for four people: "I have both IBM and Apple computers at home, and I am very good at this field, so my brother just joked that I am planning to develop a computer operating system by myself~"
Sandy wore a beige windbreaker and put her bag on her lap and said with interest: "Buy two personal computers? Oh my god, it's so luxurious. Although the computer has become miniaturized now, the price is quite high, and the Apple II computer is much more expensive than IBM's products. Could it be that your parents are computer enthusiasts?"
"They are not, my sister is."
Oscar suddenly interrupted: "When IBM first launched its first personal user machine, Alice immediately pestered my parents to buy it. Then... Anyway, she can understand what I do with a computer, and I almost don't understand what she entered into that DOS system!"
Alice touched her nose silently, and she was unquestionable about Oscars. For her, playing with the DOS system is certainly not a problem. Don’t say that she had learned more advanced C+ and other languages in her previous life, there are also Basic language teaching books on the market today. So, she doesn’t have to worry about attracting too much attention in this regard.
"Things I can't understand... kid, you can program!?"
As an expert, Posack immediately realized what Oscar meant, and looked at Alice in extreme surprise: "Have you written any qualified program? For example, an addition and subtraction calculator or something?"
Alice couldn't help but snorted, it's really ridiculous. Is the addition and subtraction calculator something she despised to write?
"Actually, I'm working on a very advanced technology now~"
She put her hands obediently on the coffee table, her fingers gently pressed against the tabletop, and the smile on her face was as bright as spring flowers, not to mention the voice, which made Oscar shudder: "Did you know just now? I have two computers at home, so I am now studying how to connect them together in the most convenient way. Well, do you understand what I mean?"
It can be said that Alice has tried her best to show off the image a normal twelve-year-old girl should have, so that she doesn't seem so shocking. After all, she is still a little young. Although Gates was not too old when he made a course schedule for his middle school alma mater, she was still a middle school student at least.
But even so, she still found that the audience in their thirties was stunned.
"Connect...multiple computers together?"
Leonardo Posac looked at his wife, and Sandy also looked at him with surprise, and a brilliant golden light suddenly rose in both of them.
Isn’t the little research of the girl in front of me exactly consistent with their current topic?
Posack obtained his bachelor's degree as early as 1973, then worked in a computer company, and then went to Stanford University in 1979 to obtain a master's degree in computer science, and then stayed at the school to teach directly. It was here that he met his former graduate student, current teacher colleague, and his wife Sandy.
But since the beginning of love, there has been a troublesome thing that bothered them.
Posack is responsible for managing computers in the computer science department at the school, while Sandy is responsible for managing computer systems in the Graduate School of Business. The two work on both ends of Stanford University. They can send and receive emails and messages from each other through the campus network, but their computers cannot be directly connected because they use different operating systems.
"At present, the network transceiver used by our campus network is an independent dedicated computer. Not only is it huge in size, but the price is also very high."
After briefly describing her situation, Posack said to Alice excitedly: "So we have been thinking about how to develop a new device to connect different types of networks, and link them in the simplest and cheapest way. If you really study this kind of transponder, I think you should be able to think that this will definitely usher in a revolutionary change in the development of computer networks!"
Before Alice could speak, Sandy followed, "I really didn't expect that you would be interested in this field. By the way, we don't know yet, who are you?"
"...Alice, Alice Vivi Wang, my father is Chinese and my mother is British and French."
Alice took a deep breath: "So, Mr. Posack, have you developed qualified products at present? Have you established a company for this?"
Just when Alice was a little confused, after hearing her question, Posack shook his head repeatedly and smiled: "Not that powerful, this is not a simple job. As for the company, since our products have not been made yet, the company has certainly not been established."
Sandy said: "However, if we can really make an instrument that can connect to different types of networks, which can be cheap enough and small enough, we must set up a company. After all, if this product is really popularized, it can even bring huge changes to the whole world!"
"I agree with this."
Alice is 100% sure of this. The driving effect of the globalized Internet on world productivity is obvious to future generations: "Then Mr. Posack and his wife..."
"Just call us Leon and Sandy, Alice."
"Well, then Leon, since you are a Stanford computer teacher and are still studying this, I have to tell you something..."
Alice looked at her younger brother first. Sure enough, Oscar was giggling with a silly smile on his face, and even staring at herself eagerly.
Is he still a child? He just had a fight with me this morning, but he was beaten up by a gangster. Now he seems to have forgotten everything.
She sighed in her heart, and then Alice looked at the curious Posacks and showed a shy smile.
"I just made a small instrument a few days ago. The functions you mentioned may have been able to achieve them!"
In her heart, Alice no longer knew how to describe her excitement. She admitted that the reason why she made a router at this time this year was not unrelated to knowing that Cisco would be established by the end of this year. She had long had the idea. Since she had made the router, shouldn't she take some time to meet the couple at Stanford?
But who would have thought that God had sent them to himself by such a coincidence!?
The Posacks were completely stunned.
"You, aren't you kidding?"
Sandy said subconsciously: "Do you know what you are talking about? This is computer network interconnection technology. As a pioneer in this field, Iger, in our department, has been researching with us for so long, and has only made a semi-finished product... You actually said that you have made similar products as well?"
Alice blinked.
Ig? What Ig? Which Ig? Ig? Ig? Ig? Is there a Bill Gates genius?
Surely not.
That's good. No matter who he is, he will definitely not threaten him.
"Our family lives in Culver City, Mrs. Posack, just ten minutes from this coffee shop."
Alice smiled extremely relaxedly, after all, the facts were right in front of her. Although the couple was talented, they did not pose any threat to her.
Chapter completed!